Dr Muhammad Manazir Ahsan is the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of The Islamic Foundation, and Rector of the Markfield Institute of Higher Education, Leicester, UK. He has published and lectured extensively on Islam and Muslims in Britain. He is also the Editor of The Muslim World Book Review, a quarterly journal devoted to analysing the latest publications on Islam and the Muslim World. He has chaired several major Muslim and interfaith organisations in the UK and has received an MBE for his contribution to interfaith and community activities.