MO ANSAR

The Record

Achievements & Accomplishments

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Raja Mohammed Ansar Khan (Mohammed Ansar). A window into an exceptional life of public service.

This list is not exhaustive: much of the work was never recorded online. It is a window into the exceptional life and public service of a man known as the Suffering Servant.

All that you see listed was achieved while living with a profound spinal disability since childhood; a degenerative spinal condition that resulted from physical abuse he suffered as a young boy, not clinically identified until an MRI scan in January 2025.

What this meant in real terms: every motion, every action, every footstep, every mile walked, was twice as hard for him as for an able-bodied person.

Origins, lineage and heritage

  1. 6 Apr 1974

    Born in Shrodells Hospital, Watford, next to the football ground; grew up on the Holywell estate, first living in flats on a council estate before moving to a house with a garden in 1984

  2. From 2024

    Known publicly as the Star of Jacob, the Hebrew Moshiach with a global mandate;

    In talks with the Prime Minister’s office and UK government about the resettlement of his people, the Bani Israel (exiled Tribes of Israel) and return to their ancestral homeland and his family to Jerusalem

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    Full title: Raja Mohammed Ansar Khan (Mohammed Ansar, “Mo” Ansar in the media): hereditary lineage rooted in the ancient Royal Household of Azad Kashmir (Mirpur) and the House of Judah

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    Grandfather Haji Raja Bostan Khan and his grandfather’s brothers fought Nazism in the Second World War; his grandfather survived settling in Coventry as a war hero

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    After decades of public service, rose to prominence on the global media stage becoming the UK’s leading Muslim public figure between 2012 – 2014; thereafter subjected to a coordinated political smear campaign leaving his exemplary public service record disfigured

Education

  1. 1979 – 1985

    Holywell Junior School, Watford. Headteacher: David J Porter

  2. 1985 – 1993

    Watford Grammar School for Boys: A-levels, GCSEs; 6th Form Prefect; established 6th Form Union; played cricket, rugby, hockey, tennis; played for the WBGS hockey and rugby teams

  3. 1985 – 1993

    At Watford Grammar School for Boys: Scout troop leader 1st Watford Central (Countess of Clarendon's Own) Scout Group. Pack leader for Eagles and led his troop to a top-ten finish in the Green Beret Challenge.

  4. 1993 – 1996

    Southampton Institute of Higher Education: LLB Law (Hons) to Diploma

    Read law at University of Southampton

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    Professional training: Media Training (BBC); Chairmanship and Governance (Hampshire County Council); Career Development Programme for Senior Managers (Lloyds), Field Induction Trainer (Lloyds), Sales Management (Lloyds), SPIN (Lloyds), Mentoring and Coaching (Lloyds), Diversity and Cross-Cultural Awareness (Lloyds), Risk Management and Compliance (Lloyds); LEAN (Spectrum)

Career and professional life

  1. 1989

    Youth worker, Watford Borough Council, for five years: the PlayBus; Harwoods and Harebreaks adventure playgrounds; outreach and after-school programmes; WASP; young people’s events and trips; disability and education work

  2. 1990

    Furniture Salesman, CRS Limited (Co-operative Retail Services); won employee of the month three times in a row

  3. Jul 1997 – Jan 2008

    Senior Financial Planning Manager, LloydsTSB Bank plc: financial planning for high-net-worth clients; top 1% national sales performance; doubled business each year over five consecutive years, with £40m under management (a cumulative increase of over 500% in five years); led and mentored sales teams locally and nationally

  4. Jan 1999 – Jan 2006

    Diversity & Marketing Specialist (HR secondment), LloydsTSB: won the Race for Opportunity Gold Award for the national race and diversity strategy, making Lloyds the UK’s number one in equality and diversity; national diversity champion and mentor through the GEM network; represented the bank with FTSE 100 companies

  5. Apr 2008 – Apr 2009

    Director, Ansar Consulting: strategy, organisational change, HR, policy, diversity and employment law advice for local authorities, companies and charities; senior leadership training

  6. Apr 2009 onwards

    Broadcast Journalist, Political Adviser and Strategist (freelance): strategic communications with broadcasters and senior political leaders; speechwriting and briefings; documentaries, interviews, debates, lecturing; special adviser to a senior minister on the Prime Minister’s Policy Unit; cross-party advisory work on sensitive communications briefs and political strategies

  7. Jun – Oct 2013

    Group Diversity Manager (Head of Diversity), Spectrum Housing Group, one of the UK’s leading social housing providers: a new diversity framework; established women, BME, disability and LGBT networks; worked with board members and senior executives

  8. Jun 2014 – 2015

    Operations Director, RJA Trading Ltd: established a fresh-produce retail business, with responsibility for P&L, marketing, regulation and staff

  9. Apr 2015 – Jun 2016

    Interim Chief Executive, Al Salam, a regional charity: executive leadership, organisational development, fundraising and PR

  10. 2017 – 2018

    Sales Director, Kinex (telecoms B2B), Southampton: record-breaking sales and marketing

  11. Mar 2017

    Sales Executive, Varissa.com, a Hampshire car brokerage: record-breaking sales

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    Chairman, Hampshire Independent Equalities Forum, the UK’s largest cross-strand diversity forum: strategic work with the private sector, statutory agencies and voluntary organisations; keynote speeches and media; the forum’s public face

  13.  

    Visiting Professor and Lecturer, University of Winchester: lecturing on the PGCE and BA (Hons) courses; special adviser to the Director on communications, planning and strategy

  14.  

    Research Fellow, University of Winchester, attached to the Centre for Peace and Reconciliation under Dr Mark Owen

Broadcasting and media

  1. Since Mar 2009

    On X (@MoAnsar): 166,400 posts and 20,900 followers

  2. 2010 – 2025

    A media footprint of 82 listed entries across TV, radio, print and stage

  3. 2011 – 2014

    UK news interviews: BBC, BBC World, Channel 4, Channel 5, Sky

  4. 2011 – 2014

    International: CNN, ITN, Reuters, Al Jazeera, RT, RTL, France 24, TEN News (Australia)

  5. Nov 2011 – 2015

    BBC Asian Network, weekly slots, including with Nihal (2012 - 2014)

    Weekly across BBC national radio: Jason Mohammad, Vanessa Feltz, the Asian Network, and Radio 4’s Any Questions with David Dimbleby

  6. 2012

    By 2012, as part of the “Twitteratti” commanded a global Klout score ranked second internationally, behind only President Barack Obama.

    Instrumental on social media, giving voice to many social movements of global significance.

  7. Apr 2012

    BBC One, The Big Questions, appearing opposite Tommy Robinson

  8. Sep 2012

    BBC One, Sunday Morning Live, broadcast from Belfast: arming the police, free speech, Muslim protests and marriage

  9. Nov 2012

    LBC with James Whale: the new Archbishop of Canterbury; then his own peace plan for Palestine

  10. Dec 2012 – Mar 2013

    BBC Radio 4, ‘Any Questions’ from Bradford, 1 Mar 2013

  11. Dec 2012

    BBC WM with Adrian Goldberg

  12. 2013

    BBC Radio 4 Sunday, on Sunni–Shia sectarianism; Radio 4 with William Crawley and Sheikh Mohammad Al Hili

  13. 2013

    Channel 4 News on the Woolwich verdict, with Peter Neumann and Baroness Neville-Jones; Channel 4 Ramadan Reflections

  14. 2013

    BBC Radio 4 Today with Sir Peter Fahy, on British jihadis in Syria

  15. 2013 – 2021

    RT (Russia Today): a regular guest once or twice a week for several years before the Russia–Ukraine conflict, with videos reaching views into the tens of millions; covering counter-terrorism, global politics, UK politics, war, peace, Islamophobia and human rights – the full works

  16. 2013 – 2016

    A YouTube archive of 42 broadcast appearances, the most watched being Newsnight, a call to an Islamophobic Twitter troll, TREWS with Russell Brand, and the Douglas Murray debate

  17. 2013 – 2014

    Television: Newsnight, The One Show, Daybreak

  18. 2013

    Public conversation with Russell Brand on spirituality, revolution and prejudice

  19. Jan – Mar 2013

    LBC with Nick Ferrari: the hijab school case; Abu Qatada

  20. Jan 2013

    BBC Radio 4, Beyond Belief, on anti-Semitism in Europe with Ernie Rea and Ed Kessler

  21. Feb 2013

    Press TV: his long form one-on-one interview with Tariq Ramadan

  22. May 2013

    BBC One, The Big Questions, with Salma Yaqoob, Matthew Goodwin, Ajmal Masroor and Julie Siddiqi

  23. May 2013

    Spoke out after the Woolwich killing of drummer Lee Rigby. He was first on the scene to report it to global media audiences, calling for peace and calm, no ratcheting up of tensions, and for this crime not to be exploited to divide communities in the UK and worldwide. He reported on location after the event, covering all global outlets; this led to death threats and to becoming the subject of the first terror video by ‘Jihadi John’ Emwazi; placed under police protection

    LBC Drive after Woolwich; LBC with Andrew Gilligan; ITV Daybreak on far-right threats and on grooming

    Publicly condemned the Woolwich killing and called for peace and unity between communities

  24. Jun 2013

    Head-to-head with Douglas Murray, BBC Radio Wales

  25. Sep 2013

    LBC Friday Night Roundtable with Ian Collins

  26. Oct 2013

    Subject of the BBC One documentary "Quitting the English Defence League: When Tommy Met Mo"

    BBC 5 Live, in studio, on his 18 months with the former leader of the EDL

  27. Oct 2013

    BBC Two, The Daily Politics

  28. Oct 2013

    Channel 4 News with Jon Snow and Nadhim Zahawi: do the Tories represent ethnic minorities?

  29. 2014

    BBC Radio Wales on the veil, and with Vicky Beeching on social media, politics and religion

  30. Feb 2014

    Channel 5, The Big British Immigration Row: live debate (against Batten)

    Channel 5 live: challenged UKIP’s Gerard Batten over the party’s work with far-right racists, with Katie Hopkins on the panel and Anne Diamond and Nick Ferrari presenting

  31. Jan – Mar 2014

    BBC 5 Live with David Aaronovitch and Nicky Campbell; BBC London with Vanessa Feltz on the 20,000-strong petition to remove Maajid Nawaz as political candidate

    BBC Newsnight, chaired by Jeremy Paxman, including Mehdi Hasan: took an opponent apart live on air leading to his removal as a political candidate

  32. Apr 2014

    Sky News, Murnaghan: the Trojan Horse school plot, McCarthyism and "stealth Christianisation"

  33. 2015 – 2016

    RT, among many: PREVENT; the counter-extremism strategy; the Quran manuscript; the Syrian refugee crisis; Shaker Aamer; the Paris attacks; debating Baroness Butler-Sloss’s Commission on Religion and Belief report; the Katie Hopkins rematch; Brexit; the Sadiq Khan win; Nice and Normandy; the Calais Jungle with Jon Gaunt; the Berlin attack

  34. 2016

    Islam Channel, The Report: the Snoopers’ Charter; Justin Welby’s comments; Brussels; with Moazzam Begg on anti-Muslim smears; the Extremism Bill and the Queen’s Speech; live on Orlando

  35. 2017 – 2021

    RT, among many: the London Bridge and Finsbury Park attacks; Amnesty’s report on counter-terror laws; the Palestinian hunger strike; the Missing Muslims report; Jihadi Jack; the Windrush scandal; the Tory Islamophobia report (2021)

  36. May 2019

    The first journalist to call out the Sri Lankan authorities live on air over the Easter bombings

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    Journalist and broadcaster across multiple outlets around the world

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    A contracted BBC contributor with a payroll number, regularly in the BBC’s buildings; appeared on BBC Two’s Moments in Time, with talk of becoming a regular on The One Show

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    Regular gigs: BBC Asian Network, BBC South, BBC Radio Wales, Radio 2, Radio 4, BBC TV, ITV, Channel 4, Channel 5, Sky, CNN, Al Jazeera, Reuters, ITN, ABC (Australia), and more; much of it never posted online

Writing and publications

  1. 2006 – 2015

    28 published essays, including "The attack on multiculturalism" and "The cabal of broadcasting bias" (2011); "Poppy Fascism" and "Britain’s Dirty Secret: Indentured Servitude" (2011); "The Ethnic Cleansing of Our Streets" (2012); "Advertising Islamophobia Hits London Railways" and "Islam, Science and Evolution" (2012); "Our Complicity In War-Rape", "The Golden Age of Security" and "The Demise of the British Liberal Democracy" (2013); "Liberté, Charlie Hebdo and Islamic Reform", "Is It Time To Take The War To ISIS?", "Immigration Street, Poverty Porn and The New Far Right", "The Netanyahu Speech: A War Criminal’s Plea" and "Palestinian Fair Trade: The Fight For Survival" (2015)

  2. Apr 2006

    Began writing publicly: joined Blogger and founded the blog "Ansar’s on a Postcard" ("Mohammed Ansar on politics, society and religion"; tagline "Hurling truth against falsehood"), opening with "The Truth About Islam" and "The Image of Islam" (15–16 April 2006)

  3. Dec 2012

    New Statesman Christmas issue: discussion with Rabbi Laura Janner-Klausner and Giles Fraser. Double-page long form interview by Robin Ince

  4. Dec 2012 – 2014

    Further Huffington Post UK pieces, including on Islamophobic advertising on London’s railways

    Authored article in Huffington Post (regular contributor) challenging French government and ties to JC Decaux, to reverse discriminatory Islamophobic bans of advertising of ‘The Quran Project’ on London’s railway billboard and advertising property

  5. 2013

    Paper, "Islamophobia and the Muslim Civil Rights Crisis", sent to every school in Hampshire

  6. Jan 2013

    ABC Religion & Ethics: "Islamophobia and the Muslim civil rights crisis"

  7. Mar 2013

    Article on war rape, published in Huffington Post; led to the arrival of Angelina Jolie and political engagement in the UK on the issue

  8. Oct 2013

    The Guardian: account of 18 months working with the leader of the English Defence League

  9. Aug 2014

    Huffington Post UK: "Self-interest, Sycophancy and Strategic Failure"

  10. Mar 2015

    Moved his writing to his own site, moansar.com; Medium articles thereafter

  11. 2016 – 2025

    39 essays on Medium (medium.com/@moansar), including: "Jo Cox: Public Servant, Rest In Peace"; "Vote Remain: Why Immigration Is Not The Issue"; "An Open Letter to the Labour PLP"; "Save Watford’s Last Remaining Adventure Playgrounds" (2016); "France, Islamophobia and the Muslim Question"; "Geert Wilders"; "The Far Right Exploit the Berlin Terror Attacks: TV debate, Mo Ansar vs Alternative für Deutschland" (2016); "The American Dream Ends: Trump’s Muslim Ban"; "Assange on Trump and the Muslim Ban"; "The UK Turns Its Back on Child Refugees"; "Terror in London: The Westminster Attack"; "Grenfell Tower: Only a Public Inquiry Will Do"; "Gay Refugees, Islam and the West, and the Clash of Civilisations" (2017); "Human Rights: Rights for Humans?"; "Imran Khan, Pakistan’s New Commander-in-Chief"; "Why the Burka Ban Is Merely the Thin End of the Wedge" (2018); "Nigel Farage cannot escape the horrors of the past"; "Media Freedom: How Some Voices Are Freer Than Others"; "Guardian Has Fallen" (2019); "The New Covid Strain Game" (2020); "Long Live The King: Not Yet A Great Britain" (2022); "Five Signs You May Have PTSD"; "The Russell Brand Smear Campaign Begins!" (2023); "A History Lesson For All Mankind" and "Breaking The Cross" (2025)

  12. May 2016

    On Medium, his two-part account of the smear campaign against him: "Part 1: Smear campaigns, Labour and Mr Jones" and "Part 2. A Nest of Vipers: BBC cover-ups over anti-Muslim corruption"

  13. Feb 2024

    Correspondence with the then Foreign Secretary, Lord David Cameron

  14. Jul 2025

    Open letter to King Charles III

  15. Sep 2025

    Medium: "Breaking the Cross"

  16. Sep 2026

    Memorandum to the Minister for Women and Equalities proposing a new section 21A of the Equality Act 2010

  17. Sep 2026

    Policy brief: "The Democratisation of Statutory Enforcement: Multi-System Risk Analysis"

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    Wrote speeches for members of the House of Lords on war rape, published in Huffington Post

Public speaking, lectures and teaching

  1. c.2009

    After-dinner speech for the Hampshire Indian Society: "Islamophobia in India"

  2. 2009 – 2015

    Adjudicating on community matters, organising conferences, community development and strategic partnerships

  3. 2010 – 2011

    "Question Time"-style panel event at Portchester, Hampshire

  4. Nov 2010

    Speaker, Equality & Diversity Conference, Rose Bowl, Southampton

  5. 2011 – 2016

    Khutbahs and local talks across Southampton and Hampshire; further university and Islamic Society lectures

  6. Sep 2011

    Café Church, Petersfield: grassroots interfaith dialogue

  7. Oct 2011

    University of Southampton: Islam, activism, family values and the heart

  8. Mar 2012

    Panellist, Cambridge Science Festival: can religion and science coexist?

  9. Mar 2012

    A school assembly and a lecture to Christian teachers in Southampton; a lecture on Islam to 200 privately schooled 18-year-olds

  10. Jun 2012

    Luton Against Islamophobia, with Yvonne Ridley and Lauren Booth, speaking against the EDL; also speaking in Bury Park

  11. Jun 2012

    South East England Faiths Forum Annual Conference, Crawley

  12. Sep – Oct 2012

    Universities of Southampton and Portsmouth;

    Two conferences back-to-back, 100 miles apart, one in London

  13. 2013

    The first Muslim to address the EDL, speaking at an EDL rally at great personal risk

  14. 2013 – 2015

    FRIDAY SERMONS & PRAYERS - Khateeb, University of Southampton

  15. Jan 2013

    UCL Debate alongside Rabbi Naftali Brawer (Board of Deputies).

    Organised by University College London Union (UCLU) Debating Society in London. SOLD OUT.

    "This house believes that religion does more harm than good."

    Opposition: Professor Peter Atkins (eminent chemist) and Andrew Copson (CEO of the British Humanist Association)

    UCL debate, Gustave Tuck Lecture Theatre, with Andrew Copson: packed, with no room even on the floor

  16. Feb 2013

    Talk to the University of York Islamic Society: Islam in Britain and the Muslim civil rights crisis

    University of York lecture: "Islam in Britain and the Muslim Civil Rights Crisis"

  17. Aug 2013

    Greenbelt Festival (#gb40), Cheltenham Racecourse, Aug 2013, under the theme ‘Life Begins’: sold-out appearances at three venues, including the Jerusalem venue (a dedicated tent hosted at the festival), where he delivered his talk; sessions including Jenin and Jerusalem; his lecture on how Muslims saved global Jewry, caused the Reformation and pioneered Western civilisation. He camped on site and spent the week with the festival-goers

    Speaking tour with acclaimed American Christian author and preacher, Brian McLaren

    Greenbelt Festival: "What have the Muslims ever done for us?"

  18. Oct 2013

    Lovell Lecture 2013, Winchester Cathedral: "Facing Secularism Together"

    Delivered the Lovell Lecture 2013 at Winchester Cathedral, on secularism and religion, to a wonderful and generous reception (invited Apr 2013). The first Muslim in a thousand years formally invited to deliver a ticketed public address from the pulpit of Winchester Cathedral

  19. Oct 2014

    "The Crisis of Knowledge, ISIS and Terrorism": Jumu’ah khutbah given at the University of Southampton

  20. Jan 2015

    Hampshire communities conference, uniting Muslims across Hampshire

  21. Nov 2015

    Led Open Muslim Prayers, University of Southampton Students’ Union Islamic Society

  22. Nov 2015

    Talk in Winchester for Hampshire County Council: "Islam, the West and the Crisis of Knowledge"

  23. Jan 2016

    University lecture to students

  24. Aug 2016

    Somerset County Cricket Club: "Religion, Politics & Music: Why I Never Duck A Bouncer"; Vale Rotary Club, on integration, cricket and life

  25. Aug 2024

    National figure head for Southampton anti-racism rallies (Grosvenor Square; the Bargate)

  26. 2025

    Attended Muslim Conference in Coventry, with Mufti Menk and others

  27.  

    Regular conference speaker

  28.  

    Visiting professor and lecturer at the University of Winchester, on the PGCE and BA (Hons) courses, lecturing on Islam, Islamophobia and theology

Equality, community and public service

  1. Youth, Watford

    Volunteered at Jamia Masjid, Watford, giving talks and assisting the imam

  2. Youth, Watford

    Volunteered for the cancer research charity CANDIS, and ran school fayres raising money for good causes

  3. c.1996 – 2026

    Three decades in equality, diversity and inclusion in the South West; built diversity networks across the public and private sectors

  4. 2010

    Chair, Hampshire Independent Equality Forum (HIEF) Steering Group

  5. 2010

    Coordinated the Southampton Flood Relief Campaign for victims of the Pakistan floods

  6. 2010

    Organised and directed the Hampshire-wide flood relief scheme, coordinating aid across schools, community groups and the Women’s Institute

  7. 2011

    Sat on the CPS South West community engagement panel

  8. Jul 2014

    Hampshire fundraiser for Gaza and Syria

  9. Oct 2014

    Recorded a message at a local Hampshire studio urging young Muslims not to go out and join IS

  10. 2015

    Open interfaith iftars every Friday and Saturday of Ramadan, welcoming Quaker friends and Rev Andrew Ashdown

  11. Dec 2015

    Chief executive of a charity serving as an umbrella body for local Muslim groups; encouraged Muslims to join in the cultural side of Christmas and to feed the poor and house the homeless

  12. Jan 2016

    A milestone community event for Hampshire’s Muslim communities, supported by Hampshire Police

  13. Jun – Jul 2016

    Campaigned with Swapcoms to keep Watford’s adventure playgrounds open

  14. Jun 2026

    E-petition proposal for a public register of UK nationals serving in foreign militaries, accepted by the House of Commons petitions office

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    Strategist and diversity specialist in the private sector

  16.  

    Led national initiatives with civil society organisations, government departments and agencies

  17.  

    Counter-extremism work, including tackling foreign fighters travelling to Syria and Iraq

  18.  

    A principal architect of the civil equality frameworks that became the Equality Act 2010

  19.  

    Hampshire County Council: Co-opted Muslim Representative, Standing Advisory Council for Religious Education (SACRE), working with Clive Erricker and Pat Hannam

  20.  

    Established the first youth SACRE

  21.  

    Hampshire County Council: co-opted full member of the Children and Young People Select Committee, as faith representative

  22.  

    Hampshire County Council: Governor Services Review Board

  23.  

    Directed the South East Employers Equality Forum (SEEFF) and the Southampton Council of Faiths (SCOF)

  24.  

    Served the mosques of Abu Bakr and Medina in Southampton for a decade

  25.  

    As a Muslim civil leader, officiated several weddings; the nikah services included counselling for couples; as shariah scholar and jurist issued determinations in family and legal matters

  26.  

    Established the Southampton Muslim Partnership, and secured core funding for a range of programmes, including the establishment of the first Muslim school in the south of England, and Who Made Your Pants, a leading engagement charity for women from newly settled communities

  27.  

    A champion for Chrysalis, the transgender charity run by Diane Yaxley

  28.  

    Muslim Council of Southampton; Muslim Council of Britain, working for years alongside Khurshid with Hampshire’s communities

  29.  

    Advocacy for BME groups, families and children failed by the state, and NEETs; representation at educational appeal tribunals

  30.  

    Educational work for Hampshire County Council; revised the RE textbooks for Hampshire’s children (2015)

  31.  

    Community representative when police raised a far-right plot to firebomb mosques across Dorset and Hampshire

  32.  

    Parent governor, Knightwood Primary School

  33.  

    Established "Islaah", a multi-faith chaplaincy at Peter Symonds College

  34.  

    Prison chaplain, Winchester Prison

  35.  

    Board member, South East England Faiths Forum

  36.  

    Hampshire Interfaith Network

  37.  

    Worked with Roy Perry, Hampshire County Council and the Local Government Association on the Syrian migrant resettlement scheme

  38.  

    For Hampshire County Council, worked on educational attainment for hard-to-reach groups, specifically BME and Gypsy and Traveller children

  39.  

    Supported the funding and establishment of Cambridge Central Mosque

  40.  

    Muslim Council of Britain: Secretary of the Education Committee and of the Senior Leadership Team

Politics, counter-extremism and the far right

  1. 2012 – 2013

    An 18-month campaign to persuade Tommy Robinson to leave the far right; introduced him to Muslim scholars and facilitated his departure from the EDL; suffered a heart attack during filming in March 2013, and carried on

    18 months of engagement with the leader of the English Defence League, documented by the BBC

  2. Oct 2013

    Named number one on the Al-Shabaab kill list for speaking out against terror and extremism, and featured as the central figure in the initial Jihadi John broadcast, requiring long-term, high-level police protection

    Sky News: his death threat from Al-Shabaab over the Woolwich killing

  3. 2014

    On Radio 4’s World at One, exposed the Department for Education’s use of slush funds to finance Tommy Robinson, leading to Michael Gove’s removal as Education Secretary

    BBC Radio 4, The World at One: exposed Michael Gove (leading to his sacking) over the Trojan Horse plot

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    For almost a decade, the most prominent and effective Muslim opponent of far-right extremism in the UK, unrivalled in head-to-head debate; led campaigns against the EDL, Pegida, Britain First and UKIP; unseated three UKIP leaders and a UKIP youth leader

    Directly responsible for the removal of three leaders of UKIP, their youth leader, Tommy Robinson from the EDL, blocking the entry of leaders of PEGIDA into the UK, removal of Secretary of State for Education, Michael Gove, from post, and a force behind the removal of the Cameron-Sunak Conservative government

  5.  

    Warned Nigel Farage, Paul Nuttall and Steven Woolfe that Tommy Robinson was working with Gerard Batten, years before the referendum

    Continues to hold the Sword of Damocles over Farage following his expose of “Dismantling Multiculturalism” – the secret meeting between UKIP, Christian Concern and the Far Right

  6.  

    Confronted far-right and polarising figures: tackled Donald Trump’s rhetoric, took on Tommy Robinson, took down three consecutive UKIP leaders, and made the broadcast challenges that led to Piers Morgan leaving ITV

  7.  

    A recognised counter-terrorism and counter-extremism practitioner, speaking on the Iran Nuclear Deal, global terror attacks and international affairs

  8.  

    Worked with Central Government on Prevent and Channel; strategic lead in Southampton

  9.  

    Gave keynote speeches at security conferences alongside RICU (the Research, Information and Communications Unit) on strategic communications and community engagement, dealing with senior police commanders, and with Alex Marshall of the College of Policing

  10.  

    Advised Nadhim Zahawi, then the Conservative Prime Minister’s Head of Policy; gave speeches alongside Jeremy Corbyn and senior Labour leaders; gave keynote addresses at The Peoples Assembly, Trade Union Events and demonstrations

  11.  

    Spearheaded political changes that helped topple the Conservative government; formed the strategic backbone that raised Jeremy Corbyn and the Labour Party to over 600,000 members, the largest political party in Western Europe

  12.  

    Twice refused offers of media advancement in exchange for changing his position over Israel or staying silent; refusal to sell out principles

Law and advocacy

  1. From 2002

    Discrimination, harassment and victimisation claims against his employer Lloyds TSB. Record-breaking 36-day Employment Tribunal hearing reached the Royal Courts of Justice three years later; all as a litigant in person, single-handed: every bundle, every cross-examination, every action taken, every submission hand crafted

  2. 2006

    Made English legal history with landmark ruling in Ansar v Lloyds TSB Bank plc [2006] EWCA Civ 1462; [2007] IRLR 211: a reported Court of Appeal authority on judicial bias and recusal, cited extensively today as a foundational case (e.g. Ukwu v Equiniti Ltd, 2016). His closing submission at the Royal Court of Justice extended to 103-pages and laid out all the groundwork and principles for all judicial impropriety cases

    He wrote the book on how we hold judges to account

  3. Oct 2026

    Designed a line-by-line Equality Act quantum method and calculator for litigants in person for addressing statutory breaches – to be made available to the general public

  4.  

    Identified that legal regulators publish no data on disabled people harmed by opposing lawyers, drafting judicial submissions for action

  5.  

    Recognised by the Court of Appeal as ‘one of the finest advocates they had ever seen’

    (Burton, EAT; Leveson, CA)

  6.  

    Appellate court jurist, shariah scholar and theologian

Sport and coaching

  1. 1985 – 1993

    Played hockey and rugby for Watford Grammar School for Boys

  2. Jul 2014

    Took his under-16 girls to the inaugural Hampshire County Cup finals, and won; defended the title as champions in 2015

  3. May 2015

    His youngest daughter’s Hampshire under-15 debut: five wickets and a hat-trick

  4. Aug 2015

    The Ansar sisters and their team won the Hampshire Ladies League (Hursley Park Ladies); the national under-15 county championship final, Hampshire against Yorkshire

  5. Aug 2016

    Aneeqa and Anisa Ansar, Hampshire’s pace attack, at the ECB National Finals

  6. Sep 2016

    Aneeqa and Anisa in the Inspirational Women’s XI against the Combined Services XI, for Bowling Out Domestic Violence

  7. 2017

    Anisa Ansar introduced the Outstanding Contribution to Women’s Sport award at the Women’s Sport Trust #BeAGameChanger Awards; featured by BBC News and BBC Sport in Women’s Sport Week (June 2017)

  8.  

    Played tennis for Knightwood Park Tennis Club

  9.  

    ECB-qualified club cricket coach in Hampshire ("Coach Mo"), running under-13 and under-16 girls’ teams

  10.  

    In his words: his two girls won the championship with Hampshire, league and cups, every season

Music and creative work

  1. Late 1990s

    Home-producing music in Watford, then Hampshire

  2. 2016

    Songwriter and musician; band "Solomon" (on YouTube)

  3.  

    Lead vocalist, Solomon. Regular gigs, festivals and performances

Family, faith and resilience

  1. Jan 2025

    Identified in 2025 as having lived with a profound degenerative spinal disability since childhood, the result of abuse he suffered as a boy; every motion twice as hard as for an able-bodied person. Every achievement in this record was made carrying it.

  2. 2026

    Single-handedly navigated a miraculous self-healing protocol, designing new pioneering neurological and pharmacology techniques to recover from a tragic health clinical crisis to stabilise his condition and recover – all meticulously and forensically recorded so that others may be helped

  3.  

    Post COVID-19, became disabled in 2022/23, bedbound and abandoned by state health providers.

  4.  

    In 2024/2025, healed his father from end-of-life palliative pathway at UHCW, Coventry (DNR signed) to full recovery and cured his diabetes after taking full charge and control of his welfare.

These are merely some of the adventures and stories, not all of them,
of the life and times of the Star of Jacob, the Hebrew Moshiach, Mo Ansar.