Mohammed Ansar
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| Born | 6 April 1974 Watford, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation | Political commentator |
Mohammed "Mo" Ansar (born 6 April 1974) is a political and social commentator.
Ansar worked in banking with Lloyds Banking Group, which he later unsuccessfully sued for racial discrimination.
In 2010, whilst chair of the Hampshire Independent Equality Forum (HIEF) Steering Group, Ansar coordinated the Southampton Flood Relief Campaign for victims of the 2010 Pakistan Floods and participated in a Question Time-style event in a Hampshire school.
In March 2012, Ansar appeared at Cambridge Science Festival on a panel convened by comedian and Guest Director Robin Ince on "whether religion and science can coexist in harmony".
In August 2013, Ansar gave a talk at the Greenbelt Festival called "What have the Muslims ever done for us?". In October 2013, Ansar gave an interfaith talk entitled "Facing Secularism Together" for the annual Lovell (Interfaith) Lecture at Winchester Cathedral.
In November 2015, Ansar led the Southampton University Students Union Islamic Society eventOpen Muslim Prayers as part of the annual Inter Faith Week "organised by the University of Southampton's Chaplaincy and the Parkes Institute to promote diversity, celebration, and understanding".
In April 2012, Ansar met then English Defence League leader Tommy Robinson when both men participated in the BBC programme The Big Questions. At Ansar's invitation, they began a dialogue about their opposing views which became the subject of a BBC documentary - 'When Tommy Met Mo'. During the documentary Ansar came under much pressure when challenged on certain moral values and theological principles by Maajid Nawaz of the Quilliam think tank. At the end of the documentary, Robinson left the EDL and began to work with Quilliam, which he later cited as helping facilitate his exit.
Ansar wrote an article for The Guardian which was published shortly before the BBC documentary Quitting the English Defence League: When Tommy Met Mo aired.
In December 2012, Ansar was invited to participate in a discussion with Rabbi Laura Janner-Klausner and Giles Fraser for an article in the Christmas Issue guest co-edited by Robin Ince New Statesman.
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