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The '''British Muslim Forum''' is an organisation of [[Sunni Islam|Sunni Muslims]] which has emerged as the representative body forrepresents 500 Mosques across the [[UK]]. The BMF was relaunched after the "[[Counter-Terrorism Act 2008|42-day detention]]" debate caused a split in the existing BMF leadership and led to two years of reform.{{Citation needed|date=April 2011}} Shaykh Ahmad Nisar Beg Qadri of [[Manchester]] was elected as Chairman of the BMF on 30 October 2010 and assumed leadership on 1 January 2011.{{Citation needed|date=April 2011}} He is currently co-ordinating the restructure of the organisation to be more representative of its members and more inclusive of community leaders who are passionate about their work.{{Citation needed|date=April 2011}} Allamah Nisar Ahmed Begg included young professionals in the running of the BMF.{{Citation needed|date= February 2012}} However, following pressure from various key players in the BMF {{Who|date= February 2012}}, Allamah Nisar Begg resigned as Chair of the British Muslim Forum on the 23rd September 2011, less than 1 year after his election.{{Who|date= February 2012}}
Following the resignation of Allamah Nisar Begg, many of the young professionals formerly involved vowed to leave the organisation after what they called the hijacking of the organisation by different factions.{{Who|date= February 2012}}