Anas altikriti biography

President of the Cordoba Foundation

Anas Altikriti (Arabic: أنس التكريتي; born 9 September 1968 in Iraq) is a British Iraqi who is the CEO and Founder of The Cordoba Foundation,^[1] The Cordoba Foundation describes its aim as "bridging the gap of understanding between the Muslim World and the West".^[2] Anas Altikriti himself is a hostage negotiator, who has successfully negotiated the release of 18 hostages from various conflict zones around the world, between November 2005 and October 2015.^{[citation needed]}

The Cordoba Foundation has been criticized for its links to the Muslim Brotherhood and Hamas.

In 2009 David Cameron, then leader of the opposition, made a statement during a Parliamentary Prime Ministers Questions, in which he alleged that TCF was a front for the Muslim Brotherhood.^[3] In late 2014 The Cordoba Foundation was listed as a terrorist group by the United Arab Emirates,^[4] along with the more tha