Mockbul Ali
OBE
NationalityBritish
OccupationDiplomat
EmployerForeign and Commonwealth Office

Mockbul Ali, OBE is a British diplomat, Islamic Issues Adviser to the Foreign Secretary and Head of Prevent, Counter Ideology at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

Career

Ali has been a policy advisor to three former Foreign Secretaries.[1] He is the Foreign Office's adviser on Muslim affairs[2] and has played a vital role[3] as Islamic issues adviser[4][5] to the Foreign Secretary[6] in Foreign and Commonwealth Office outreach to Muslims worldwide.[3] He is also a member of the Foreign Office's Engaging with the Islamic World Group.[7]

He is Head of Prevent, Counter Ideology at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office[6] and on an advisory panel for the counter-terrorism chief of the Crown Prosecution Service.[7]

In 2005, Ali was seconded to the Labour Party to work on the 2005 election campaign.[4][8]

His recent diplomatic posting was in Cairo during the Arab Spring.[1] He is currently involved in the government's responses to the Arab Spring and is the Chief of Staff to the British Prime Minister's Special Envoy to Libya.[1]

In 2014, Ali received the Royal College of Defence Studies Award for Strategic Leadership, a prestigious leadership programme in international strategy, and is the only civilian to have been awarded it.[9]

Ali has been accused by his critics of being an apologist for extreme Islamist views within Whitehall.[10]

Awards and recognition

In 2005, Ali was appointed a Officer of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2010 New Year Honours.[11]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c "Civil and Public Service 2014". British Bangladeshi Power & Inspiration. January 2014. Retrieved 1 February 2015. Cite error: The named reference "bbpower-inspiration2" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
  2. ^ Mauro, Ryan (4 March 2013). "The Dhaka-East London axis". The Economist. Retrieved 1 February 2015. ((cite news)): Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  3. ^ a b "Policy/Civil Service". British Bangladeshi Power. January 2013. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
  4. ^ a b Pasquill, Derek (17 January 2008). "I had no choice but to leak". New Statesman. Retrieved 1 February 2015. ((cite news)): Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help) Cite error: The named reference "newstatesman" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
  5. ^ Dobbie, Peter (15 July 2006). "We 'have it coming'... with help from the FO's own nest of vipers". Mail Online. Retrieved 1 February 2015. ((cite news)): Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  6. ^ a b Bright, Martin (12 November 2009). "Whitehall in turmoil over Muslim advisers". The Jewish Chronicle. Retrieved 1 February 2015. ((cite news)): Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  7. ^ a b Mauro, Ryan (24 December 2010). "WikiLeaks: British Outreach to Muslim Community Fails". FrontPage Magazine. Retrieved 1 February 2015. ((cite news)): Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  8. ^ Cohen, Nick (November 2009). "The High Price of Patriotism". Standpoint. Retrieved 1 February 2015. ((cite news)): Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  9. ^ "Civil & Public Service". British Bangladeshi Power & Inspiration. January 2015. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
  10. ^ Beaumont, Peter (13 January 2008). "Secret email that freed the mole at the Foreign Office". The Guardian. Retrieved 1 February 2015. ((cite news)): Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  11. ^ "MCB congratulates Muslims named in Queen's Honors List". Saudi Arabia: Arab News. 13 June 2010. Retrieved 1 February 2015. ((cite news)): Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)

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