Fiyaz Mughal

Fiyaz Mughal is the Founder and former Director of Faith Matters, which works on countering extremism, community integration and monitoring hate crime. He is also the Founder of the national Islamophobia Monitoring Group, Tell MAMA, and was it's Director from 2011-2016.

Background

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Fiyaz Mughal is a former politician who has been actively involved in counter-extremism initiatives since 2005. He was appointed to the Working Group for Communities that was linked to the Extremism Task Force Group set up by Tony Blair following the 7/7 bombings in 2005.

Mughal was previously an elected Councillor in Oxford (2002-2004) and Haringey (2006-2010) and Deputy President (2007-2008) of the Liberal Democrats political party in the UK. He campaigned to be the 2008 Liberal Democrat candidate for London Mayor but lost to Brian Paddick. It is worth noting that Tell MAMA, a project founded by Mughal, commenced in 2012, when the Liberal Democrats were in government. It received substantial government support with £214,000 worth of funding announced by then Deputy Prime Minister and Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg on 8 November 2012. Mughal is no longer active in any party.

He is a Fellow of the Chartered Management Institute. He was awarded an OBE in 2009 in recognition of his services to the voluntary sector.

He is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of the annual No2H8 Crime Awards.

He has been a vocal critic of some Muslim grassroots organisations. At a Home Affairs Committee meeting on Tuesday 13 December 2016 he attacked both CAGE and MEND, accusing them of attacking Tell MAMA because they perceived the organisation to be “Jew friendly”. The full committee hearing can be viewed here.

Education

• 1977 - 1983, Cavina School, Primary.
• 1992 - 1995, University College London, BSc Neuroscience.
• 1998 - 2000, London Metropolitan University, MA Education.
• 2002 - 2004, London Metropolitan University, MBA Business.

Career

• 2005 - 2006, Director, Diverse Trust.
• 2005 - 2008 - CEO, Enfield Citizens Advice Bureau.
• 2011 - 2013 - Founding Member, Credemus Associates.
• 2004 - present - Founder and Director, Muslims Against Anti-Semitism.
• 2005 - 2020 - Founder and former Director, Faith Matters.

Affiliations

• Contextualising Islam in Britain II project - participant
• Faith Matters - Founder and former Director.
• Tell MAMA - Founder and former Director.
• Muslims Against Anti-Semitism - Founder and Director.

Publications

Books

• Fiyaz Mughal and Aliyah Saleem, Leaving Faith Behind: The journeys and perspectives of people who have chosen to leave Islam, Darton,Longman & Todd Ltd (27 Mar. 2018).
• Fiyaz Mughal and Sarah Markiewicz. Foreword by H.E. Mr Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser Mike Hardy (Editor), Muslim Identity in a Turbulent Age: Islamic Extremism and Western Islamophobia, Jessica Kingsley Publishers (19 Jan. 2017).

Articles

• Fiyaz Mughal, In a rabbi I found myself, Jewish News, 29 December 2019.
• Fiyaz Mughal, The Conservatives should not give up on Muslim voters, The Spectator, 1 December 2019.
• Fiyaz Mughal, Labour doesn’t have a few bad apples. It’s systematic rot, Jewish News, 28 November 2019.
• Fiyaz Mughal, This is what Britain should do with Isis detainees fleeing Turkey's assault on Kurds in Syria, The Independent, 18 October 2019.
• Fiyaz Mughal, Britain has run out of compassion for treasonous ‘Jihadi brides’, but lacks the legal teeth to act, The Independent, 17 September 2019.
• Fiyaz Mughal, Experience of displacement bonds Ugandan Asians and Jews, Jewish News, 16 August 2019.
• Fiyaz Mughal, It’s time to crack down on Muslim-on-Muslim hatred, The Spectator, 7 June 2019.
• Fiyaz Mughal, Fraser Anning's attempt to blame Muslim victims of the New Zealand terror attack is all too familiar, The Independent, 15 March 2019.
• Fiyaz Mughal, The Tories’ Islamophobia will not be stopped from within, The Guardian, 7 March 2019.
• Fiyaz Mughal, Muslim parents, you can't have it both ways – if we’re defended against bigotry, so must the LGBT+ community, The Independent, 31 January 2019.
• Fiyaz Mughal, Communities like Jo Cox’s deserve better than the toxic abuse of truth, The Guardian, 2 September 2018.
• Fiyaz Mughal, Now’s the time to draw a line on Hezbollah flags flying in London, Jewish News, 20 May 2018.
• Fiyaz Mughal, An open letter to Home Secretary Sajid Javid on Hezbollah flags, Jewish News, 4 May 2018.
• Fiyaz Mughal, Muslims and Jews held Mary Hassell to account, Jewish News, 2 May 2018.
• Fiyaz Mughal, Why was Islamist extremism accepted up until the late 2000s?, Jewish News, 3 April 2018.
• Fiyaz Mughal, Chief Rabbi right to call out ‘see no evil hear no evil’ mantra on anti-Semitism, Jewish News, 23 March 218.
• Fiyaz Mughal, Jews and Ugandan Asians felt Amin’s terror during Entebbe, Jewish News, 9 March 2018.
• Fiyaz Mugha], After the Darren Osborne case, social media must eradicate hate material, The Guardian, 2 February 2018.
• Fiyaz Mugha], Hassell’s ‘cab rank rule’ shows how out of touch she is, Jewish News, 24 January 2018.
• Fiyaz Mughal, Jews and Muslims are becoming more polarised by fear and insecurity, Jewish News, 20 December 2017.
• Fiyaz Mughal, Iraqi Jews are speaking up for the protection of their heritage, Jewish News, 7 August 2017.
• Fiyaz Mughal, Can we continue to hide from tough debates on Islamist violence?, Jewish News, 19 June 2017.
• Fiyaz Mughal, We thought Anjem Choudhary was a clown, but he had deadly associations, Jewish News, 12 June 2017.
• Fiyaz Mughal, Salman Abedi is not unique – I knew a British Libyan family whose members were radicalised in the same way, The Independent, 25 May 2017.
• Fiyaz Mughal, So what have Jews ever done for us?, Jewish News, 16 April 2017.
• Fiyaz Mughal, I won’t allow extremist bigots on any side stop me fighting hate, Jewish News, 12 March 2017.
• Fiyaz Mughal, Trump’s presidency must not mean Muslims and Jews pitted against each other, Jewish News, 23 January 2017.
• Fiyaz Mughal, Pamela Geller – Deemed ‘Not Conducive to the Public Good’, Jewish News, 18 December 2016.
• Fiyaz Mughal, Post Trump, where are we in the Interfaith world?, Jewish News, 15 November 2016.
• Fiyaz Mughal, Interfaith work is losing relevance in a complex social environment, Jewish News, 20 October 2016.
• Fiyaz Mughal, Anti-Ahmadi hate crime has gone unchecked for too long – and the consequences are terrifying, The Independent, 11 October 2016.
• Fiyaz Mughal, My organisation has received horrific anti-Muslim abuse. But the Met police don’t seem to care , The Guardian, 29 July 2016.
• Fiyaz Mughal, With the rise of Isis, Muslims are being called ‘beheaders’. This has to end, The Independent, 10 December 2015.
• Fiyaz Mughal, Far right ideology is not amusing buffoonery - extremists have killed before, The Independent, 16 January 2015.
• Fiyaz Mughal, A ban on the niqab is contrary to British values, The Independent, 15 July 2014.