Mustafa Cherif (Algeria) contributed for more than three decades to the promotion of Arab Muslim culture and inter-cultural dialogue.

UNESCO: UK National Commission for UNESCO :: Arab British Centre wins 2013 UNESCO Sharjah Prize for Arab Culture

In recent times, in the three decades following the violent break up of Pakistan in 1971, we may cite from a long list of similar violence a few examples of Muslims engaged in brutal conflicts within a state, or inter-state conflicts of two or more Muslim majority states.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Muslim-on-Muslim Violence

Shaykh Ibrahim Mogra, of the Muslim Council of Britain's inter-faith relations committee, said the first step in building a common identity was to identify what it was to be British.

BBC: NEWS | UK | What does it mean to be British?