Dame Sara Khan DBE (born January 1980[1]) is a British human rights activist and the chief executive officer of Inspire, an independent non-governmental organisation working to counter extremism and gender inequality.

She worked as a hospital pharmacist and was president of an Islamic youth organisation before launching the Inspire charity in 2008, with the aim of challenging extremism and promoting gender equality.

[4] Khan is the chief executive officer of Inspire, an independent non-governmental organisation working to counter extremism and gender inequality, which she co-founded in 2008.

[8] She penned a letter to young Muslim girls who may be considering to leave the UK to join ISIS after it emerged that three schoolgirls from Bethnal Green in London had travelled to Syria.

[16] In November 2016, Middle East Eye revealed that Khan had close links to the Research, Information and Communications Unit, which has been used by the Home Office to covertly create grassroots counter-extremism campaigns aimed at British Muslims.

[17] In January 2018, the Prime Minister, Theresa May, announced that Khan had been appointed Lead Commissioner for the Home Office's Commission for Countering Extremism.

[26] Khan was appointed Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in the 2022 New Year Honours for services to human rights and counter extremism.