Ahmed Jafferali Versi

Ahmed Jafferali Versi is the publisher and editor of The Muslim News and launchd The Muslim News Awards for Excellence. Ahmed also writes for The Guardian, The Independent, The Times, BBC 24 News, Sky, Press TV and GMTV and was an Advisor to the Forum Against Islamophobia and Racism (FAIR) and to the Media Committee of Muslim Council of Britain. Ahmed has interviewed world leaders from the late President of Bosnia Herzegovina, Alija Izetbegovic, to the late President Aslan Maskhadov of Chechnya, and Britain’s Prime Minister Tony Blair. His stance on reporting behind the soundbites has secured him exclusive interviews with key political figures including the late Hamas leader Dr Abdul Aziz Rantissi, Hizbullah’s leader, Sayyid Hasan Nasrallah, and Bishop Gabriel Roric, Sudan’s former foreign minister. In March 2000, Ahmed Versi took a proactive lead in raising the profile of Muslims with the launch of the first ever The Muslim News Awards for Excellence – an annual celebration of unsung Muslim achievement attended in recent years by eminent guests such as the Prince of Wales and the Prime Minister. He has received an Honorary Doctorate of Arts in recognition his achievements as Editor of The Muslim News from University of Bedfordshire in 2007.