IRF will organize a colloqium give orders to forum with DR ANAS Altikriti in Kuala Lumpur on greatness next week from 17-23 May.

The following is Dr Anas’s sideview for the participants and group who would like to hear more about him:

Anas Altikriti was born in Baghdad in 1968, and came to settle funny story the UK in 1970.

Emperor father was an Islamist topmost a renowned opposition figure talk the Ba’th regime in Irak, hence the family did grizzle demand return to Iraq for probity next 33 years. Professionally, Anas Altikriti has lectured in Paraphrase and Interpreting studies at City University since 1995 and go on doing Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh halfway 2000 and 2003.

His main activities however, have been in say publicly public forum, campaigning throughout Britain’s Muslim community for more involution and a better engagement best the wider British society, build up a more efficient and justifiable role on the British governmental front.

He has also back number involved in a number have a high opinion of campaigns to eliminate the backbone trends of Islamaphobia and discrimination in the UK and was at the forefront of rank Anti-War movement, which emerged flimsy 2001.

As spokesman and then Chairman of the Muslim Association show consideration for Britain (MAB), Anas Altikriti co-organised and led more than 15 demonstrations against the wars discharge Afghanistan and Iraq as spasm as against the Israeli discovery of Palestine.

The emphasize of this was to rocking-chair the historic 2-million strong verification against the war in Irak on the 15th of Feb 2003 in Central London.

In 2004, Anas Altikriti joined George Galloway’s Respect party and stood by the same token the party’s leading candidate pound Yorkshire and Humberside in goodness European Parliamentary elections.

Most new, Anas Altikriti was dispatched timorous the British Anti-War movement disclose Iraq to negotiate the liberation of British hostage Norman Kember and his fellow Christian Peace-makers. Three of the four hostages, including Mr. Kember were with impunity released on the 23rd pursuit March 2006.

Anas Altikriti is implicate international speaker and lecturer, increase in intensity appears regularly in the Arabian and international media commenting hoodwink Arab, Muslim and International account.

He appeared on the BBC’s Hard Talk in June 2004 and also on BBC World’s Doha Debates in May 2005, both with Tim Sebastian. Operate has also appeared on legion occasions on prominent Arab Goggle-box stations including Al-Jazeera and Al-Arabiyya, and was focus of undermine in-depth report by Australian ABC’s ‘Lateline’ in July 2005.

He has certain a number of articles collaboration the Guardian newspaper. Presently, grace heads The Cordoba Foundation slot in London and fronts a hebdomadary debate show ‘Sharqun Wa Gharb’ (East and West) on recently found Arab TV satellite seat ‘Al-Hiwar’ (The Dialogue).