RASHAD ALI

Ex HT, Ex Quilliam (Head of Research & Policy), Associate Fellow at the Henry Jackson Society &
Current Director of Centri, a counter terrorism consultancy
Appears the guy was senior member of HT, on their Leadership Comittee but was expelled for, as
yet, unconfirmed reasons but rumored to be connected with 'unIslamic behaviour' including but not
limited to fraud and dealing in stoled goods.
He then co-founded Quilliam with Ed Hussain and Majid Nawaz and remained with it until he left
to do his own thing with Centri. Appears he spends much of his time denouncing the Hizb and the
notion of the necessity for a Caliphate.
Rashad Zaman Ali
Rashad Zaman Ali is of Bangladeshi origins living in Sheffield; he encountered Hizb ut-Tahrir when a party
member delivered a school assembly. Following this he read a tract of Hizb ut-Tahrirs economic system which
deconstructed western economic theory of Adam Smith, Ricardo and Malthus through to Marx.[28] He began
studying with Hizb ut-Tahrir and was with them for 12 years before being expelled for alleged criminal and
fraudulent activities. [29]
Rashad Ali has no significant academic background commenceing courses without completing them. His selftaught Islamic jurisprudence and Hizb ut-Tahrir books makes him the most qualified of the trio. He provided
content for Nawazs theological paper of 2007 and academically flawed responses to the resulting barrage of
critique.[30] His theology is radically reductionist in nature, believing revelation comprises of limited abstract
ideas like justice, reason and liberal utilitarianism. Squaring this with traditional theology poses a significant
challenge one where Ali responds through questionable techniques of misinterpretation and misrepresentation of
classical scholars and avoiding addressing the source texts used as proofs.[31]
All three friends have enrolled on postgraduate doctorates apparently not for the educational content but for the
legitimacy such a piece of paper will give their views.[32]

~http://islamic-considerations.blogspot.co.uk/2008/06/critique-of-quilliam-foundation.html
Few articles follow:
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2008/dec/06/islam-religion-edmunds
http://www.conservativehome.com/platform/2014/02/rashad-ali.html
http://henryjacksonsociety.org/2014/02/04/a-guide-to-refuting-jihadism-critiquing-radical-islamistclaims-to-theological-authenticity/
Full report: http://www.lapidomedia.com/sites/default/files/downloads/Refuting%20Jihadism
%20Jan2014.pdf
http://theislamist.wordpress.com/2007/09/26/who-is-rashad-zaman-ali/ :
Alis plagiarism of another author. A search on sunniforum.comreveals that Ali had posted on there. In one
post, Ali posts a large chunk of an article that he says was part of hismasters in Islamic law. The reader,
obviously a former personal acquaintance, contests that Ali has never completed a masters and alleges that the
article was in fact written by HT member Kamal Abu Zahra. In another post, Ali makes reference to Sheikh
Taqiuddin an-Nabhani al-Azhari (the founder of HT), adding weight to the earlier suggestion that Ali had some
connection with the group.

In a much more detailed comment an anonymous reader asks Ali a series of questions concerning his character
and asks him toclarify the shubha concerning your personality. This reader then asks Ali a series of as yet
unanswered questions about identity fraud, dealing in stolen cars, his views on lesbianism, his views on wife
beating and outstanding debts.

http://mushypeas.org/harry-met-lucy/ :
http://maqasid.wordpress.com/2008/04/18/shaykh-bin-bayyah-h-rashad-alis-quilliam-foundationdistortions-2/ - this is an interesting piece I didnt get a chance to finish it but it appears to be
suggesting that Rashad has been manipulating evidences to fit his views on the necessity of the
Islamic State.
http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201012/cmselect/cmhaff/1446/11091303.htm :
testimony given by M Nawaz and R Ali to a Home Affairs Comittee on Radicalisation > the video >
http://news.bbc.co.uk/democracylive/hi/house_of_commons/newsid_9589000/9589617.stm
http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2010/jan/03/christmas-bombers-uk-links > here he is talking of the
hizb takeover of Uni ISOCs
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/jan/10/islam-channel-radical-cleric-awlaki > Centri
commenting on AAA links to Islam Channel
www.telegraph.co.uk/education/educationnews/7012827/Speaker-with-extremist-links-to-addressDetroit-bombers-former-student-group.html > Centri again targetting ISOCs
https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/resources/commentary-and-analysis/732-andrew-gilligandispatches-and-islamic-terrorism
http://books.google.co.uk/books?
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