British Muslims and the Muslim Council of Britain: the next decade / Open Democracy, 7 July 2008
http://www.opendemocracy.net/article/the-next-ten-years-british-muslims-and-the-muslim-council-of-britain
Yahya Birt
"As the Muslim Council of Britain marks its first decade, it seems an appropriate moment for reflection. As the country's largest Muslim umbrella body, it still remains the "first among equals" in relation to an increasingly large alphabet-soup of representative institutions. The British Muslim Forum, the Sufi Council of Britain and British Muslims for Secular Democracy have all emerged in the three years since 7/7, alongside a profusion of Muslim commentators and other bodies that seek to reflect the government's "rebalancing" in 2006 of its relationship with Muslim communities to emphasise counter-terrorist imperatives."