Khizar Humayun Ansari

OBE The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding valuable service in a wide range of useful activities. It comprises five classes of awards across both civil and military divisions, the most senior two o ...

is a British

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who was awarded an

in 2002 for his work in the field of race and ethnic relations. He is the director of the Centre for Minority Studies, at the

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. Ansari's research focuses on the history of

Islam Islam is an Abrahamic religions, Abrahamic monotheistic religion based on the Quran, and the teachings of Muhammad. Adherents of Islam are called Muslims, who are estimated to number Islam by country, 2 billion worldwide and are the world ...

, minorities in

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, and the experience of Muslims living in

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Family

Ansari was born in

Sukkur Sukkur is a city in the Pakistani province of Sindh along the western bank of the Indus River, directly across from the historic city of Rohri. Sukkur is the List of cities in Sindh by population, third largest city in Sindh after Karachi and H ...

, Sindh and migrated to the United Kingdom. He is married to professor and South Asian historian

Sarah Ansari Sarah Frances Deborah Ansari is a British professor of history at Royal Holloway, University of London. She is a specialist in the recent history of South Asia, and particularly Pakistan and the partition of India. Career Ansari's research intere ...

, and has two sons, test cricketer,

Zafar Ansari Zafar Shahaan Ansari (; born 10 December 1991) is a former British cricketer who played for Surrey County Cricket Club and the England national team. A spin-bowling all-rounder, he bowled left-arm orthodox spin, and batted left-handed. He now w ...

and first class cricketer Akbar Ansari. Ansari is of

Pakistani Pakistanis (, ) are the citizens and nationals of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. Pakistan is the fifth-most populous country, with a population of over 241.5 million, having the second-largest Muslim population as of 2023. As much as ...

descent.

Selected publications

*'' 'The Infidel Within', the History of Muslims in Britain, 1800 to the Present, C. Hurst Publishers, 2004'' *''Processes of institutionalisation of Islam in England and Wales, Muslims in Europe: From the Margin to the Centre Edited by Jamal Malik, LIT Verlag, Munster, 2004'' *''Muslims in Britain, Minority Rights Group, 2002'' *''The Woking Mosque: A Case Study of Muslim Engagement with British Society since 1889, Immigrants and Minorities, Vol. 21, No. 3, November 2002, pp.1-24 Published by Frank Cass, London'' *'' 'Breaking the Mould', in Cracking the Culture Club, Race Relations and Reform in the Civil Service, Public Service Magazine, FDA, June 2002'' *''Attitudes to Islam and Muslims in Britain: 1875 - 1924 Indo-British Review, Millennium issue 2001, pp. 54-78. Britain, India and the Diaspora'' *''Negotiating British Muslim Identity. Muslim Identity in the 21st Century: Challenges of Modernity. Edited by M.S. Bahmanpour and H. Bashir Institute of Islamic Studies, 2000'' *''The Emergence of Socialist Thought Among North Indian Muslims, 1917 - 1947. Lahore, 1990'' *''Employment of Ethnic Minorities in Growth Industries in the Thames Valley, Employment Department, 1988'' *''Pan Islam and the Making of Early Muslim Socialists, Modern Asian Studies, vol 20, number 3, 1986'' *''Dainty, ARJ, Bagilhole, BM, Ansari, KH & Jackson, J (2004) Creating Equality in the Construction Industry: An Agenda for Change for Women and Ethnic Minorities'', Journal of Construction Research, Vol.5, No.1, 75-86. *''Dainty, ARJ, Bagilhole, BM, Ansari, KH & Jackson, J (2002) 'Diversification of the UK Construction Industry: A Framework For Change', ASCE Journal of Leadership and Management in Engineering'' *''Managing Cultural Diversity at Work. Khizar Humayun Ansari and June Jackson Published in the UK, Kogan Page, 1995 Translated and published in Indonesia, Gramedia Pustaka Utama, 1997''

References

External links

Ansari's faculty page
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ansari, Khizar Humayun Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Academics of Royal Holloway, University of London Alumni of the University of London Officers of the Order of the British Empire People from Sukkur District Pakistani emigrants to the United Kingdom Khizar British people of Sindhi descent