Islamic Forum of Europe
Official logo of the IFE
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| Founder | Chowdhury Mueen-Uddin |
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| Headquarters | East London Mosque, Tower Hamlets, London, UK |
| Coordinates | 51°31′03″N 0°03′56″W / 51.5176°N 0.0656°WCoordinates: 51°31′03″N 0°03′56″W / 51.5176°N 0.0656°W |
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Leader
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Musleh Uddin Faradhi |
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Key people
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Dr Abdul Bari Azad Ali |
| Affiliations |
European Council for Fatwa and Research Muslim Council of Britain Jamaat-e-Islami Muslim Brotherhood |
| Slogan | Takbir |
| Website | islamicforumeurope |
The Islamic Forum of Europe (IFE) is an Islamic organisation based in the United Kingdom with affiliates in Europe. Its charitable arm is the Islamic Forum Trust.
Its youth wing is named the Young Muslim Organisation (YMO), and its women's wing is Muslimaat UK. Its London and Sunderland branches are affiliated to the Muslim Council of Britain.
IFE was founded in 1988 as a British Bangladeshi professional group, by, amongst others, Chowdhury Mueen-Uddin, who stands accused of at least 18 murders as well as war crimes in his native Bangladesh. Its first president was Dr Muhammad Abdul Bari who later became chairman of the East London Mosque, succeeded by Musleh Faradhi as President since 2005.
It was reportedly founded by former members of the Jamaat-e-Islami, with whom it came into conflict over management of the East London Mosque "throughout the late 1980s" resulting in "two High Court injunctions" in 1990 in "response to violence" at the mosque. Dawat'ul Islam is now based at another mosque, Jamiatul Ummah Bigland Street.
Abdullah Faliq is the Deputy Secretary-General, who also help set up The Cordoba Foundation.
The Italian and Greek IFE were founded in 1996, whose ameer currently is Hafiz Mawlana Aminur Rahman.
"ExpoIslamia", an event held by the IFE, has welcomed such speakers as Anwar al-Awlaki.
It has also worked with the street protest group United East End that opposes the English Defence League (EDL) and part of the Enough Coalition, an umbrella group which aims to tackle anti-Muslim hatred, and that includes organisations such as the Stop the War Coalition, British Muslim Initiative, Federation of Student Islamic Societies, Unite Against Fascism and the East London Mosque.
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