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Middle East Initiative

Breaking barriers between Islam & the West

Cairo Aid Meeting

BBC Roundtable

Oliver & William's Visit to the Middle East

Lord Hylton's visit to East Jerusalem, Israel & The West Bank

The Palestinian Youth Academy

Fifth Annual Al Jazeera Forum 2010 -Dates: 22nd to 24th May 2010

Forward Thinking’s support to medical training for eye-care for the people of Gaza

Forward Thinking in meeting with Turkish Foreign Minister

Forward Thinking visit to Jerusalem and Gaza, 21st and 26th April

Israel-Palestine talks set to begin

Hamas is protecting us

A discussion with historian Dr. Avi Shlaim, on Tony Blair's Middle East Policies

Dr. Mustafa Barghouti in visit in London

Assessment of ophthalmic care services in Gaza

Visit of Knesset members in London

Combating Muslim Intolerance

Hamas inmates say torture ends in West Bank jails

Talk to Al Jazeera: Ismail Haniya

John Ging's visit in London

Alliance of Civilizations (AoC) receives political support from the UN General Assembly

Our Director to participate in a new United Nations Project: “The Rapid Response Media Mechanism”

The House of Wisdom Graduation Ceremony - Gaza

Our Chairman & Director meet with key partners in the region

Meeting with members of the Knesset in Jerusalem

Our participation at The Alliance of Civilisations

Meetings with local politicians in Amman

Aljazeera's Annual Conference - Reporting on the Middle East

Religion and Social Activism meeting in Spain

Visits to Jerusalem and Gaza

Portuguese government hosts a Consultation to discuss the Middle East

Damascus meeting

Gaza War aftermath

First visit to Gaza after the war

Meeting with the French Foreign Minister to discuss the overall Middle East situation

Middle East discussion with the UK's Shadow Foreign Secretary.

Our Director participates in the International Crisis Group's meeting at the House of Lords

Relief for Gaza - The Director meets with senior officials at the DFID

Visit to Gaza

Dialogue between the Secular and Islamic Worlds: Lisbon Meeting

Peace Prospects Opportunities and Obstacles: The inaugural conference for the House of Wisdom, Gaza

Delegation visit to the Region

After Annapolis What Now for Peace: Roundtable with Political Leader Mustafa Barghouthi and David Glass, Political Adviser to Shas

Dialogue between the Secular and Islamic Worlds: The Nyon Process

Political Islam Seminar with the International Community

A Leading Palestinian Political and Community Figure Visits the UK: Dr. Mustapha Barghouthi

Multi-Party Delegation of Israeli Members of Knesset Visits the UK

A Seminar on Understanding Political Islam: Its emergence and development’

UK Programme

WAR - IN GOD’S NAME?

Yusuf Tai - Radio Broadcast

Schedule 7: A Law unto itself - Rizwaan Sabir

Regional Director Yusuf Tai on ITV News

Nyon Process Manager Application

Lord Hylton's speech on the importance of religious factors in foreign and defence policy

Forward Thinking in debate on Islam Channel

Prevent: a dangerous policy failure

Do We Vote or Do We Hope? - Faith Communities and Political Activism

Should I Leave my Faith at the Door? – Faith, Identity and the Public Space

FT Press Release on the CLG Select Committee Report on Preventing Violent Extremism Programme

InSpiRe, The Centre for Initiatives in Spirituality and Reconciliation

New Research leads focus on anti-Muslim hate crime

The Nyon Process Meeting in Istanbul 11-12 March 2010

Huda Jawad speaking at Inside Government's one day conference

Huda Jawad in a discussion on Sahar TV

Forward Thinking gives oral evidence to CLG select committee on Prevent

Forward Thinking's oral evidence in support of its submission for the Prevent programme 2009

Youth Development Challenge and a Muslim Engagement Symposium at Sandhurst for Forward Thinking's Muslim Youth Delegation

Bridging the gap

Forward Thinking supports the refocusing of the Government’s efforts to ‘Prevent’ terrorism

CLG's inquiry into 'Prevent', the Government's programme for preventing violent extremism

Home Office talks to Iraqi & Iranian women and youth

Working with faith & young people

Walthamstow youth tell it how it is

Sandhurst hosts Forward Thinking’s Muslim Youth Delegation

The Muslim community in Forest Gate welcome representatives from the Home Office

Forward Thinking to promote voluntary youth-work

Media in dialogue with grassroots voices

Forward Thinking Leads Workshop for Kings College MA Students

Forward Thinking welcomes Independent MP, Jamal El Khoudhary from Gaza.

Somali Community hosts Home Office Civil Servants

Engaging Women and Young People in Walthamstow

Islam, Muslims and life in the UK: a workshop delivered to Home Office Staff

Islam and the Media: One Day Seminar at Kingston University

Engaging with Muslim Families, Seminar at Department for Children, Schools and Families

Senior Home Office Officials meet the Muslim Community in North West London

Forward Thinking signs statement condemning anti-Semitic or Islamophobic attacks on Jews and Muslims

Youth take-over Number 10

Empowering the Leaders of Tomorrow

A Meeting of old friends and new

Young, British and Muslim: A Seminar for Members of Parliament on Forward Thinking's Report,

Breaking the Silence! Launch of Forward Thinking's ‘Forgotten Voices: Developing more effective engagement with Muslim youth and communities’ Report

Media Launch of the ‘Forgotten voices: Developing more effective engagement with Muslim youth and communities’ Report

Queens Park, Bedford Youth Speak Out!

Media

Radio 4 Oliver McTernan

Why Israel keeps moving to the right

Chris Patten urges bolder EU approach over Middle East conflict

Oliver McTernan - Broadcast on Radio 4

UN launches new journalist resource on international conflict and crises

Thought for the Day: June 30th, 2010

Six steps to real interfaith work

Guardian Article

Pause for Thought, 6 May 2010

Pause for Thought, 15 April 2010

Thought for the Day, 17 March 2010

Gaza, a Year Later

UN official to Haaretz: Israel 'nourishing despair' in Gaza

For Israel, defiance comes at the cost of legitimacy

Muslims Face Alarming Discrimination in Europe

A Neo-Ottomanism

Religious Perceptions in America

BBC Radio 2 - Wogan

Muslim Council of Britain Press Release

Glocalnet Blog Post

BBC Radio 2 - Wogan

BBC Radio 2 - Wogan

The Huffington Post

On Faith

The Muslim West Facts Project

Foreign Policy

Counterpunch

Economist Article

Economist Article

Global Brief

BBC Radio 4 Thought for the day - Religion & Ethics

BBC Radio 2 - Wogan

The International Herald Tribune

BBC Radio 4 Thought for the day - Religion and Ethics

Open Democracy

Gallup

Safe Democracy Foundation

The Huffington Post

Islam and the West: Deciphering a Contested History

The Huffington Post

Gulf News

Safe Democracy Foundation

Centre for the Study of Islam and Democracy

Economist Article

Reuters Article

Radio 4, Today Programme

Guardian Article

The Times Article

BBC News Interview

BBC News

Reviews & Analysis

Book Reviews

Living with the Taliban

What makes a British Muslim Identity?

Love in a Headscarf, By Shelina Zahra Janmohamed

‘The Infidel Within’: Muslims in Britain since 1800, By Hamayun Ansari.

Analytical Articles

Washington’s Hamas myopia

Extracts of a broadcast given by Oliver McTernan on BBC Radio 4

Muslims Under Siege

Oliver McTernan speaks at IPPR's conference on the UK's National Security Strategy

“Change we can believe in”. Will Obama’s election slogan apply to the US Middle East Policy?

If Religion Matters, Dialogue Matters

Do we really live in a free society?

“Is Britishness under threat?”

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