Muslim Association of Britain

The Mus­lim Asso­ci­a­tion of Britain (MAB) had for many years been the most active orga­ni­za­tion in the UK Mus­lim Broth­er­hood. Found­ed in 1997 by for­mer Hamas chief Muham­mad Kath­em Sawal­ha, the MAB’s lead­er­ship has includ­ed fig­ures such as Anas Altikri­ti, whose fam­i­ly has deep Broth­er­hood ties in Iraq. In 2007, many MAB lead­ers left to form the British Mus­lim Ini­tia­tive (BMI), reflect­ing inter­nal dis­putes over polit­i­cal strat­e­gy. Despite repeat­ed pub­lic denials, both the MAB and Altikri­ti have acknowl­edged ide­o­log­i­cal align­ment and per­son­al links with the Mus­lim Broth­er­hood. The group’s influ­ence extends into polit­i­cal advo­ca­cy, coali­tion-build­ing, and think-tank activ­i­ties, notably through the Cor­do­ba Foun­da­tion led by Altikriti.