Press Release – New Quilliam Report on ‘Grooming Gangs’

Grooming Gang

A new report by Quilliam International has found an alarming level of over-representation of (South) Asian men in group-based child sexual exploitation crimes, otherwise known as ‘grooming gangs’. In light of the recent spate of these grooming gang cases reported in the UK, Quilliam has conducted its own research into this growing epidemic to determine … Read more

Southern Poverty Law Center, Inc. Admits It Was Wrong, Apologizes to Quilliam and Maajid Nawaz for Field Guide to Anti-Muslim Extremists, and Agrees to Pay $3.375 Million Settlement

SPLC apology to Maajid Nawaz and the Quilliam Foundation

MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA — The Southern Poverty Law Center, Inc. has apologized to Quilliam and its founder Maajid Nawaz for wrongly naming them in its controversial Field Guide to Anti-Muslim Extremists. In a public statement, the SPLC’s president, Richard Cohen, explained that “Mr. Nawaz and Quilliam have made valuable and important contributions to public discourse, including … Read more

Misappropriating the Black Flag – Changes Through the Centuries

meaning of black flags

The use of monochrome flags is an ancient Eastern, Arab and Islamic tradition. Its significance has changed over the centuries. Some believe that one of the Prophet’s original banners, known as the Uqab, was black. Several hadiths or traditions in Sunni Muslim sources speak of the appearance of an army carrying black flags or banners … Read more

Maajid Nawaz – Founding Chairman of Quilliam

Maajid Nawaz

Maajid Nawaz is a counter-extremist, author, columnist, broadcaster and Founding Chairman of Quilliam – a globally active organization focusing on matters of integration, citizenship & identity, religious freedom, immigration, extremism and terrorism. Maajid’s work is informed by years spent in his youth as a leadership member of a global Islamist group, and his gradual transformation … Read more