Mohammed Amin (businessman)

Mohammed Amin
EducationClare College, Cambridge
Occupation(s)Businessman, Chairman of the Conservative Muslim Forum

Mohammed Amin MBE FRSA is a British-Pakistani businessman who was Chairman of the Conservative Muslim Forum, an affiliated group within the British Conservative Party, from mid-2014[1] until June 2019, when he was reported to have been expelled from the group following his public criticism of the 'moral integrity' of Boris Johnson.[2] He resigned from the Conservative Party on 23 July 2019 when Johnson was announced as the new leader as he regarded him as morally unfit to be Party Leader or Prime Minister.[3][4] He writes regularly about political and community cohesion issues on the ConservativeHome website.[5]

In October 2019 he joined the Liberal Democrats.[6][7]

  1. ^ "Lord Sheikh relinquishes CMF Chairmanship". Conservative Muslim Forum. 7 July 2014. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  2. ^ "Conservative Muslim chair says he was expelled from group for questioning Boris Johnson's 'moral fitness'". ITV plc. 21 June 2019. Retrieved 14 July 2019.
  3. ^ Mahmood, Basit (15 November 2019) [23 July 2019]. "Leading Tory Muslim quits after 'morally unfit' Boris becomes PM". Metro. Archived from the original on 15 February 2020. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
  4. ^ Amin, Mohammed (7 July 2022) [25 July 2019]. "Why Mohammed Amin resigned from the Conservative Party". mohammedamin.com. Archived from the original on 15 February 2020. Retrieved 30 January 2024.
  5. ^ "Posts by Mohammed Amin". ConservativeHome. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  6. ^ "Mohammed Amin – The Campaign for Shared European Values". CSEV: The Campaign for Shared European Values. Archived from the original on 30 January 2024. Retrieved 30 January 2024.
  7. ^ Nawaz, Maajid (2 November 2019). "LBC Exclusive: Former Conservative Muslim Forum Chair Defects To Lib Dems". LBC. Archived from the original on 5 November 2019. Retrieved 30 January 2024.