I feel as though I have some personal stake in the All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Islamophobia. It first began two years ago when I submitted a report to it, examining the very public fallout that ensued following the appointment of iENGAGE as the Group's secretariat.
I had been approached to compile the report by the APPG's co-chairs who believed I would be able to offer an "objective view". Noting the complex and contentious nature of doing so, I accepted the approach on the basis that I believed that the fallout was damaging the very real opportunity the APPG presented to finally have Islamophobia taken seriously at the political level. [The Huffington Post] Read more
