Difference between revisions of "Rashad Ali"
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Since January 2009, he has worked at the counter-terrorist consultancy [[CENTRI]].<ref name="Linkedin">[https://www.linkedin.com/in/rashad-ali-56679570 Rashad Ali], LinkedIn, accessed 9 May 2016.</ref> | Since January 2009, he has worked at the counter-terrorist consultancy [[CENTRI]].<ref name="Linkedin">[https://www.linkedin.com/in/rashad-ali-56679570 Rashad Ali], LinkedIn, accessed 9 May 2016.</ref> | ||
| − | In May 2015, the ''Telegraph''s [[Andrew Gilligan]] described Ali as a leading figure in the [[Home Office]]’s Channel deradicalisation programme. This description came in the context of criticism of [[Theresa May]]'s | + | In May 2015, the ''Telegraph''s [[Andrew Gilligan]] described Ali as a leading figure in the [[Home Office]]’s Channel deradicalisation programme. This description came in the context of criticism of [[Theresa May]]'s Extremism Bill, of which Ali commented; '“The Government is obsessed with legislation but this is not something you can defeat by legislation. It is a battle of ideas and we have to defeat these ideas by argument, not by banning even having the debate.”<ref>Andrew Gilligan, [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/terrorism-in-the-uk/11641188/How-banning-radical-Islamists-will-play-right-into-their-hands.html How banning radical Islamists will play right into their hands], ''Telegraph'', 31 May 2015.</ref> |
==Publications== | ==Publications== | ||
Revision as of 19:11, 9 May 2016
Rashad Ali is a counter-extremism consultant and former senior member of Hizb ut-Tahrir.[1]
Ali joined Hizb ut-Tahrir at 15.[2]
He studied at Markfield Institute and al-Azhar University, Cairo.[3]
Rashid Ali was an early staff member at the Quilliam Foundation, serving as its curriculum manager in 2008.[4]
Since January 2009, he has worked at the counter-terrorist consultancy CENTRI.[3]
In May 2015, the Telegraphs Andrew Gilligan described Ali as a leading figure in the Home Office’s Channel deradicalisation programme. This description came in the context of criticism of Theresa May's Extremism Bill, of which Ali commented; '“The Government is obsessed with legislation but this is not something you can defeat by legislation. It is a battle of ideas and we have to defeat these ideas by argument, not by banning even having the debate.”[5]
Publications
- 'Islam, Shariah and the Far Right' published by Democratiya journal and Dissent.
- 'A Guide to Refuting Jihadism' published by Henry Jackson Society and EFD.
- 'Blasphemy and Free Speech - Hebdo and reactions to the incidents in Paris', for the Institute for Strategic Dialogue.
- 'Is Quietist Salafism the antidote to ISIS'? for the Brookings Institute.
- Political Participation: Refuting the claims of Extremist Separatism' as part of the participatedontisolate.com campaign.[3]
- with Hannah Stuart, Refuting Jihadism: Can Jihad Be Reclaimed?, Hudson Institute, 1 August 2014.
Notes
- ↑ Michael Weiss, Persons of Interest: Britain Learns from Ex-Islamists, World Affairs, July/August 2011.
- ↑ Rashad Ali: “The ISIS narrative is not orthodox religion, it’s a modern heresy”, Euronews, 4 January 2016.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Rashad Ali, LinkedIn, accessed 9 May 2016.
- ↑ RASHAD ALI CONTRIBUTES TO BBC WORLD HAVE YOUR SAY DISCUSSION, Quilliam Foundation, 4 December 2008.
- ↑ Andrew Gilligan, How banning radical Islamists will play right into their hands, Telegraph, 31 May 2015.
