Ghaffar Hussain is a writer, consultant and international speaker with expertise on radicalisation and global Extremism trends. He previously worked as Managing Director of the Quilliam Foundation, a policy institute in London, and as a Prevent Manager. He is currently Managing Director of the Groundswell Project, an upstream counter-hate organisation.
He has worked as a consultant for various organisations around the world to deliver counter-extremism programs in countries such as Pakistan, Azerbaijan, US, Denmark and Egypt.
His published works include:
– A Brief History of Islamism
– Muslim Political Thought – The Progressive Tradition
– Jihad Trending – A Comprehensive Analysis of Online Extremism and How to Counter it
– The Terror Code (forthcoming)
Ghaffar has been quoted in a range of international outlets including: The National, Paris Match, The Guardian, Der Speigel, Kultur Austausch, Islamonline, LBC and the BBC. He has written for The Guardian, the Telegraph, The Independent, The Daily Beast and the New York Times. He has also appeared on a number of news channels as an expert commentator, including; BBC World, Sky News, GloboNews, France 24, CNN, Fox TV and Al-Jazeera.
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