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Abbreviation | MCB |
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Formation | 23 November 1997 |
Type | Religious organization |
Legal status | Charity |
Purpose | policy advice, advocacy |
Region served | United Kingdom |
Secretary-general | Zara Mohammed |
Affiliations | Sunni Islam and Shia Islam |
Website | https://mcb.org.uk/ |
The Muslim Council of Britain (MCB) is an umbrella body of Muslim organisations in the United Kingdom, with over 500 affiliated mosques and organisations.[1] It was formed in 1994 in response to British government's expressed wish for a single representative body of Muslims it could talk to. It has been called the best known and most powerful of the Muslim organisations founded since 1990,[2] though its claims of being representative of British Muslims have been questioned.[3] Since 2009, successive British governments have maintained a policy of "non-engagement" with the Muslim Council of Britain based on claims that the group is not sufficiently representative and that its officials have made favourable remarks about extremists in the past.[4][5][6][7][8]
Duffy
was invoked but never defined (see the help page).The Labour government broke off all ties with the MCB in 2009, although Communities Secretary John Denham did meet them in 2010. After the coalition took office in 2010 Conservative ministers reimposed the boycott, which was confirmed in 2015 as government policy.
[Quoting Sajjid Javed, home secretary] I would be very suspicious of anything that they've got to say not least because, under the last Labour government - and a policy continued by us - we don't deal with the MCB.
Inter Faith Network
was invoked but never defined (see the help page).