Haras Rafiq

Quilliam

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Managing Director of Quilliam, a counter-extremism think-tank based in London, he sits on task force advising Prime Minister David Cameron on fighting extremism

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Je Suis Charlie Hebdo: I Am Charlie Hebdo

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