Tahir Abbas (born 1970) is a British sociologist with research and teaching experience in the study of race, ethnicity, multiculturalism, political Islam and Muslim minorities in Britain and Western Europe. He was Reader in Sociology and founding Director of the Birmingham University Centre for the Study of Ethnicity and Culture. Between 2001 and 2003 he was a senior researcher at the Home Office and the Department for Constitutional Affairs in London.

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  • Tahir Abbas (born 1970) is a British sociologist with research and teaching experience in the study of race, ethnicity, multiculturalism, political Islam and Muslim minorities in Britain and Western Europe. He was Reader in Sociology and founding Director of the Birmingham University Centre for the Study of Ethnicity and Culture. Between 2001 and 2003 he was a senior researcher at the Home Office and the Department for Constitutional Affairs in London. He is currently Associate Professor of Sociology at Fatih University in Istanbul. Abbas has published a number of books and his comments have been featured in articles by the BBC and the Daily Times of Pakistan. He has also written articles for The Guardian and The Daily Telegraph online. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and a member of the Lunar Society. Abbas has held numerous research grants and has worked with government departments, universities and civil society organisations throughout Asia, Europe and North America. In 2009 it was revealed that Abbas had plagiarised a number of other academics' work whilst at the University of Birmingham. In 2008 he was given a government grant to research the radicalisation of students on university campuses in the UK. , but it was not taken up due to his departure. In October 2010, Abbas was named Mosaic Hero of the Month for his dedicated voluntary work as co-Director of the West Midlands Regional Board in relation to the empowerment of young Muslims in Britain.
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  • Tahir Abbas (born 1970) is a British sociologist with research and teaching experience in the study of race, ethnicity, multiculturalism, political Islam and Muslim minorities in Britain and Western Europe. He was Reader in Sociology and founding Director of the Birmingham University Centre for the Study of Ethnicity and Culture. Between 2001 and 2003 he was a senior researcher at the Home Office and the Department for Constitutional Affairs in London.
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