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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 M...

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 wr...

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 wr...

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 (...