Quilliam Foundation

The Quilliam Foundation‏ is a London based think-tank purporting to challenge Islamic extremism in the UK. Incorporated as a limited company on 20 Nomember 2007, the Foundation was launched on 22 April 2008 recieving significant media attention.

Low key government support

Inayat Bunglawala of the Muslim Council of Great Britain wrote in Guardian Online's Comment is Free, that the Department of Communities and Local Government had hinted to UK Islamic groups that if they were prepared to work with they could obtain financial support from the government:

"Some representatives of various UK Islamic groups were invited to see senior officials at the Department of Communities and Local Government recently to discuss the work they were doing with young people. Strong hints were dropped that they could obtain financial support from the government, but only if they were prepared to work with - and thereby help lend credibility to - Ed Husain's soon to be launched Quilliam Foundation."

Personnel

• Maajid Nawaz – Director
• Ed Husain – Co-Director
• Rashad Ali – Head of Research and Policy
• Ashraf al-Hoque – Research Fellow

Advisors

• Paddy Ashdown - Politicians
• Sheikh BaBikr Ahmed BaBikr
• Giles Fraser - Church of England Vicar
• Catherine Fieschi
• Timothy Garton Ash
• David Goodhart
• Dr David Green
• Shaikh Dr Usama Hassan
• Dr. Ghayasuddin Siddiqui is a leading British Muslim spokesperson.
• Michael Gove MP
• Imam Dr Musharraf Hussain al-Azhari
• Reza Aslan
• Parvin Ali, OBE
• Sherin Khankan
• Shaikh Abdel-Aziz Al-Bukhari
• Shaikh Dr Abdul Hameed al-Ansari
• Shaikh Ali al-Saleh al-Najafi

Contact Information

Registered office:

34-36 High Holborn

London

WC1V 6AE

email: information@quilliamfoundation.org

Tel: 020 7193 1204