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Maaha Elahi

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Ms Maaha Elahi is a future pupil barrister at Garden Court Chambers in London. She holds an MPhil in Criminology and a BA in Law both from the University of Cambridge, and did her LLM at the University of London. Maaha has researched the experiences of Muslims in the legal system while studying at the University of Cambridge and has published on the topic. She is a scholar of the Aziz Foundation, which supports British Muslims to access higher education. Maaha also volunteers as a Legal Supervisor at the Islamophobia Response Unit, representing Muslims who have been subjected to discrimination.

Key ICCT Publications:

Elahi, M., and Hargreaves, J. How to define and tackle Islamist Extremism in the UK. Research Paper, The International Centre for Counter-Terrorism, 27 December 2022