Dilwar Hussain | |
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Born | December 25, 1970 |
Nationality | British |
Education | King's College London, University of Wales, Lampeter |
Occupation(s) | Independent Consultant, Lecturer |
Known for | Work on social policy, Muslim identity, Islamic reform |
Title | MBE |
Awards | Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2021 Birthday Honours for services to interfaith social cohesion |
Dilwar Hussain MBE (born 25 December 1970) is an independent British consultant working on social policy, Muslim identity and Islamic reform in the modern world. He formerly taught MA courses on Islam and Muslims at the Markfield Institute of Higher Education. [1]
Hussain, a British Bangladeshi, studied at King's College London, graduating in 1993. He completed a Master of Philosophy in religious studies from the University of Wales, Lampeter in 1999.[ citation needed ]
Dilwar is founding Chair of New Horizons in British Islam, a charity that works on Muslim identity, integration, and reform; [2] [3] Research Fellow at the Centre for Trust, Peace and Social Relations, University of Coventry and Lecturer at the University of Leicester.
He is Vice-Chair of the Holocaust Memorial Day Trust [4] and a Trustee of the Three Faiths Forum (3FF) and the Islamic Society of Britain, where he was President (2011–2013).
He was (2013 - 2016) a member of the Community, Voluntary and Local services Honours Committee, which nominates people for the Queen's Birthday and New Year's Honours. [5] He was himself appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2021 Birthday Honours for services to interfaith social cohesion. [6]