The Cordoba Foundation is headed by Anas Al-Tikriti, the son of Osama Al-Tikriti, one of the long-serving leaders of the Iraqi Islamic Party which is essentially the Muslim Brotherhood in Iraq. Anas Al-Tikriti is also one of the leaders of the British Muslim Initiative (BMI), a part of the U.K. Muslim Brotherhood and was formerly a leader of the Muslim Association of Britain (MAB), another part of the UK Brotherhood.