Tahir Abbas is director of the study of ethnicity and culture, University of Birmingham. His latest book (as editor) is Muslim Britain: Communities under Pressure (Zed, 2005). His next will be British Islam: The Road to Radicalism (Cambridge University Press, 2008).

Recent articles

Ed Husain’s political and intellectual trajectory reveals much about the seductions of dogma, says Tahir Abbas.

"Hard-hitting and challenging questions that go to the heart of many of the dilemmas that Muslims face."

The July bombs in London have dominated discussion of British Muslims in 2005. But, says Tahir Abbas, even more important than the social problems of young Muslims is the quality and character of Muslim leadership.