Dr Abdelwahab El-Affendi is a senior research fellow at the Centre for the Study for Democracy, and co-ordinator of the Centre's Democracy and Islam programme. He was member of the core team of authors of the UN's Arab Human Development Report (2004) and is member of the Advisory Board for the project. He is also member of the UK Commission on British Muslims and Islamophobia, a member of the Board of Directors of Inter-Africa Group, and a trustee of the International Forum for Islamic Dialogue.