Anas Altikriti

Anas Altikriti (born September 9, 1968) is President of the Cordoba Foundation. One of the leading figures of the British Anti-War movement, Altikriti also served as president of the Muslim Association of Britain between 2004- 2005.

Altikriti holds an MSc in Translation and Interpreting. He teaches translation and interpreting on part-time basis at Leeds University. He headed the Respect Yorkshire and Humberside slate for the European elections in 2004. He is of Iraqi and Sunni origin and from the birthplace town of Saddam Hussein.

Altikriti chaired more than 20 major demonstrations including the demonstration against the Iraq war organized in London on February 15 2003. He was also special envoy to Iraq to negotiate the release of Western hostages. As a regular commentator in the International and Arab media (e.g. BBC, CNN, ABC, SKY, Al-Jazeera, etc.) on Muslim and current affairs, he has appeared on HARDtalk and the Doha Debates (both with Tim Sebastian), ‘Lateline’ on Australian ABC and BBC’s Newsnight as well as a number of prominent programs on a variety of international channels. Altikriti has contributed a number of articles to The Guardian, Al-Ahram Weekly and Islam Online.

In late 2005 and 2006 he made a number of trips to Iraq in efforts to release British hostage Norman Kember. Kember was eventually released in March 2006.

External links

* [http://www.anas-altikriti.com/ Official web site]
* [http://www.thecordobafoundation.com/ The Cordoba Foundation ]
* [http://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/anas_altikriti/ The Guardian- Comment is Free ]
* [http://www.Islamexpo.com/ IslamExpo ]
* [http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2006/feb/10/religion.muhammadcartoons "This is not a Cartoon War by Anas Altikriti"]
* [http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,,1665642,00.html "Christians and Muslims Pray for Iraq hostage" ]
* [http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,1472811,00.html "Don't Take us for Granted by Anas Altikriti"]