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 In 2017 founder [[Sam Westrop]] and SFP were successfully sued for defamation by Mohamed Ali Harrath, a Tunisian dissident who had been tortured and imprisoned by the Ben Ali regime. The judge decided SFP’s description of Harrath as a ‘convicted terrorist’ was libellous.
-Although Stand for Peace’s website remains online, Companies House records show that its co-founder [[Sam Westrop]] resigned as its sole remaining director in August 2016 and the company was dissolved in June 2017. <ref>Stand for Peace Limited,  https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/07666073/officers Companies House website accessed 4 May 2017 </ref>
+Although Stand for Peace’s website remains online, Companies House records show that its co-founder [[Sam Westrop]] resigned as its sole remaining director in August 2016 and the company was dissolved in June 2017. <ref>  [https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/07666073/officers Stand for Peace Limited] Companies House Webcheck, accessed 4 May 2017. </ref>
 Westrop now works as director of the US-based 'Islamist Watch' project of the [[Middle East Forum]] run by [[Daniel Pipes]].
 ==History==
-Although co-founder [[Sam Westrop]] had previously expressed opposition to interfaith organisations and described them as a manifestation of 'European sickness'<ref>[http://www.propagandistmag.com/2011/04/16/interfaith-apostate Interfaith Apostate], The Propagandist, accessed 16 July 2012</ref>, he and [[Hasan Afzal]] established Stand for Peace as 'a Jewish-Muslim interfaith organisation' in 2011.
+Although co-founder [[Sam Westrop]] had previously expressed opposition to interfaith organisations and described them as a manifestation of 'European sickness'<ref>[http://www.propagandistmag.com/2011/04/16/interfaith-apostate Interfaith Apostate], ''The Propagandis''t, accessed 16 July 2012</ref>, he and [[Hasan Afzal]] established Stand for Peace as 'a Jewish-Muslim interfaith organisation' in 2011.
 In February 2011, Westrop wrote in a ''Jerusalem Post'' blog:

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 [[File:STAND FOR PEACE Companies House 4 May 2017.jpg.png| right| 400px| Screenshot of Companies House records as at May 2017]]
 *[[Sam Westrop]] - former co-director, resigned August 2016
-*[[Hasan Afzal]] -former co-director,<ref>[http://companycheck.co.uk/company/07666073 STAND FOR PEACE LIMITED 07666073], Company Check, accessed 17 July 2012</ref> resigned March 2013.
+*[[Hasan Afzal]] - former co-director,<ref>[http://companycheck.co.uk/company/07666073 STAND FOR PEACE LIMITED 07666073], Company Check, accessed 17 July 2012</ref> resigned March 2013.
 ==Contact==

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 ==People==
 [[File:STAND FOR PEACE Companies House 4 May 2017.jpg.png| right| 400px| Screenshot of Companies House records as at May 2017]]
-*[[Sam Westrop]] - former co-director
+*[[Sam Westrop]] - former co-director, resigned August 2016
-*[[Hasan Afzal]] -former co-director<ref>[http://companycheck.co.uk/company/07666073 STAND FOR PEACE LIMITED 07666073], Company Check, accessed 17 July 2012</ref>
+*[[Hasan Afzal]] -former co-director,<ref>[http://companycheck.co.uk/company/07666073 STAND FOR PEACE LIMITED 07666073], Company Check, accessed 17 July 2012</ref> resigned March 2013.
 ==Contact==

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 ==History==
-Although co-founder [[Sam Westrop]] has expressed opposition to interfaith organisations and described them as a manifestation of 'European sickness'<ref>[http://www.propagandistmag.com/2011/04/16/interfaith-apostate Interfaith Apostate], The Propagandist, accessed 16 July 2012</ref>, he and [[Hasan Afzal]] established Stand for Peace, which calls itself 'a Jewish-Muslim interfaith organisation' in 2011.
+Although co-founder [[Sam Westrop]] had previously expressed opposition to interfaith organisations and described them as a manifestation of 'European sickness'<ref>[http://www.propagandistmag.com/2011/04/16/interfaith-apostate Interfaith Apostate], The Propagandist, accessed 16 July 2012</ref>, he and [[Hasan Afzal]] established Stand for Peace as 'a Jewish-Muslim interfaith organisation' in 2011.
-In February 2011, Westrop wrote in a Jerusalem Post blog:
+In February 2011, Westrop wrote in a ''Jerusalem Post'' blog:
 :StandforPeace is a new project - designed by students, policy makers and political activists – to bring moral clarity to the discussion of human rights, in particular with regards to the Middle East. We also exist to fight extremism in our universities, whether it is perpetuated by Islamist ideologues, the far right, the Palestinian Solidarity Movement or any of the delegitimisation network.<ref>[http://blogs.jpost.com/content/islamism-british-universities Islamism in British Universities], ''Jerusalem Post'', accessed 17 July 2012</ref>
-It claims to consist of 'students and young professionals' and says it aims to 'prevent both violent and nonviolent forms of extremism through education and awareness raising'.<ref>[http://standforpeace.org.uk/sfp/?page_id=2 About Us], Stand for Peace, accessed 16 July 2012</ref>
+It claimed to consist of 'students and young professionals' and said it aims to 'prevent both violent and nonviolent forms of extremism through education and awareness raising'.<ref>[http://standforpeace.org.uk/sfp/?page_id=2 About Us], Stand for Peace, accessed 16 July 2012</ref>
-Incorporated on 10 June 2011, Stand for Peace is a private limited company.<ref>[http://bizzy.co.uk/uk/07666073/stand-for-peace Stand for Peace], Bizzy.co.uk, accessed 17 July 2012</ref>
+Incorporated on 10 June 2011, Stand for Peace was a private limited company.<ref>[http://bizzy.co.uk/uk/07666073/stand-for-peace Stand for Peace], Bizzy.co.uk, accessed 17 July 2012</ref> It was dissolved in June 2017.
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 ==People==
 *[[Sam Westrop]] - former co-director
 *[[Hasan Afzal]] -former co-director<ref>[http://companycheck.co.uk/company/07666073 STAND FOR PEACE LIMITED 07666073], Company Check, accessed 17 July 2012</ref>
 ==Contact==

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 *[[Institute for Middle Eastern Democracy]]
 *[[Student Rights]]
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 [[File:Stand_for_Peace.png‎|thumb|300px|Stand for Peace logo, circa 2015 Credit: [http://standforpeace.org.uk/ Stand for Peace] ]]
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-'''Stand for Peace''' was a British organisation engaged in 'exposing and fighting extremism'. It claimed to provide 'a platform for rational discussion of the Middle East' and 'challenge[d] the extremism that additionally manifests right here in Britain, especially in our universities.'
+'''Stand for Peace''' (SFP) was a British organisation engaged in 'exposing and fighting extremism'. It claimed to provide 'a platform for rational discussion of the Middle East' and 'challenge[d] the extremism that additionally manifests right here in Britain, especially in our universities.'
-Although Stand for Peace’s website remains online,  Companies House records show that its co-founder [[Sam Westrop]] resigned as its sole remaining director in August 2016 and the company was dissolved in June 2017. <ref>Stand for Peace Limited,  https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/07666073/officers Companies House website accessed 4 May 2017 </ref>
+In 2017 founder [[Sam Westrop]] and SFP were successfully sued for defamation by Mohamed Ali Harrath, a Tunisian dissident who had been tortured and imprisoned by the Ben Ali regime. The judge decided SFP’s description of Harrath as a ‘convicted terrorist’ was libellous.
 Westrop now works as director of the US-based 'Islamist Watch' project of the [[Middle East Forum]] run by [[Daniel Pipes]].