Asim Siddiqui

Asim Siddiqui (b. 1976 in Kettering) is Chairman and a founding trustee of The City Circle, a network of young British Muslim professionals established in 1999. In addition to running local educational and welfare projects, The City Circle organises weekly public discussion forums providing a grassroots outlet for debate on issues of mutual concern between British Muslim communities and wider society. Asim is responsible for the strategic direction of The City Circle. All of The City Circle projects are committed to inculcating constructive citizenship and building bridges between communities. Its past public debates can be viewed [http://www.thecitycircle.com/pastevents.php here] Asim is a member of the International Institute for Strategic Studies and has spoken at numerous think tanks including the Royal United Services Institute, Demos and the Fabian Society. He was appointed to the [http://www.channel4.com/iraqcommission Iraq Commission] by the Foreign Policy Centre. Asim is regularly interviewed by the BBC, Sky news and various radio stations. Asim contributes to The Guardian and New Statesman web blogs. [http://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/asim_siddiqui/profile.html] [http://www.newstatesman.com/writers/asim_siddiqui] . TIME Magazine placed Asim on it's front page in 2008 as part of a cover piece on 'Europe's Muslim Success Story. [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/europe/0,9263,901080211,00.html] Asim is a member of the prime minister's [http://www.indonesianembassy.org.uk/iag07/members_iag.html UK-Indonesia Islamic Advisory Group] [ [http://www.thejakartapost.com/yesterdaydetail.asp?fileid=20070129.A04 "UK Muslims prepare to launch advisory body"] , " Jakarta Post", January 29 2007. Accessed September 26 2007] . He has participated in Foreign & Commonwealth Office international delegations [http://www.fco.gov.uk/servlet/Front?pagename=OpenMarket/Xcelerate/ShowPage&c=Page&cid=1133774698707 projecting British Muslims] . Asim has been nominated to take part in the [http://exchanges.state.gov/education/ivp/ United States International Leadership Visitor Programme] . Asim graduated at University College London and qualified as an accountant at PricewaterhouseCoopers. He is now a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants and a qualified Member of the [http://www.http://www.sii.org.uk/web5/infopool.nsf/HTML/aAbout?OpenDocument The Securities & Investment Institute] . He works full time for a major Arab bank in the city.

Asim is married with two sons.

External links

* [http://www.thecitycircle.com The City Circle]
* [http://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/asim_siddiqui/ Commentisfree - Asim Siddiqui blog] "Guardian"
* [http://www.newstatesman.com/writers/asim_siddiqui NS - Asim Siddiqui blog] "New Statesman"

References

* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/panorama/4171842.stm "Panorama"] , "BBC", August 21 2005. Accessed September 26 2007.
* [http://www.thejakartapost.com/yesterdaydetail.asp?fileid=20070129.A04 "Islam, Race, and British Identity"] , "Guardian", November 30 2004. Accessed September 30 2007.