The British Muslim Forum is an organisation of Sunni Muslims which represents 500 Mosques across the UK. The BMF was relaunched after the "42-day detention" debate caused a split in the existing BMF leadership and led to two years of reform. Ahmad Nisar Beg Qadri of Manchester was elected as Chairman of the BMF on 30 October 2010 and assumed leadership on 1 January 2011. He is currently co-ordinating the restructure of the organisation to be more representative of its members and more inclusive of community leaders who are passionate about their work. Nisar Ahmed Begg included young professionals in the running of the BMF. However, following pressure from various key players in the BMF, Nisar Begg resigned as Chair of the British Muslim Forum on the 23rd September 2011, less than 1 year after his election.
Following the resignation of Nisar Begg, many of the young professionals formerly involved vowed to leave the organisation after what they called the hijacking of the organisation by different factions.
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