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*Shiraz Maher, [http://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/1620/nonviolent-extremism-and-prevent Nonviolent Extremism and "Prevent"], ''Gatestone Institute'', 21 October 2010.
 
*Shiraz Maher, [http://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/1620/nonviolent-extremism-and-prevent Nonviolent Extremism and "Prevent"], ''Gatestone Institute'', 21 October 2010.
 
===2011===
 
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*Shiraz Maher, [http://standpointmag.co.uk/node/3702 The assassination of Salman Taseer and Pakistan's descent into chaos], ''Standpoint'', 4 January 2011. Also posted on [http://hurryupharry.org/2011/01/04/the-assassination-of-salman-taseer-and-pakistans-descent-into-chaos/ Harry's Place].
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*Shiraz Maher, [http://standpointmag.co.uk/node/3712 Hizb ut Tahrir decides to make it up], ''Standpoint'', 25 January 2011.  Also posted on [http://hurryupharry.org/2011/01/25/hizb-ut-tahrir-decides-to-make-it-up/ Harry's Place].
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*Shiraz Maher, [http://standpointmag.co.uk/node/3779 What future for Islamism now?], ''Standpoint'', 25 February 2011. Also posted on [http://hurryupharry.org/2011/02/25/what-future-for-islamism-now/ Harry's Place].
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*Shiraz Maher, [http://standpointmag.co.uk/node/3781 "We call them the nutters, because that's what they are"], ''Standpoint'', 26 February 2011. Also posted on [http://hurryupharry.org/2011/02/26/we-call-them-the-nutters-because-thats-what-they-are/ Harry's Place].
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*Shiraz Maher, [http://standpointmag.co.uk/node/3783 How does this end?], ''Standpoint'', 2 March 2011. Also posted on [http://hurryupharry.org/2011/03/02/how-does-this-end/ Harry's Place].
 
*Shiraz Maher, [http://standpointmag.co.uk/node/3784 Parliament Square is not Tahrir Square], ''Standpoint'', 3 March 2011. Also posted on [http://hurryupharry.org/2011/03/03/parliament-square-is-not-tahrir-square/ Harry's Place].
 
*Shiraz Maher, [http://standpointmag.co.uk/node/3784 Parliament Square is not Tahrir Square], ''Standpoint'', 3 March 2011. Also posted on [http://hurryupharry.org/2011/03/03/parliament-square-is-not-tahrir-square/ Harry's Place].
 
*Shiraz Maher, [http://standpointmag.co.uk/node/3794 In Defence of Quilliam], ''Standpoint'', 15 March 2011.
 
*Shiraz Maher, [http://standpointmag.co.uk/node/3794 In Defence of Quilliam], ''Standpoint'', 15 March 2011.
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*Shiraz Maher, [http://hurryupharry.org/2011/12/06/anwar-al-awlaki%E2%80%99s-father-and-al-muhajiroun/ Anwar al-Awlaki’s father and Al Muhajiroun], ''Harry's Place'', 6 December 2011.
 
*Shiraz Maher, [http://hurryupharry.org/2011/12/06/anwar-al-awlaki%E2%80%99s-father-and-al-muhajiroun/ Anwar al-Awlaki’s father and Al Muhajiroun], ''Harry's Place'', 6 December 2011.
 
*Shiraz Maher, [http://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/2664/countering-awlaki Countering Awlaki], ''Gatestone Institute'', 15 December 2011.
 
*Shiraz Maher, [http://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/2664/countering-awlaki Countering Awlaki], ''Gatestone Institute'', 15 December 2011.
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===2012===
 
===2012===
 
*Shiraz Maher, [http://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/2784/british-organization-backing-religious-intolerance British Organization Backing Religious Intolerance], ''Gatestone Institute'', 26 January 2012.
 
*Shiraz Maher, [http://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/2784/british-organization-backing-religious-intolerance British Organization Backing Religious Intolerance], ''Gatestone Institute'', 26 January 2012.

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Shiraz Maher was a Senior Fellow at the neoconservative Policy Exchange and ran Standpoint magazine's Focus on Islamism blog with Alexander Meleagrou-Hitchens. He is currently a Senior Research Fellow at King's College London's International Center for the Study of Radicalisation.[1]

Like several other Muslims feted by neoconservatives, he also claims to be a reformed Islamist (which he equates with extremism)[2]. Like his fellow extremists-turned-neocons, Maher is not shy to flaunt his extremist past. He did a show for BBC's Panorama entitled 'How I became a Muslim extremist'[3] and he also highlights his extremist past as a qualification in his Standpoint magazine bio: 'From 2002-2005 he was a member of Hizb ut-Tahrir, becoming regional officer for north-east England before resigning as a matter of conscience.'[4] In March 2009 Maher led a neocon campaign in support of Hazel Blears's efforts to get Daud Abdullah fired as the deputy secretary general of the Muslim Council of Britain[5] for signing the Istanbul Declaration in support of Palestinian resistance to Israeli occupation. [6]

At the peak of Israel's bombing of Gaza earlier in 2009, Maher contributed an article to the Daily Telegraph titled 'Britain's Muslims should condemn Hamas, not Israel'. Besides using familiar neocon memes such as 'moral relativism' in the article, Maher goes on to present British Muslims with a choice: 'between Hamas, a terrorist group committed to destroying a sovereign state and its people – and Israel, the region's only democracy which is responding to that threat'. [7]

Shiraz Maher

Publications

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2009

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2011

2012

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Resources

Full transcript of the BBC Panorama report How I Became a Muslim Extremist can be found here.

Affiliations

Notes

  1. Shiraz Maher – Senior Research Fellow, ICSR Staff, accessed 8 January 2012
  2. Shiraz Maher, How I escaped Islamism, Times Online, 12 August 2007
  3. How I became a Muslim extremist, BBC Panorama, 28 September 2007
  4. Focus on Islam (bio) (accessed 1 August 2009)
  5. Shiraz Maher, Daud Abdullah must resign, The Guardian, 27 March 2009
  6. Brian Whitaker, Alienating British Muslims, The Guardian, 24 March 2009
  7. Shiraz Maher, Britain's Muslims should condemn Hamas, not Israel, The Daily Telegraph, 9 January 2009