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[The Guardian] Fuad Nahdi obituary
« on: April 02, 2020, 01:05:32 AM »
Fuad Nahdi obituary

Prominent British Muslim journalist and activist whose voice was heard from Downing Street to Dakar

Fuad Nahdi, who has died aged 62 due to complications related to diabetes, was one of the most important figures over the past 30 years in the framing, development and mainstream influence of British Islam. He also made Britain a bridgehead between east and west, where Islamic scholars came to face their reckoning with modernity.

Nahdi held no great administrative office but he was a consummate communicator with crucial connections when it mattered – which was the moment when British Islam emerged as distinct from “Asianness”, through the Rushdie Affair, 9/11, the Iraq war and the 2005 London bombings.

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