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[[Rashad Ali]]  is a counter-extremism consultant and former senior member of [[Hizb ut-Tahrir]].<ref name="WeissWorldAffairs">Michael Weiss, [http://www.worldaffairsjournal.org/article/persons-interest-britain-learns-ex-islamists Persons of Interest: Britain Learns from Ex-Islamists], ''World Affairs'', July/August 2011.</ref>
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'''Rashad Ali''' is a counter-extremism consultant and former senior member of [[Hizb ut-Tahrir]].<ref name="WeissWorldAffairs">Michael Weiss, [http://www.worldaffairsjournal.org/article/persons-interest-britain-learns-ex-islamists Persons of Interest: Britain Learns from Ex-Islamists], ''World Affairs'', July/August 2011.</ref>
  
 
Ali joined [[Hizb ut-Tahrir]] at 15.<ref>[http://www.euronews.com/2016/01/04/rashad-ali-the-isis-narrative-is-not-orthodox-religion-its-a-modern-heresy/ Rashad Ali: “The ISIS narrative is not orthodox religion, it’s a modern heresy”], ''Euronews'', 4 January 2016.</ref>
 
Ali joined [[Hizb ut-Tahrir]] at 15.<ref>[http://www.euronews.com/2016/01/04/rashad-ali-the-isis-narrative-is-not-orthodox-religion-its-a-modern-heresy/ Rashad Ali: “The ISIS narrative is not orthodox religion, it’s a modern heresy”], ''Euronews'', 4 January 2016.</ref>
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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 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>
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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==
 
*'Islam, Shariah and the Far Right' published by [[Democratiya]] journal and [[Dissent]].
 
*'Islam, Shariah and the Far Right' published by [[Democratiya]] journal and [[Dissent]].
*'A Guide to Refuting Jihadism' published by [[Henry Jackson Society]] and EFD.
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*'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]].
 
*'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]].
 
*'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.<ref name="Linkedin">[https://www.linkedin.com/in/rashad-ali-56679570 Rashad Ali], LinkedIn, accessed 9 May 2016.</ref>
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*'Political participation: Refuting the claims of extremist separatism' as part of the participatedontisolate.com campaign.<ref name="Linkedin">[https://www.linkedin.com/in/rashad-ali-56679570 Rashad Ali], LinkedIn, accessed 9 May 2016.</ref>
*with [[Hannah Stuart]], [http://www.hudson.org/research/10459-refuting-jihadism-can-jihad-be-reclaimed- Refuting Jihadism: Can Jihad Be Reclaimed?], [[Hudson Institute]], 1 August 2014.
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*with [[Hannah Stuart]], [http://www.hudson.org/research/10459-refuting-jihadism-can-jihad-be-reclaimed- Refuting Jihadism: Can Jihad be reclaimed?], [[Hudson Institute]], 1 August 2014.
  
 
==Notes==
 
==Notes==

Revision as of 02:45, 10 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 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.”[5]

Publications

Notes

  1. Michael Weiss, Persons of Interest: Britain Learns from Ex-Islamists, World Affairs, July/August 2011.
  2. Rashad Ali: “The ISIS narrative is not orthodox religion, it’s a modern heresy”, Euronews, 4 January 2016.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Rashad Ali, LinkedIn, accessed 9 May 2016.
  4. RASHAD ALI CONTRIBUTES TO BBC WORLD HAVE YOUR SAY DISCUSSION, Quilliam Foundation, 4 December 2008.
  5. Andrew Gilligan, How banning radical Islamists will play right into their hands, Telegraph, 31 May 2015.