Quilliam (think tank)

Quilliam

Founded	2008 (2008)
Founder	Ed Husain Maajid Nawaz Rashad Zaman Ali
Dissolved	2021
Location	London, England, UK
Key people	Maajid Nawaz Rashad Zaman Ali Haras Rafiq David Toube
Employees	10
Website	www.quilliaminternational.com

Quilliam was a British think tank co-founded in 2008 by Maajid Nawaz that focused on counter-extremism, specifically against Islamism, which it argued represents a desire to impose a given interpretation of Islam on society. Founded as The Quilliam Foundation and based in London, it claimed to lobby government and public institutions for more nuanced policies regarding Islam and on the need for greater democracy in the Muslim world whilst empowering "moderate Muslim" voices. The organisation opposed any Islamist ideology and championed freedom of expression. The critique of Islamist ideology by its founders―Nawaz, Rashad Zaman Ali and Ed Husain―was based, in part, on their personal experiences. Quilliam went into liquidation in 2021.