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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]].<ref>[http://icsr.info/about-us-2/staff/shiraz-maher-senior-research-fellow/ Shiraz Maher – Senior Research Fellow], ICSR Staff, accessed 8 January 2012</ref>
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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 and Deputy Director of [[King's College London]]'s  [[International Center for the Study of Radicalisation]].<ref>[http://icsr.info/about-us-2/staff/shiraz-maher-senior-research-fellow/ Shiraz Maher – Senior Research Fellow], ICSR Staff, accessed 20 February 2017</ref>
  
 
Like several other Muslims feted by neoconservatives, he also claims to be a reformed Islamist (which he equates with extremism)<ref>Shiraz Maher, [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/guest_contributors/article2241736.ece How I escaped Islamism], ''Times Online'', 12 August 2007</ref>. 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'<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/panorama/7016299.stm How I became a Muslim extremist], ''BBC Panorama'', 28 September 2007</ref> 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.'<ref>[http://standpointmag.co.uk/hitchens-maher Focus on Islam (bio)] (accessed 1 August 2009)</ref> 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<ref>Shiraz Maher, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/belief/2009/mar/27/religion-islam Daud Abdullah must resign], ''The Guardian'', 27 March 2009</ref> for signing the Istanbul Declaration in support of Palestinian resistance to Israeli occupation. <ref>Brian Whitaker, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/mar/24/islam-politics Alienating British Muslims], ''The Guardian'', 24 March 2009</ref>  
 
Like several other Muslims feted by neoconservatives, he also claims to be a reformed Islamist (which he equates with extremism)<ref>Shiraz Maher, [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/guest_contributors/article2241736.ece How I escaped Islamism], ''Times Online'', 12 August 2007</ref>. 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'<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/panorama/7016299.stm How I became a Muslim extremist], ''BBC Panorama'', 28 September 2007</ref> 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.'<ref>[http://standpointmag.co.uk/hitchens-maher Focus on Islam (bio)] (accessed 1 August 2009)</ref> 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<ref>Shiraz Maher, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/belief/2009/mar/27/religion-islam Daud Abdullah must resign], ''The Guardian'', 27 March 2009</ref> for signing the Istanbul Declaration in support of Palestinian resistance to Israeli occupation. <ref>Brian Whitaker, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/mar/24/islam-politics Alienating British Muslims], ''The Guardian'', 24 March 2009</ref>  
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==Publications==
 
==Publications==
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===Books, Book Chapters, Reports & Journal Articles===
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*Shiraz Maher, [https://www.indexoncensorship.org/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/maher_dec_07.pdf Road to Jihad], ''Index on Censorship'', Volume 36, 2007 - Issue 4, p144-147, 01 October 2008.
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*Shiraz Maher and Martyn Frampton, [http://conservativehome.blogs.com/files/choosing_our_friends_wisely.pdf ''Choosing our friends wisely: Criteria for engagement with Muslim groups''], Policy Exchange, 2009.
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*Shiraz Maher, [https://www.policyexchange.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/ties_that_bind_-_sep__11.pdf ''Ties That Bind: How the Story of Britain's Muslim Soldiers Can Forge a National Identity''], Policy Exchange, 1 September 2011.
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*Alexander Meleagrou-Hitchens, Shiraz Maher & James Sheehan, [https://preventviolentextremism.info/sites/default/files/Lights,%20Camera,%20Jihad-%20Al-Shabaab%E2%80%99s%20Western%20Media%20Strategy%20.pdf ''Lights, Camera, Jihad: Al-Shabaab’s Western Media Strategy''], The International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation and Political Violence, 2012.
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*Shiraz Maher & Peter R. Neumann, [http://icsr.info/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/ICSR_Maher-Neumann-Paper_For-online-use-only1.pdf ''Al-Qaeda at the crossroads: how the terror group is responding to the loss of its leaders and the Arab Spring''], The International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation and Political Violence, August 2012.
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*Martyn Frampton & Shiraz Maher, [http://www.fpri.org/docs/chapters/201303.west_and_the_muslim_brotherhood_after_the_arab_spring.chapter2.pdf ''Between ‘Engagement’ and a ‘Values-Led’ Approach: Britain and the Muslim Brotherhood from 9/11 to the Arab Spring''], Al-Mesbar, January 2013.
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*Shiraz Maher, Change and Continuity: Hizb ut Tahrir’s strategy and ideology in Britain, in ''Revisionism and Diversification in New Religious Movements'', (ed) Eileen Barker, Ashgate, October 2013.
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*Joseph A. Carter, Shiraz Maher & Peter R. Neumann, [http://icsr.info/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/ICSR-Report-Greenbirds-Measuring-Importance-and-Infleunce-in-Syrian-Foreign-Fighter-Networks.pdf ''#Greenbirds: Measuring Importance and Influence in Syrian Foreign Fighter Networks''], The International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation and Political Violence, 2014.
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*Shiraz Maher, ''The Arab Spring and its Impact on Supply and Production in Global Markets'', European Centre for Energy and Resource Security, 13 January 2014.
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*Shiraz Maher, ''Salafi-Jihadism: The History of an Idea'', C Hurst & Co, 9 June 2016.
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===Popular press, Magazines articles and  web publications===
 
===Popular press, Magazines articles and  web publications===
 
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*Shiraz Maher, [http://www.spittoon.org/archives/9933 Hizb ut Tahrir implodes], ''Spittoon'', 19 June 2011. Also posted on [http://hurryupharry.org/2011/06/19/hizb-ut-tahrir-implodes/ Harry's Place].
 
*Shiraz Maher, [http://www.spittoon.org/archives/9933 Hizb ut Tahrir implodes], ''Spittoon'', 19 June 2011. Also posted on [http://hurryupharry.org/2011/06/19/hizb-ut-tahrir-implodes/ Harry's Place].
 
*Shiraz Maher, [http://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/2331/lush-cosmetics-anti-semitic Lush Cosmetics' Foul Anti-Semitic Smell], ''Gatestone Institute'', 9 August 2011.
 
*Shiraz Maher, [http://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/2331/lush-cosmetics-anti-semitic Lush Cosmetics' Foul Anti-Semitic Smell], ''Gatestone Institute'', 9 August 2011.
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*Shiraz Maher, Preventing Violent Extremism: Lessons from the Government’s revised ‘Prevent’ Strategy, ''World Defence Systems'', September 2011.
 
*Shiraz Maher, [http://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/2469/siraj-yassin-abdullah-ali Shouldn't Rights Be Tied to Responsibilities?], ''Gatestone Institute'', 3 October 2011.
 
*Shiraz Maher, [http://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/2469/siraj-yassin-abdullah-ali Shouldn't Rights Be Tied to Responsibilities?], ''Gatestone Institute'', 3 October 2011.
 
*Shiraz Maher, [http://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/2506/there-is-no-place-for-the-jew-in-libya "There Is No Place for the Jew in Libya"], ''Gatestone Institute'', 14 October 2011.
 
*Shiraz Maher, [http://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/2506/there-is-no-place-for-the-jew-in-libya "There Is No Place for the Jew in Libya"], ''Gatestone Institute'', 14 October 2011.
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*[[Gatestone Institute]] - contributing author <ref>[http://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/biography/Shiraz+Maher Shiraz Maher profile], Gatestone Institute, accessed 28 March 2013</ref>
 
*[[Gatestone Institute]] - contributing author <ref>[http://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/biography/Shiraz+Maher Shiraz Maher profile], Gatestone Institute, accessed 28 March 2013</ref>
 
*[[Institute for Middle Eastern Democracy]] – advisory board (circa September 2011) member<ref>[http://www.policyexchange.org.uk/images/publications/ties%20that%20bind%20-%20sep%2011.pdf Ties that Bind: How the story of Britain's Muslim soldiers can forge a national identity], Policy Exchange and the Pears Foundation, 5 September 2011, accessed 9 January 2013</ref>
 
*[[Institute for Middle Eastern Democracy]] – advisory board (circa September 2011) member<ref>[http://www.policyexchange.org.uk/images/publications/ties%20that%20bind%20-%20sep%2011.pdf Ties that Bind: How the story of Britain's Muslim soldiers can forge a national identity], Policy Exchange and the Pears Foundation, 5 September 2011, accessed 9 January 2013</ref>
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*[[International Center for the Study of Radicalisation]] at [[King's College London]] - Senior Research Fellow (circa September 2010 – present)
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*[[International Center for the Study of Radicalisation]] at [[King's College London]] - Senior Research Fellow (circa September 2010 – present). Also a member of the War Studies Department at King’s College London.
 
*[[Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya]] - panellist at an 11 September 2008 meeting of the [[World Summit on Counter-Terrorism]] in Israel<ref>[http://www.icsr.info/seminar.php?id=17 ICSR Hosts Panel of Experts on Deradicalisation] ICSR, accessed 29 November 2009.</ref>
 
*[[Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya]] - panellist at an 11 September 2008 meeting of the [[World Summit on Counter-Terrorism]] in Israel<ref>[http://www.icsr.info/seminar.php?id=17 ICSR Hosts Panel of Experts on Deradicalisation] ICSR, accessed 29 November 2009.</ref>
 
*[[Policy Exchange]] – former Senior Fellow (circa September 2008 – September 2010)
 
*[[Policy Exchange]] – former Senior Fellow (circa September 2008 – September 2010)
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*[[Standpoint]] magazine (he formerly jointly ran its [[Focus on Islamism]] blog)
 
*[[Standpoint]] magazine (he formerly jointly ran its [[Focus on Islamism]] blog)
 
*[[Student Rights]] – former advisory board member (circa December 2011)<ref>Student Rights [http://web.archive.org/web/20111211095549/http://www.studentrights.org.uk/2009/11/advisory-board/ Our Advisory Board], retrieved from the Internet Archive of 11 December 2011, accessed 11 January 2013</ref>
 
*[[Student Rights]] – former advisory board member (circa December 2011)<ref>Student Rights [http://web.archive.org/web/20111211095549/http://www.studentrights.org.uk/2009/11/advisory-board/ Our Advisory Board], retrieved from the Internet Archive of 11 December 2011, accessed 11 January 2013</ref>
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*[[Johns Hopkins University]] - adjunct lecturer where he currently (as of April 2017) teaches courses on radicalisation and political Islam
  
 
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Latest revision as of 11:36, 20 April 2017

<youtube size="medium" align="right" caption="Shiraz Maher: How I Became a Muslim Extremist. Panorama, BBC One, 01/10/07">doDQhevVAKk</youtube>

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 and Deputy Director of 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

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

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Notes

  1. ↑ Shiraz Maher – Senior Research Fellow, ICSR Staff, accessed 20 February 2017
  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
  8. ↑ Shiraz Maher profile, Gatestone Institute, accessed 28 March 2013
  9. ↑ Ties that Bind: How the story of Britain's Muslim soldiers can forge a national identity, Policy Exchange and the Pears Foundation, 5 September 2011, accessed 9 January 2013
  10. ↑ ICSR Hosts Panel of Experts on Deradicalisation ICSR, accessed 29 November 2009.
  11. ↑ Student Rights Our Advisory Board, retrieved from the Internet Archive of 11 December 2011, accessed 11 January 2013
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