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 ====Signatories====
 *[[Emma Webb]], Civitas
-*[[Hardeep Singh]], [[Network of Sikh Organisations]] (NSOUK) | [[Lord Singh of Wimbledon]] | [[Tim Dieppe]], [[Christian Concern]] | [[Stephen Evans]], [[National Secular Society]] (NSS) | [[Sadia Hameed]], Council of Ex-Muslims of Britain (CEMB) | Prof. [[Paul Cliteur]], candidate for the Dutch Senate, Professor of Law, University of Leiden | [[Brendan O’Neill]], Editor of [[Spiked]] | [[Maajid Nawaz]], Founder, [[Quilliam International]] | Rt. Rev’d Dr [[Gavin Ashenden]] | [[Pragna Patel]], director of [[Southall Black Sisters]] | Professor [[Richard Dawkins]] | [[Rahila Gupta]], author and Journalist | [[Peter Whittle]], founder and director of [[New Culture Forum]] | [[Trupti Patel]], President of Hindu Forum of Britain Dr [[Lakshmi Vyas]], President [[Hindu Forum of Europe]] | [[Harsha Shukla]]  MBE, President [[Hindu Council of North UK]] | [[Tarang Shelat]], President Hindu Council of Birmingham Ashvin Patel, Chairman, Hindu Forum (Walsall) | [[Ana Gonzalez]], partner at Wilson Solicitors LLP | [[Baron Desai of Clement Danes]] | [[Baroness Cox of Queensbury]] | [[Lord Alton of Liverpool]] | Bishop [[Michael Nazir-Ali]] | [[Ade Omooba]] MBE, Co-Chair [[National Church Leaders Forum]] (NCLF) | [[Wilson Chowdhry]], [[British Pakistani Christian Association]] | [[Ashish Joshi]], [[Sikh Media Monitoring Group]] | [[Satish K Sharma]], [[National Council of Hindu Temples]] | [[Rumy Hasan]], Academic and author [[Amina Lone]], Co-Director, [[Social Action and Research Foundation]] | [[Peter Tatchell]], Peter Tatchell Foundation | [[Seyran Ates]], Imam | [[Gina Khan]], [[One Law for All]] Mohammed Amin MBE [[Baroness D’Souza]] | [[Michael Mosbacher]], Acting Editor, [[Standpoint Magazine]] | [[Lisa-Marie Taylor]], CEO [[FiLiA]] | [[Julie Bindel]], journalist and feminist campaigner | Dr [[Adrian Hilton]], academic | [[Neil Anderson]], academic | [[Tom Holland]], historian | [[Toby Keynes]] | Prof. Dr. [[Bassam Tibi]], Professor Emeritus for International Relations, University of Goettingen | Dr [[Stephen Law]], philosopher and author
+*[[Hardeep Singh]], [[Network of Sikh Organisations]] (NSOUK) | [[Lord Singh of Wimbledon]] | [[Tim Dieppe]], [[Christian Concern]] | [[Stephen Evans]], [[National Secular Society]] (NSS) | [[Sadia Hameed]], Council of Ex-Muslims of Britain (CEMB) | Prof. [[Paul Cliteur]], candidate for the Dutch Senate, Professor of Law, [[University of Leiden]] | [[Brendan O’Neill]], Editor of [[Spiked]] | [[Maajid Nawaz]], Founder, [[Quilliam International]] | Rt. Rev’d Dr [[Gavin Ashenden]] | [[Pragna Patel]], director of [[Southall Black Sisters]] | Professor [[Richard Dawkins]] | [[Rahila Gupta]], author and Journalist | [[Peter Whittle]], founder and director of [[New Culture Forum]] | [[Trupti Patel]], President of [[Hindu Forum of Britain]] Dr [[Lakshmi Vyas]], President [[Hindu Forum of Europe]] | [[Harsha Shukla]]  MBE, President [[Hindu Council of North UK]] | [[Tarang Shelat]], President [[Hindu Council of Birmingham]] | [[Ashvin Patel]], Chairman, [[Hindu Forum (Walsall)]] | [[Ana Gonzalez]], partner at [[Wilson Solicitors LLP]] | [[Baron Desai of Clement Danes]] | [[Baroness Cox of Queensbury]] | [[Lord Alton of Liverpool]] | Bishop [[Michael Nazir-Ali]] | [[Ade Omooba]] MBE, Co-Chair [[National Church Leaders Forum]] (NCLF) | [[Wilson Chowdhry]], [[British Pakistani Christian Association]] | [[Ashish Joshi]], [[Sikh Media Monitoring Group]] | [[Satish K Sharma]], [[National Council of Hindu Temples]] | [[Rumy Hasan]], Academic and author | [[Amina Lone]], Co-Director, [[Social Action and Research Foundation]] | [[Peter Tatchell]], [[Peter Tatchell Foundation]] | [[Seyran Ates]], Imam | [[Gina Khan]], [[One Law for All]] Mohammed Amin MBE [[Baroness D’Souza]] | [[Michael Mosbacher]], Acting Editor, [[Standpoint Magazine]] | [[Lisa-Marie Taylor]], CEO [[FiLiA]] | [[Julie Bindel]], journalist and feminist campaigner | Dr [[Adrian Hilton]], academic | [[Neil Anderson]], academic | [[Tom Holland]], historian | [[Toby Keynes]] | Prof. Dr. [[Bassam Tibi]], Professor Emeritus for International Relations, [[University of Goettingen]] | Dr [[Stephen Law]], philosopher and author
 ==On Immigration==

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 ==Current and former directors==
-The table below displays information on the current and former directors of Civitas Ltd as registered with Companies House on 19 August 2010.  Nominee directors are excluded.  The nine then current directors (i.e. those where no resignation date is provided) are displayed first, followed by the company’s former directors.
+The table below displays information on the current and former directors of Civitas Ltd as registered with Companies House.  Nominee directors are excluded.  The current directors (i.e. those where no resignation date is provided) are displayed first, followed by the company’s former directors.
-The earliest directors were [[David George Green|David Green]] and [[Robert Whelan]] who served from the date of Civitas’s incorporation in June 2000.  Six further board members were appointed in February 2001.
+The earliest directors were [[David George Green|David Green]] and [[Robert Whelan]] who served from the date of incorporation in June 2000.  Six further board members were appointed in February 2001.
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-<td>[[Kenneth Minogue]]</td>
+<td>Sir [[Alan Walter Rudge|Alan Rudge]]</td>
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+<td>Consultant</td>
-<td align="center">6 February 2001</td>
+<td align="center">29 June 2000</td>
-<td align="center">30 June 2013</td>
+<td align="center">N/A</td>
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	==Political orientation==		==Political orientation==

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 The earliest directors were [[David George Green|David Green]] and [[Robert Whelan]] who served from the date of Civitas’s incorporation in June 2000.  Six further board members were appointed in February 2001.
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 <td>Retired</td>
 <td align="center">9 December 2008</td>
-<td align="center">N/A</td>
+<td align="center">14 September 2010</td>
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 <td>Academic</td>
 <td align="center">6 February 2001</td>
-<td align="center">N/A</td>
+<td align="center">30 June 2013</td>
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 <td>None</td>
 <td align="center">12 February 2003</td>
-<td align="center">N/A</td>
+<td align="center">15 June 2016</td>
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 <td>Retired</td>
 <td align="center">12 February 2003</td>
-<td align="center">N/A</td>
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 <td>Consultant</td>
 <td align="center">9 December 2003</td>
-<td align="center">N/A</td>
+<td align="center">25 March 2015</td>
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 <td>Retired</td>
 <td align="center">14 September 2004</td>
-<td align="center">N/A</td>
+<td align="center">1 April 2021</td>
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 <td>Director Dramla SA Geneva</td>
 <td align="center">22 May 2007</td>
-<td align="center">N/A</td>
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 <td>Engineer</td>
 <td align="center">11 September 2007</td>
-<td align="center">N/A</td>
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	In May 2009, the think-tank published the pamphlet ''Disunited Kingdom: How the Government's Community Cohesion Agenda Undermines British Identity and Nationhood '', in which [[David Conway]] argued that "the main threats to community cohesion in Britain today come from mass immigration and the radicalisation of young British-born Muslims."<ref>[http://www.civitas.org.uk/books/whatsnew.php New Publications], Civitas, accessed 31 May 2009.</ref>		In May 2009, the think-tank published the pamphlet ''Disunited Kingdom: How the Government's Community Cohesion Agenda Undermines British Identity and Nationhood '', in which [[David Conway]] argued that "the main threats to community cohesion in Britain today come from mass immigration and the radicalisation of young British-born Muslims."<ref>[http://www.civitas.org.uk/books/whatsnew.php New Publications], Civitas, accessed 31 May 2009.</ref>
		+	===Against the definition of Islamophobia ===
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		+	[[Civitas]] drafted an open letter to the Home Secretary [[Sajid Javid]] in 2019 opposing the defintion of Islamophobia developed by the [[APPG on British Muslims]].<ref>Civitas [https://web.archive.org/web/20190626165209/http://www.civitas.org.uk/content/files/islamophobiaopenletter.pdf Open Letter: APPG Islamophobia Definition Threatens Civil Liberties]</ref>
		+	====Signatories====
		+	*[[Emma Webb]], Civitas
		+	*[[Hardeep Singh]], [[Network of Sikh Organisations]] (NSOUK) \| [[Lord Singh of Wimbledon]] \| [[Tim Dieppe]], [[Christian Concern]] \| [[Stephen Evans]], [[National Secular Society]] (NSS) \| [[Sadia Hameed]], Council of Ex-Muslims of Britain (CEMB) \| Prof. [[Paul Cliteur]], candidate for the Dutch Senate, Professor of Law, University of Leiden \| [[Brendan O’Neill]], Editor of [[Spiked]] \| [[Maajid Nawaz]], Founder, [[Quilliam International]] \| Rt. Rev’d Dr [[Gavin Ashenden]] \| [[Pragna Patel]], director of [[Southall Black Sisters]] \| Professor [[Richard Dawkins]] \| [[Rahila Gupta]], author and Journalist \| [[Peter Whittle]], founder and director of [[New Culture Forum]] \| [[Trupti Patel]], President of Hindu Forum of Britain Dr [[Lakshmi Vyas]], President [[Hindu Forum of Europe]] \| [[Harsha Shukla]] MBE, President [[Hindu Council of North UK]] \| [[Tarang Shelat]], President Hindu Council of Birmingham Ashvin Patel, Chairman, Hindu Forum (Walsall) \| [[Ana Gonzalez]], partner at Wilson Solicitors LLP \| [[Baron Desai of Clement Danes]] \| [[Baroness Cox of Queensbury]] \| [[Lord Alton of Liverpool]] \| Bishop [[Michael Nazir-Ali]] \| [[Ade Omooba]] MBE, Co-Chair [[National Church Leaders Forum]] (NCLF) \| [[Wilson Chowdhry]], [[British Pakistani Christian Association]] \| [[Ashish Joshi]], [[Sikh Media Monitoring Group]] \| [[Satish K Sharma]], [[National Council of Hindu Temples]] \| [[Rumy Hasan]], Academic and author [[Amina Lone]], Co-Director, [[Social Action and Research Foundation]] \| [[Peter Tatchell]], Peter Tatchell Foundation \| [[Seyran Ates]], Imam \| [[Gina Khan]], [[One Law for All]] Mohammed Amin MBE [[Baroness D’Souza]] \| [[Michael Mosbacher]], Acting Editor, [[Standpoint Magazine]] \| [[Lisa-Marie Taylor]], CEO [[FiLiA]] \| [[Julie Bindel]], journalist and feminist campaigner \| Dr [[Adrian Hilton]], academic \| [[Neil Anderson]], academic \| [[Tom Holland]], historian \| [[Toby Keynes]] \| Prof. Dr. [[Bassam Tibi]], Professor Emeritus for International Relations, University of Goettingen \| Dr [[Stephen Law]], philosopher and author

	==On Immigration==		==On Immigration==

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 ::As I write this, the UK is heading for war with Iraq, and even moderate Muslim leaders are warning the government of the impact on social relations with Britain’s two million strong Muslim community if Britain does attack another Muslim country (the less moderate leaders are warning that it will bring suicide bombing to Britain). Whatever the merits or demerits of war on Iraq, it is hardly a national strength to have a large minority with such divided loyalties during war.<ref>Anthony Brown, [http://www.civitas.org.uk/pdf/cs23.pdf ''Do We Need Mass Immigration?''], Civitas, November 2002.</ref>
-Civitas published ''The ‘West’, Islam and Islamism: Is ideological Islam compatible with liberal democracy?'' by [[Caroline Cox]] and [[John Marks]] in June 2003.<ref>Caroline Cox and John Marks, [http://www.civitas.org.uk/pdf/cs29.pdf The ‘West’, Islam and Islamism: Is ideological Islam compatible with liberal democracy?], Civitas, accessed 31 May 2009.</ref> The pamphlet's methodology was based on a distinction between Western societies on the one hand and 'ideological societies' on the other, a category which lumps together fascism, communism and Islamism.<ref>Caroline Cox and John Marks, [http://www.civitas.org.uk/pdf/cs29.pdf The ‘West’, Islam and Islamism: Is ideological Islam compatible with liberal democracy?], Civitas, accessed 31 May 2009, p.9.</ref>
+Civitas published ''The ‘West’, Islam and Islamism: Is ideological Islam compatible with liberal democracy?'' by [[Caroline Cox]] and [[John Marks]] in June 2003.<ref>Caroline Cox and John Marks, [http://www.civitas.org.uk/pdf/cs29.pdf The ‘West’, Islam and Islamism: Is ideological Islam compatible with liberal democracy?], Civitas, accessed 31 May 2009.</ref> The pamphlet's methodology was based on a distinction between Western societies on the one hand and 'ideological societies' on the other, a category which lumps together fascism, communism and '[[Islamism]]'.<ref>Caroline Cox and John Marks, [http://www.civitas.org.uk/pdf/cs29.pdf The ‘West’, Islam and Islamism: Is ideological Islam compatible with liberal democracy?], Civitas, accessed 31 May 2009, p.9.</ref>
 The propaganda battles of the Cold War, as understood through the work of figures such as neoconservative propaganda theorist [[Roy Godson]] and through Cox and Marks' own earlier writing, were cited as a precedent for the struggle with Islamism.<ref>Caroline Cox and John Marks, [http://www.civitas.org.uk/pdf/cs29.pdf The ‘West’, Islam and Islamism: Is ideological Islam compatible with liberal democracy?], Civitas, accessed 31 May 2009, p.9 note 13.</ref>