New Horizons in British Islam - Revision history

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 == Governance ==
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 == Funding ==
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 | website             = [https://newhorizonsib.org New Horizons website]
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+[[File:Screenshot 2020-03-27 at 19.41.26.png|right|thumb|600px|Leaked document showing New Horizons relationship with [[Breakthrough Media]] and thus with [[RICU]]]]
 '''New Horizons in British Islam''' ('''NHiBI''') is a British Muslim think tank founded in 2013 by [[Dilwar Hussain]] to promote theological and cultural reflection within British Muslim communities. The organisation describes itself as a platform for "reimagining British Muslim identity" through research, events, publications and policy engagement on topics including theology, identity, belonging and social cohesion.<ref name="NHiBIAbout">New Horizons in British Islam, [https://newhorizonsib.org/about About NHiBI] ''New Horizons in British Islam'', accessed 13 February 2026.</ref> Reports suggest NHiBI has maintained a documented but largely covert relationship with [[Breakthrough Media]] and, through it, the [[Research, Information and Communications Unit]] (RICU) of the [[Office for Security and Counter-Terrorism]] (OSCT) within the [[Home Office]] — one of the seven agencies and departments that form the UK Intelligence Community.<ref name="ISC2017">Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament, [https://web.archive.org/web/20200311054459/https://isc.independent.gov.uk/how-the-committee-works/ How the Committee works] ''Intelligence and Security Committee'', archived 11 March 2020.</ref> As a result NHiBI has been described as an asset of British intelligence in the counter-extremism propaganda ecosystem.<ref name="PowerbaseNHiBI">Powerbase, [https://powerbase.info/index.php/New_Horizons_in_British_Islam New Horizons in British Islam] ''Powerbase'', accessed 13 February 2026.</ref>

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-New Horizons was set up by [[Dilwar Hussain]] in 2013 and has had a covert relationship with [[Breakthrough Media]] and its client [[RICU]]. [[RICU]] is the propaganda unit of the [[OSCT]] in the [[Home Office]] which is one of the ‘seven Agencies and Departments which form the UK Intelligence Community’.<ref>Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament, [https://web.archive.org/web/20200311054459/https://isc.independent.gov.uk/how-the-committee-works/ How the Committee works]. Retrieved from the Internet Archive of 11 March 2020.</ref>  As a result NHiBI is an asset of British intelligence.
+{{short description|British Muslim think tank with documented ties to Home Office counter-extremism propaganda unit RICU}}
-[[File:Screenshot 2020-03-27 at 19.41.26.png|right|thumb|600px|Leaked document showing New Horizons relationship with [[Breakthrough Media]] and thus with [[RICU]]]]
+'''New Horizons in British Islam''' ('''NHiBI''') is a British Muslim think tank founded in 2013 by [[Dilwar Hussain]] to promote theological and cultural reflection within British Muslim communities. The organisation describes itself as a platform for "reimagining British Muslim identity" through research, events, publications and policy engagement on topics including theology, identity, belonging and social cohesion.<ref name="NHiBIAbout">New Horizons in British Islam, [https://newhorizonsib.org/about About NHiBI] ''New Horizons in British Islam'', accessed 13 February 2026.</ref> Reports suggest NHiBI has maintained a documented but largely covert relationship with [[Breakthrough Media]] and, through it, the [[Research, Information and Communications Unit]] (RICU) of the [[Office for Security and Counter-Terrorism]] (OSCT) within the [[Home Office]] — one of the seven agencies and departments that form the UK Intelligence Community.<ref name="ISC2017">Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament, [https://web.archive.org/web/20200311054459/https://isc.independent.gov.uk/how-the-committee-works/ How the Committee works] ''Intelligence and Security Committee'', archived 11 March 2020.</ref> As a result NHiBI has been described as an asset of British intelligence in the counter-extremism propaganda ecosystem.<ref name="PowerbaseNHiBI">Powerbase, [https://powerbase.info/index.php/New_Horizons_in_British_Islam New Horizons in British Islam] ''Powerbase'', accessed 13 February 2026.</ref>
-==Funding==
+Leaked documents from 2017–2018 revealed that Breakthrough Media — a communications contractor paid by RICU to produce ostensibly independent Muslim voices — coordinated closely with NHiBI on content production, event organisation and public messaging. This relationship allowed RICU to influence narratives reaching Muslim audiences while maintaining the appearance of independent community-led activity.<ref name="Spinwatch2019">Spinwatch, [https://www.spinwatch.org/2019/03/ricu-breakthrough-media-and-the-manufacture-of-muslim-opinion/ RICU, Breakthrough Media and the manufacture of Muslim opinion] ''Spinwatch'', March 2019.</ref> Critics argue that NHiBI's participation in this ecosystem has compromised its credibility as an authentic Muslim voice and contributed to the broader securitisation of British Muslim communities.
-==People==
+== History ==
-===Trustees===
+New Horizons in British Islam was established in 2013 by [[Dilwar Hussain]], a former head of the Policy Research Centre at the [[Islamic Foundation]] and a prominent figure in British Muslim think-tank circles. The organisation positioned itself as a progressive, reform-oriented platform seeking to reconcile Islamic theology with contemporary British life.<ref name="NHiBIAbout" />
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+[[Category:British think tanks]]
+[[Category:Muslim organisations in the United Kingdom]]
-[[Category: British Propaganda]][[Category:British intelligence]][[Category:RICU]]
+[[Category:Organisations accused of Islamophobia]]

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−	New Horizons was set up by [[Dilwar Hussain]] in 2013 and has had a covert relationship with [[Breakthrough Media]] and its client [[RICU]]. [[RICU]] is the propaganda unit of the [[OSCT]] in the [[Home Office]] which is one of the ‘seven Agencies and Departments which form the UK Intelligence Community’.<ref>Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament, [https://web.archive.org/web/20200311054459/https://isc.independent.gov.uk/how-the-committee-works/ How the Committee works. Retrieved from the Internet Archive of 11 March 2020.</ref> As a result NHiBI is an asset of British intelligence.	+	New Horizons was set up by [[Dilwar Hussain]] in 2013 and has had a covert relationship with [[Breakthrough Media]] and its client [[RICU]]. [[RICU]] is the propaganda unit of the [[OSCT]] in the [[Home Office]] which is one of the ‘seven Agencies and Departments which form the UK Intelligence Community’.<ref>Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament, [https://web.archive.org/web/20200311054459/https://isc.independent.gov.uk/how-the-committee-works/ How the Committee works]. Retrieved from the Internet Archive of 11 March 2020.</ref> As a result NHiBI is an asset of British intelligence.

	[[File:Screenshot 2020-03-27 at 19.41.26.png\|right\|thumb\|600px\|Leaked document showing New Horizons relationship with [[Breakthrough Media]] and thus with [[RICU]]]]		[[File:Screenshot 2020-03-27 at 19.41.26.png\|right\|thumb\|600px\|Leaked document showing New Horizons relationship with [[Breakthrough Media]] and thus with [[RICU]]]]

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−	New Horizons was set up by [[Dilwar Hussain]] in 2013 and has had a covert relationship with [[Breakthrough Media]] and its client [[RICU]].	+	New Horizons was set up by [[Dilwar Hussain]] in 2013 and has had a covert relationship with [[Breakthrough Media]] and its client [[RICU]]. [[RICU]] is the propaganda unit of the [[OSCT]] in the [[Home Office]] which is one of the ‘seven Agencies and Departments which form the UK Intelligence Community’.<ref>Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament, [https://web.archive.org/web/20200311054459/https://isc.independent.gov.uk/how-the-committee-works/ How the Committee works. Retrieved from the Internet Archive of 11 March 2020.</ref>