[6] The following year, conflicts in Afghanistan and Palestine and floods in Bangladesh saw Muslim Aid expand its emergency relief operations.

[citation needed] Whilst continuing to carry on its commitment to emergency relief work Muslim Aid also began to implement long-term development programmes.

[citation needed] Muslim Aid has field offices and partners in over 13 countries including; Bangladesh, Bosnia, Pakistan, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan and Myanmar.

[7] Over the years, Muslim Aid has developed a "world-wide network" of international partners—both corporations and humanitarian organisations—including British retail chain ASDA, the Islamic Bank of Britain, the Qatar-based Al Asmakh Charity, and the US-based United Methodist Committee on Relief.

[citation needed] It worked in Pakistan following the 2005 Kashmir earthquake, to build seismically resistant sustainable housing in conjunction with UK architectural charity Article 25.

[citation needed] East London Mosque and Muslim Aid donated 10 tonnes of food to homeless people in December 2016.

Their aim is to make sure those most in need are protected from cold weather and hunger during the holidays when many shops and services are closed or operating at reduced capacity.

Javid's recent focus has been on tackling the UK's cost-of-living crisis, notably overseeing Muslim Aid deliver over 30,000 meals in Tower Hamlets during 2023's Ramadan Campaign.

[18] As CEO, his vision includes intensified efforts to help UK beneficiaries, which has recently seen a growing need, as well as expanding Muslim Aid’s international programmes.

"[19]Prime Minister Gordon Brown said: "For a quarter of a century the valuable work Muslim Aid has been doing means that millions of people across the world are today safer and healthier.

The Sunday Telegraph criticised the outcome saying the Commission cleared the organization, "without examining any of the evidence presented," though the organisation has admitted funding two organisations linked to Hamas and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, and alleging that Muslim Aid is "closely linked to the extremist Islamic Forum of Europe, which wants to create a sharia state in Europe.

[27] A 2009 report by the US-based think-tank Nine Eleven Finding Answers Foundation, also alleged the charity was part of the Union of Good.

They raised funds by criminally posing as Muslim Aid workers; the matter was pursued by the police and prosecutions were made.

[33][34][35] In December 2013, Mozammel Hossain, the head of the Rangpur branch of Muslim Aid, was arrested for financing "subversive activities".

[36][37] In April 2014, Bangladeshi politician Sayed Ashraful Islam of the Awami League Central Working Committee warned funds from the organisation were being used to spread "religious fanaticism".

A subsequent enquiry was opened in 2020 in order to escalate the Commission’s engagement with the trustees to ensure full compliance with the 2018 Action Plan to achieve the necessary changes and improvements to the charity’s governance and administration.

[44] In 2016, Jehangir Malik, who has previously held the top role at Islamic Relief, was appointed chief executive of Muslim Aid.