Quilliam Foundation

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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."[1]

At the Foundation's launch advisor Abdel-Aziz Al-Bukhari reportedly argued in his speech that Muslims should love, obey and respect the government.[2]

Personnel

Advisors

Contact Information

Registered office:

34-36 High Holborn
London
WC1V 6AE
email: information@quilliamfoundation.org
Tel: 020 7193 1204

references

  1. Inayat Bunglawala, 'Abandoning banning', Guardian.co.uk, 17 April 2008
  2. Ziauddin Sardar, 'To lionise former extremists feeds anti-Muslim prejudice', The Guardian, 24 April 2008
  3. Advisors, accessed 26 April 2008.