Pannelists T.J. Leyden, Usama Hasan, Melvyn Haward Jr., Maajid Nawaz, Susan Cruz, Paul Carrillo and moderator Jared Cohen speak at the Youth Radicalization Redefined during the 2011 Tribeca Film Festival at SVA Theater on April 29, 2011 in New York City [File: Jason Kempin/Getty Images/AFP]
The news that the Quilliam Foundation, a so-called counter-extremism think-tank, has closed, was welcomed by many – particularly by Muslims who have long been targets of the harmful practices of the organisation. On April 9, one of its founders, Maajid Nawaz, announced on Twitter that the decision was made due to the “hardship of maintaining a non-profit during Covid lockdowns”.
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