Musharraf Hussain al-Azhari
Musharraf Hussain al-Azhari is the director of the Nottingham based Karimia Institute. He is also an advisor to the Quilliam Foundation.
His organisation, the Karimia Institute, states that it is focused on encouraging and promoting ‘moral, social and spiritual development through worship, education and recreation’, [1] but it has recently commenced a series of preventing violent extremism workshops aimed at boys aged from 10-14.[2]
Funding under Prevent
Musharraf Hussain Al-Azhari's Karimia Institute has received a total of £100,000 of PVE Funding from 2009-2011. The purpose of this is to fight extremism and tackle radicalisation, but the policy has become tarnished with allegations of being used by the police and security services as a mechanism to spy and collate intelligence on the Muslim community.
Notes
- ↑ About Us:, Karimia Institute, accessed 20 February 2010
- ↑ Stopping Young Muslims turn to Extremism, Nottingham Evening Post, 17 February 2010, accessed 20 February 2010
