Welcome to the first email update from The Centre for Social Cohesion, established by Civitas. The CSC is the first think-tank in the UK to focus exclusively on issues of radicalisation and extremism within Britain.

The Centre's first published work, the A-Z of Muslim Organisations in Britain is published on the Centre's website. The work will be added to on a weekly basis. The first dozen entries already comprise the fullest analysis yet published of the major Muslim organisations in Britain. The list ranges across the spectrum from extremist groups like Hizb ut-Tahrir to moderate organisations like British Muslims for Secular Democracy. The A-Z is already proving a vital resource for researchers in this field.

The Centre's first email briefing on wiretap evidence was published and sent to opinion-formers this week.

The Centre's website includes a blog with new entries each day.

In June the Centre played a prominent role in the campaign against the 'Enough' coalition, distributing information on the individuals who made up the march's organising committee.

Among the material on the website is an important two-part analysis by Professor David Conway, (Senior Researcher at the Centre) of the recent Siddiqui Report.

The Director's response to the failed London and Glasgow car-bombings, and Senior Researcher James Brandon's reply to the Muslim Council of Britain's response can be read on the front-page.

For its first event the Centre hosted the Syrian dissident Wafa Sultan. Sultan - who shot to worldwide fame after an appearance on Al Jazeera in 2006 - came to the offices in Westminster to speak to a range of journalists and opinion-formers. The BBC recorded an interview with Sultan at the Centre immediately after the event.

Douglas Murray, as the Centre's Director, has appeared across the media in recent weeks discussing extremism and terrorism issues. He has appeared twice on the BBC's Question Time, and numerous times on the BBC including the World Service and as 'Guest of the Day' on BBC 2's Daily Politics. He has also appeared three times on National Public Radio in America among many other media outlets. Senior Research Fellow James Brandon has appeared on Sky News.

The Centre's Director has been invited twice in recent weeks to speak on terrorism issues to the European Ideas Network, and on 25th June he addressed leaders of the EPP at the European Parliament in Brussels on the terrorist threat in Europe.

On July 4th he gave a speech to President Aznar's think-tank in Madrid, FAES, speaking alongside President Aznar and Ambassador John Bolton on the Spanish and British response to terror. The event was heavily covered in the Spanish media.

In June the Centre was represented at a conference in California which brought together many of the world's experts on Islamic extremism, including Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Wafa Sultan, Ibn Warraq and Mark Steyn.

The Centre's full-time staff now include its Director, Douglas Murray, and its Senior Researchers, Professor David Conway, James Brandon and Salam Hafez. Other staff are joining the centre in the coming weeks.