Progressive British Muslims

{{short description|Group of Liberal British Muslims that formed following the London terrorist attacks of 7 July 2005}}

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{{Use British English|date=November 2017}}

Progressive British Muslims (PBM) was a group of Liberal British Muslims that formed following the London terrorist attacks of 7 July 2005. The organization was founded by Farmida Bi, a candidate for a parliamentary seat representing Mole Valley, three days after the attacks on 10 July 2005.{{cite book|author=Nahid Afrose Kabir|title=Young British Muslims|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GRPsAQAAQBAJ&pg=PT205|date=14 March 2012|publisher=Edinburgh University Press|isbn=978-0-7486-8692-6|pages=205–}}{{cite book|author=Engin F. Isin|title=Citizenship Between Past and Future|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PRTcAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA119|date=13 September 2013|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-317-99141-0|pages=119–}}

The organisation was founded to provide a voice for progressive Muslims who believed were unrepresented by existing faith organisations.{{cite web

| title=Farmida Bi: IBA profile

| url=http://www.ibanet.org/Article/Detail.aspx?ArticleUid=ca7ca6d7-2e3a-4b3c-b346-89c9113525cf

| publisher=International Bar Association

| accessdate=2012-03-18

}} Its politics were seen to favour collaboration between Muslim and non-Muslim cultures in Britain.{{cite book|author=Erik Bleich|title=Muslims and the State in the Post-9/11 West|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CR_dAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA146|date=13 September 2013|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-317-98973-8|pages=146–}}

As of March 2012, the organisation appeared to be defunct.{{cite web

| title=Companies House: PROGRESSIVE BRITISH MUSLIMS LIMITED

| url=http://wck2.companieshouse.gov.uk/5140f5ebaa20ec58d7d7a4c8e1fa8268/compdetails

| publisher=Companies House

| accessdate=2012-03-18

}}