Ibrahim Hewitt

Ibrahim Hewitt is chairman of the board of trustees of Interpal and a senior editor at Middle East Monitor.[1][2][3] He is a Muslim activist from Leicester, U.K. who is often alleged to be an Islamist extremist in the British press.[4] Hewitt is a media and education consultant and has been the chairman of the Palestinian Relief and Development Fund (Interpal) since 1997.[5]

Hewitt is also a school inspector and head of the Al-Aqsa School in Leicester. He received an honorary doctorate from the Islamic University in Gaza for his material support for both the university and the Palestinian people. He is also a trustee of the International Board of Educational Research and Resources (IBERR), founded by Yusuf Islam (aka, Cat Stevens), which distributes Islamic educational material around the world. Hewitt was also the Secretary General of the Muslim Council of Britain from 2004-2006, a UK consortium dominated by the Pakistani Islamist group, Jamaat-e-Islami.[5]

Hewitt has been praised by Jeremy Corbyn, who 2 years later became leader of the Labour Party (UK). He spoke publicly at an event in 2013: "Over a very long period of time I’ve got to know Ibrahim Hewitt, the chair, extremely well. I consider him to be a very good friend and I think he’s done a fantastic job in leading and guiding Interpal which has done such great practical work." He is a person with great concern for humanity. [3]

  1. ^ "Ibrahim Hewitt – Middle East Monitor". Middleeastmonitor.com. Retrieved 2016-04-28.
  2. ^ Gilligan, Andrew (18 July 2015). "Jeremy Corbyn, friend to Hamas, Iran and extremists". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
  3. ^ a b Lemanski, Dominik (26 July 2015). "Corbyn admits links to Islamic extremist". The Times. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
  4. ^ Ahmari, Sohrab (4 May 2016). "Labour's Radical 'Moderate'". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 23 June 2016.
  5. ^ a b "Ibrahim Brian Hewitt". 17 January 2015. Retrieved 23 August 2016.