The Cambridge don who once had links to an Islamist terror group
Think Jason Arday’s appointment was a stain on the University of Cambridge? Meet Farah Ahmed, Arday’s colleague in the Faculty of Education until his resignation last week. Now an assistant research professor, Ahmed once supported the now-proscribed Islamist terror group Hizb ut-Tahrir, and remains an outspoken critic of ‘Western education’.
- ▪Think Jason Arday’s appointment was a stain on the University of Cambridge?
- ▪Meet Farah Ahmed, Arday’s colleague in the Faculty of Education until his resignation last week.
- ▪Now an assistant research professor, Ahmed once supported the now-proscribed Islamist terror group Hizb ut-Tahrir, and remains an outspoken critic of ‘Western education’.
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| Publication time | Thu, 13 Aug 2026 06:55:22 +0000 |
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The Cambridge don who once had links to an Islamist terror group Farah Ahmed's anti-Western bigotry and historical support for Hizb ut-Tahrir are more troubling than Jason Arday’s tall tales. i Getty dataLayer.push({ event: 'author', author: "Joanna Williams" }) Joanna Williams Columnist 13th August 2026 i Getty Share Topics Politics UK Want unlimited, ad-free access? Become a spiked supporter. Think Jason Arday’s appointment was a stain on the University of Cambridge? Meet Farah Ahmed, Arday’s colleague in the Faculty of Education until his resignation last week. Now an assistant research professor, Ahmed once supported the now-proscribed Islamist terror group Hizb ut-Tahrir, and remains an outspoken critic of ‘Western education’.
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