Worshippers at the Inclusive Mosque Initiative, where Naima Khan is an imam.
When Zara Mohammed was announced as the first female secretary general of the Muslim Council of Britain, my phone lit up with messages from my sisters, my mum and my colleagues. Uncles cheerily shared the news on WhatsApp; cousins from around the globe sent congratulations.
The MCB, an umbrella body of over 500 Muslim organisations, has been consistently male-led since its inception in 1997. So seeing its members – which include charities, schools, mosques and community groups – vote in a 29 year-old Scottish Muslim woman feels groundbreaking.
What is her vision? What are her priorities? What will she do alongside other young leaders? We want mainstream journalists interviewing Zara to ask these questions for us and the wider British public to hear. I’d be keen to know Zara’s thoughts on how we can all increase rights and resources for disabled Muslims, especially during the current pandemic, an
TRIBUTES have poured in for a pioneering Bradford community leader who helped shape the lives of Muslim women across the UK. Nuzhat Ali was a founding member of the Bradford-based Muslim Women s Council, an award-winning writer and Bradford Cathedral s first Muslim interfaith development officer. She died on Tuesday of cancer, aged 57. Born in Bradford, Nuzhat did a Master’s degree in Islamic Studies and worked tirelessly across different faiths and communities. She won the Channel 4/Northumbria University Writing for Television Award at the Northern Writers’ Awards in 2015 and wrote several plays, including When George Came to Bradford, and compiled a book on the shared heritage of head coverings across Abrahamic faiths. A teacher and mentor for young people, she worked with h the Young Muslims organisation and the Islamic Society of Britain, organised many Muslim Women s Council (MWC) events and was involved in developing its women-led mosque initiative.
TRIBUTES have poured in for a pioneering Bradford community leader who helped shape the lives of Muslim women across the UK. Nuzhat Ali was a founding member of the Bradford-based Muslim Women s Council, an award-winning writer and Bradford Cathedral s first Muslim interfaith development officer. She died on Tuesday of cancer, aged 57. Born in Bradford, Nuzhat did a Master’s degree in Islamic Studies and worked tirelessly across different faiths and communities. She won the Channel 4/Northumbria University Writing for Television Award at the Northern Writers’ Awards in 2015 and wrote several plays, including When George Came to Bradford, and compiled a book on the shared heritage of head coverings across Abrahamic faiths. A teacher and mentor for young people, she worked with h the Young Muslims organisation and the Islamic Society of Britain, organised many Muslim Women s Council (MWC) events and was involved in developing its women-led mosque initiative.
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Muslim Council of Britain s first female leader won t question lack of female imams in UK
Zara Mohammed said: I don t feel that s within the parameters of my roles and responsibilities
4 February 2021 • 8:45pm
Zara Mohammed who has been elected the first female secretary general of the Muslim Council of Britain
Credit: PA
The first female leader of the Muslim Council of Britain has said that questioning the UK’s lack of female imams is not within parameters of her role.
Last week, Zara Mohammed, 29, was elected the first ever female Secretary General of the Muslim Council of Britain (MCB).
Following her unprecedented election, she described her vision as: “to continue to build a truly inclusive, diverse and representative body” for the organisation, acting as Britain s largest democratic Muslim umbrella body, which represents more than 500 organisations.