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The Sharing Ramadan project follows the success of a similar venture last year. Behind the scheme is the Keighley Markazi Jamia Masjid mosque, at Lawkholme, in conjunction with the Volunteering Interfaith Partnership (VIP). Mosque members are delivering freshly-cooked Ramadan platters to householders. VIP is run by Strengthening Faith Institutions, in partnership with Age UK Bradford District, to help people in need of support during the pandemic. Assistance ranges from wellbeing support and friendly phone chats to picking-up shopping and prescriptions, plus providing food. By wor...

Classical singer Ustad Mubarak Ali Khan passes away Presidential Award winning classical singer passed away at the age of 81 in Lahore last night LAHORE: Presidential Award-winning classical singer Ustad Mubarak Ali Khan passed away at the age of 81 in a Lahore hospital on Thursday night. According to family sources, Khan was unwell for the past few days and suffered a heart attack, which resulted in his demise. His funeral prayers were offered in Shahdara Town on Friday morning. Khan was born in a village in India’s Jalandhar district in 1940. While he did not belong to a renowned musical ...

A STUDENT at the University of Bradford is encouraging young people across the district to take the Covid-19 vaccine when it is their turn. Although the vaccine roll-out is well underway, "vaccine hesitancy" remains an issue, according to Dr Javed Bashir, a safeguarding consultant at Bradford-based Strengthening Faith Institutions (SFI). He argues that some young people - particularly those from ethnic minority backgrounds - are still unsure about taking the vaccine. In the wake of this, one of the University of Bradford's community champions - who himself Faiz Ilyas, a civil and s...

Ghulam Rabani has died, aged 77, after being hospitalised with coronavirus. He worked in Bradford's textile industry for many years before his voluntary role at the Sangat Centre in Keighley, which opened in 1991, became a full-time job. "He has always been a pillar of the community," said a centre spokesman. "He was a driving force in supporting the needy and vulnerable to be empowered to integrate into society. "Over the years the work and projects Mr Rabani led at the Sangat Centre speak for themselves. He started social day care and this blossomed into a multi-faceted organisati...

Mr Rabani worked in Bradford's textile industry for many years before his voluntary role at the Sangat Centre, which opened in 1991, became a full time job and life-long passion. From helping hundreds access a British citizenship course to a men's mental health project, the centre manager worked with the elderly community and was a beacon of support for many in the Asian community. The late Cllr Abid Hussain with Sangat Centre's Ghulam Rabani "He has always been a pillar of the community," his colleagues at the Sangat Centre told the T&A. The team said: "He has been a driving force in...