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| '''Mohammed "Mo" Ansar''' is a ] political and social commentator, and twitter celebrity. | '''Mohammed "Mo" Ansar''' is a ] political and social commentator, and twitter celebrity. | ||
| Ansar first met the then ] leader ] In April 2012, when the the two men participated in the BBC programme '']''.<ref>{{cite news|last=|first=|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b03ghfyp/Quitting_the_English_Defence_League_When_Tommy_Met_Mo/|title=Quitting the English Defence League: When Tommy Met Mo |publisher=BBC |date=28 October 2013 |accessdate=31 October 2013}}</ref> At Ansar's invitation, they began a dialogue after the programme in an attempt to develop an understanding of their opposing views.<ref>{{cite news|last=Russell |first=Jonathan |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/0/24706419 |title=BBC Religion & Ethics - Perspectives: The Quilliam Foundation - fighting extremism |publisher=BBC |date=29 October 2013 |accessdate=29 October 2013}}</ref> | Ansar first met the then ] leader ] In April 2012, when the the two men participated in the BBC programme '']''.<ref>{{cite news|last=|first=|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b03ghfyp/Quitting_the_English_Defence_League_When_Tommy_Met_Mo/|title=Quitting the English Defence League: When Tommy Met Mo |publisher=BBC |date=28 October 2013 |accessdate=31 October 2013}}</ref> At Ansar's invitation, they began a dialogue after the programme in an attempt to develop an understanding of their opposing views.<ref>{{cite news|last=Russell |first=Jonathan |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/0/24706419 |title=BBC Religion & Ethics - Perspectives: The Quilliam Foundation - fighting extremism |publisher=BBC |date=29 October 2013 |accessdate=29 October 2013}}</ref> | ||
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Mohammed "Mo" Ansar is a British Pakistani political and social commentator, and twitter celebrity.
Ansar first met the then English Defence League leader Tommy Robinson In April 2012, when the the two men participated in the BBC programme The Big Questions. At Ansar's invitation, they began a dialogue after the programme in an attempt to develop an understanding of their opposing views.
Ansar became the first Muslim to address an audience of EDL members, when at his own request he talked to one of the group's gatherings about Islam, and invited questions afterwards. Robinson left the EDL in 2013, with the facilitation of the Quilliam Foundation, a think-tank that tackles Islamic extremism. Their journey was the subject of a BBC documentary, Quitting the English Defence League: When Tommy Met Mo, which was broadcast by BBC One on 28 October 2013.
In October 2013 Ansar was alerted by anti-terrorist police that he and some other prominent moderate Muslim in the UK had been targeted by a propaganda video created by Al-Shabaab, the terrorist group responsible for the attack on the Westgate shopping mall in Kenya. The video urged jihadists in the UK to take action, citing the murder of Lee Rigby as an example to follow.
References
- "Quitting the English Defence League: When Tommy Met Mo". BBC. 28 October 2013. Retrieved 31 October 2013.
- Russell, Jonathan (29 October 2013). "BBC Religion & Ethics - Perspectives: The Quilliam Foundation - fighting extremism". BBC. Retrieved 29 October 2013.
- "Ex-leader of the Luton-based EDL Tommy Robinson to appear in BBC One documentary with Mohammed Ansar". Bedfordshire News. 28 October 2013. Retrieved 29 October 2013.
- Ansar, Mohammed (19 October 2013). "Mohammed Ansar: My 18 months with former EDL leader Tommy Robinson". The Guardian. Retrieved 29 October 2013.
- Shiv Malik, Duncan Gardham and Vikram Dodd (17 October 2013). "Prominent UK Muslims under police protection after al-Shabaab threats". The Guardian. Retrieved 7 November 2013.
- Simon Hooper (26 October 2013). "British Muslims defiant over al-Shabab threat". Al Jazeera English. Retrieved 6 November 2013.
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