Abu Eesa Niamatullah

Abu Eesa Niamatullah (, also known as AE) is a British Imam and lecturer of Pakistani descent. Niamatullah is described by The Intercept as an "influential Salafi."
Background
Abu Eesa is affiliated with the AlMaghrib Institute.
Views
Niamatullah has been criticized for tweeting "crass jokes" about women on International Women's Day in 2014.
He calls for increased political participation for Muslims as well as minority groups and women, yet is critical of what he sees as "over-kill" in continuing integration debate.
Niamatullah has advocated for the release of Alan Henning.
Current activities
Abu Eesa is the director of the non-profit educational institute Prophetic Guidance.
His political involvement with the Government has been criticised, more so when he joined part of a select group of religious leaders invited to attend monthly round-table dialogues with MPs at the House of Commons organised jointly by Sadiq Khan MP and the newspaper.
Awards and nominations
In January 2014, Niamatullah was nominated for the Religious Advocate of the Year award at the British Muslim Awards.

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