Quilliam Launch

Quilliam Launch

Quilliam Foundation Launch: 'Reviving Western Islam & Uniting Against Extremism'
British Museum, London 22nd April 2008

Speakers included Dr Ghayasudin Siddiqui, Dr Usama Hassan, Lord Paddy Ashdown, Sheikh Abdel Aziz al-Bukhari, Professor Timothy Garton Ash, Rachel North, Dr Musharraf Hussain, Jemima Khan, Shekh Dr Ali al-Saleh al-Najafi, Arsalan Iftikhar, Mohammed Hee.

Delegates came from Austria, Denmark, Holland, Ireland, Italy, Portugal, Egypt, Jerusalem, & USA.

The Chair's Introduction & Letter from Imam Pallavicini of Rome, Italy Maajid Nawaz	The Need to Rid Ourselves of Islamism Dr. Ghayasuddin Siddiqui	The Challenge of Western Islam & Secularism Towards creating Harmony Dr Usama Hasan
European Islam Lord Paddy Ashdown	Message from Jerusalem Shaykh Abdel Aziz Bukhari	Standing Together Against Extremism Timothy Garton Ash
Why Islam is Needed to Defeat Terrorism Rachel North	Terrorism: a Misreading of Scripture Dr Musharraf Hussain	Why The Quilliam Foundation Jemima Khan
Islam & Human rights Dr Ali al-Saleh	Living Western Islam: An American Experience Arsalan Iftikhar	From Islamism to Islam Mohammed Ali Hee
Question and Answer Session Ed Husain and Maajid Nawaz Chaired by Angus Walker

Quilliam Foundation released its first recommendations for combating terrorism - 'Pulling Together to Defeat Terror'. The Foundation also released a number of other publications, including 'In and Out of Islamism', based upon a talk given by Maajid Nawaz after leaving Hizb ut-Tahrir; 'The West & The Future of Islam', a CD of the debate between Ed Husain and Ayan Hirsi Ali; and a set of DVDs entitled 'Explaining Hizb ut-Tahrir' by Maajid Nawaz and Dawud Masieh.

Please click here to read

Media coverage included BBC, Sky, CNN, Fox, al-Jazeera, Reuters, AFP, AP, Press TV, Observer, Sunday Times, Guardian, Christian Science Monitor, Washington Post and others - in coming days, we will further update this site.