In 2009, the government severed ties with the MCB after a senior figure reportedly backed Hamas. And let us not forget the MCB’s boycott of Holocaust Memorial Day, which lasted six years in the 2000s. Or that the former communities secretary Michael Gove described the MAB as the UK affiliate of the Muslim Brotherhood as recently as 2024. While the MCB and MAB’s positions may well have changed, the history of these organisations should make anyone think twice about including them in such a vital review. But sadly, it seems whoever put this list together has taken the easy option...
Monitoring Antisemitism Intel
