The Battle for Public Opinion in Europe

Corinna Mullin is a lecturer and an ESRC Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Politics and International Studies at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS). The principal aim of her current research in comparative international political theory is to examine the potential epistemological and ideological challenges posed by Islamist movements to the Western understanding of...

Azzam Tamimi is an outspoken and well-known British Palestinian academic and political activist. He writes and lectures on issues relating to Islamic political thought and Middle Eastern politics. Dr Tamimi received his BSc in Combined Sciences from the University of Sunderland in 1979, before completing a PhD in Political Theory from the University of Westminster...

Daud Abdullah is a well-known British academic, and political and social commentator. He writes and lectures on issues relating to Middle Eastern and British politics, Islam, and Muslim-Western relations. Dr Abdullah received his BA in history from the University of Guyana in 1981 before completing a PhD in History at the University of Khartoum in...

Robert Lambert is a well-known academic and operational counter-terrorism expert. His research interests are community-based approaches to counter-terrorism and Islamophobia. He has had long involvement in pioneering counter-terrorism community engagement projects and has received accolades for his various works in support of Muslim community groups facing Islamophobic attacks. In 2008, he was awarded an MBE...

Maria Holt is a well-known academic and lobbyist with a long involvement with Middle Eastern issues. Her research interests include the effect of violent conflict on Middle Eastern women, the Arab-Israeli conflict, Muslim communities in the UK, Islamic political movements in the Middle East, and the final years of the British colonial period in southern...