Muslim Charities Forum

Muslim Charities Forum
Founded2008
FounderHany El-Banna
TypeCharity
FocusAdvocacy, Capacity Building, Research, Partnership Building, Promotion of Humanitarian Principles and Standards
HeadquartersLondon, UK
Key people
CEO: Fadi Itani[1]
Revenue
£136,500 (2018)[2]
Websitewww.muslimcharitiesforum.org.uk

The Muslim Charities Forum (MCF) is an umbrella organisation for UK based Muslim-led charities whose primary goal is to provide humanitarian aid and assistance to the poorest and most vulnerable people around the world.[3] It is also an associate member of British Overseas NGOs for Development (Bond),[4] the UK membership body for non-government organisations and a member of National Council for Voluntary Organisations (NCVO),[5] an organisation with 11,000 members that champions the voluntary sector and volunteering.

The Chairman [6] of the Board of Trustees of the Muslim Charities Forum is Moazzam Malik.

Fadi Itani is the Chief Executive.[7]

The organisation faced hostile media reporting after one of its members alleged ties to political and non charitable entities in an article in the Telegraph. Days later however, the Telegraph made a correction in its print edition.[8][9] The Charity Commission had previously confirmed in 2009 that the alleged connections of an MCF member to those entities were unfounded.[10]

  1. ^ "Fadi Itani, Chief executive, Muslim Charities Forum - Civil Society".
  2. ^ "About the register of charities".
  3. ^ "The World Federation attends Muslim Charities Forum Workshop". The World Federation. December 2, 2009.
  4. ^ Bond Membership Directory. 2009.
  5. ^ NCVO
  6. ^ https://twitter.com/muslimcharities/status/1592925647755960320?s=20&t=5E6RfgsSUMliusj8yhGDdw
  7. ^ "Fadi Itani: Compassion vs. impact – charities must remember that both really matter". www.civilsociety.co.uk. Retrieved 2019-02-15.
  8. ^ "How the Muslim Brotherhood fits into a network of extremism".
  9. ^ mcf (4 October 2014). "The Daily Telegraph: Article correction in print edition – Muslim Charities Forum". Retrieved 2019-06-11.
  10. ^ Delmar-Morgan, Alex (2015-07-22). "Islamic charities in UK fear they are being unfairly targeted over extremism". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2016-10-18.