07 March 2011

Cameron is wrong to target the Quilliam Foundation

.... I was shocked to read today that cuts in Home Office funding may lead to the closure of the Quilliam Foundation.

Ever since Ed Hussain and Maajid Nawaz set it up Quilliam has been a beacon in London for clear-headed, moderate, balanced analysis and policy recommendations on the vexed problem of radical, extreme Islamist ideology and its nefarious impact on British Muslims.

Both men through the writing and work are an inspiration here and abroad. Only the other week I was taking an important American journalist to meet Mr Nawaz as he was the best guide to aspect of this problem in the UK. [The Spectator] Read more