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6.30pm Drinks Reception

7.10pm Entertainment – Naseem Khan

7.15pm The evening commences with a welcome from your host for the 3rd annual British Muslim Awards presented by Al Rayan Bank, Ajmal Mushtaq

7.20pm Key note speeches & an introduction to our O�cial Charity Partners, The Well Foundation

7.30pm The Awards begin

8.45pm Dinner is served by our O�cial Caterers for the event, Sa�ron Events UK

10.05pm More entertainment from Naseem Khan

10.10pm Fundraising for our O�cial Charity Partner The Well Foundation

10.15pm The Awards continue...

10.50pm The evening comes to an end

Award winning TV Chef, Ajmal Mushtaq will be hosting the Awards.

Speeches from Irfan Younis (CEO and Founder of Oceanic Group and The British Muslim Awards), Sultan Choudhury (CEO at Al Rayan Bank) and Sobya Sattar (Volunteer at The Well Foundation).

Entertaining you on the evening will be a former mc and producer known as Nas-T, now turned Nausheed Artist who has just released his fourth album, Naseem Khan.

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Finalists 2015

Muslim in the Community

Muslim Women’s Network (Birmingham)Mile End Community Project (London)Ali Khan (Roshni, Glasgow)Noori Bibi (Jawaab, London)Adill Hadi (Birmingham City Council, Birmingham)Muslim Women’s Council (Bradford)Better Community Business Network (London)

Arts & Culture Awareness

Tabinda Kauser Ishaq (London College of Fashion, London)Samuir Rahman (House of Calligraphy, London)Shahida Rahman (Perfect Publishers, Cambridge)Abdullah Shari� (Spoken Word Poet, Yarlet)Milton Keynes Islamic Arts & Culture (Milton Keynes)Sisters Magazine (London)Waseem M Aslam (Author, Newcastle)

Charity of the Year

Penny Appeal (Wake�eld)Orphans in Need (London)Lady Fatimah Trust (Buckinghamshire)Islamic Relief (London)Nour Domestic Violence (London)Human Appeal (Manchester)Islamic Help (Birmingham)

Responsible Media of the Year

Muslims News (Harrow)Noor TV (Birmingham)Islam Channel (London)Peace TV (London)British Muslim TV (Wake�eld, Yorkshire)Channel 4 (London)Hu�ngton Post (London)


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Finalists 2015

Best at Sport

Qasim Niaz (Blackburn)Ambreen Sadiq (Yorkshire)Moeen Ali (Worcestershire)Samera Ashraf (Edinburgh)Haseeb Hameed (Lancashire)Ateeq Javid (Warwickshire)Ali Al Hasbi (Wigan)

Services to Civil/Third Sector

Saleh Saeed (DEC, London)Yasmin Shabir (HMRC, West Yorkshire)Salim Sidat MBE (Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council, Blackburn)Hasan Bakhshi (Nesta, London)Syed Mizan Rahman (Cabinet O�ce, London)Salim Mitha (HMRC, Liverpool)Wasim Mir (Foreign & Commonwealth O�ce, London)

Noor Inayat Khan Memorial Award for Muslim Woman of the Year

Amirah Foundation (Birmingham)Amenakin (Leicester)Myira Khan (Leicester)Baroness Sayeeda Warsi (Wake�eld)Mehmuda Mian (Windsor)Rimla Akhtar (London)Sara Khan (Inspire, Bradford)

Services to Finance & Accounting

Moorad Choudhry (RBS, London)Nadeem Ahmed (Hentons, Leeds)Mohammed Khan (PWC, London)Ga�ar Khalid (London)Islamic Finance Council (London)Faizal Karbani (Simply Sharia, Middlesex)Mohamed Iqbal Asaria (Afkar Consulting Ltd, London)


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Finalists 2015 Dr. Abbas Khan Memorial Award for Services to Medicine

Professor Alimudin Zumla (London)Dr Syed Nayyer Abidi (Manchester)Dr Mohammad Saqib Anwar (Leicester)Dean Dentists (Surrey)Dr Mohammed Jawad (London)Dr Nadia Khalid (London)Professor Aziz Sheikh (Edinburgh)

Services to Media

Yasmin Khatun (Islam Channel, London)Sameena Ali Khan (ITV Central, Birmingham)Noreen Khan (BBC Asian Network, Birmingham)Faisal Islam (Sky, London)Mishal Husain (BBC, London)Nina Hossain (ITV, London)Rageh Omaar (ITV, London)

Services to Education

Al Isharah (London)Shaykh Abdal Hakim Murad Dean (Cambridge Muslim College, Cambridge)Shahed Ahmed Battiwala (Elmhurst Primary, London)So�na Aktar Motin Islam (Stanton Bridge, Coventry)Zaidah Ahmed MBE (Rotherham Borough Council, Rotherham)Professor Iram Siraj (University of London, London)Ashfaq Chowdhury (Association of Muslim Schools, Birmingham)

Services to Science & Engineering

Haroon Ahmed (Cambridge)Jawed Siddiqui (She�eld)Saeed Vaseghi (Uxbridge)Muslim Engineers Network (UK)Ehsan Masood (London)Zaha Hadid (London)Farid Khan (Manchester)


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Finalists 2015 Services to Law

Tariq Sadiq (St Philips Chambers, Birmingham)Forz Khan (The Chambers of F Khan, London)Atif Hanif (Allen Overy, London)Farmida Bi (Norton Rose Fulbright, London)Badr Al-Hasan (Dome Advisory, London)Bilkis Mahmood (Blackstone Law, Leeds)Shehneela Ahmed (Platinum FA, London)

Services Creativity & Technology

Air 21 (Birmingham)Muslim & Single (London)Remit One (London)Book Friends Forever (Cardi�) Hussain Architectural Design (Burnley)Uzma Asghar (Success Coach & Trainer, Birmingham)Sabirul Islam (Inspire1million, Stratford)

Religious Advocate of the Year

Imam Asim Ha�z (UK Ministry of Defence, London)Hamza Andreas Tzortzis (London)Qari Mohammed Asim (Leeds Makkah Mosque, Leeds)Imam Shahid Raza (Leicester Central Mosque, Leicester)Molana Rayan Mahmud (Iqra TV, London)Imam Irfan Chisti (Light of Islam Academy, Rochdale)Qari Noman Yousef (Harem Academy, Coventry)

Young Achiever of the Year

Aysha Boshor (Aysha Academy Trust, Bedfordshire)Ayan Qureshi (Youngest Microsoft Certi�ed Professional, Birmingham)Zain Awan (Creative Consultant, London)Enaam Ahmed (Enaam Motor Sport, London)Shahid Khan (Naughty Boy, Watford) Hamzah Hafesji (Islamic Help, Birmingham)


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Finalists 2015 Politician of the Year

Mohammed Asghar (South Wales)Khalid Mahmood (Birmingham)Yasmin Qureshi (Bolton)Sajid Javid (Bromsgrove)Sadiq Khan (Tooting)Sajjad Karim (Blackburn)Amjad Bashir (Yorkshire)

Businesswoman of the Year

Farzana Baduel (Curzon PR, London)Henna Riaz (360 Royalty Audit, Manchester)Nabila Sadiq (Marlin Hawk, London)Pinky Lilani (Spice Magic, London)Shaheen Unis (Mrs Unis, Edinburgh)Ruzwana Bashir (Peek.com, Rochdale)Saira Khan (TV Personality, London)

Businessman of the Year

Asif Aziz (Criterion Capital, London)Iqbal Ahmed (Seamark, Manchester)Aref Karim (Quality Capital Management, London)Saleem Asaria (Cambian Group, UK)James Caan (Entrepreneur, London)Shahid Azeem (Arcom IT,Surrey)Farouq Sheikh (CareTech Holdings Plc, Hertfordshire)

Entrepreneur of the Year

Shazia Saleem (IEat Foods, London)Syed Ahmed (SAVORTEX, London)Shade 7 Publishing (London)Noman Khawaja (Twickenham)Ammar Mirza CBE (ABC, Newcastle)Zaynab Mirza (Provoke Cosmetics, London)Nazia Nasreen (Ibraheem Toy House, Birmingham)


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Finalists 2015

Business of the Year

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Spirit of Britain

Anas Sarwar (MP, Glasgow)Mosaic Network (London)Active Change Foundation (London)Waqar Azmi (Waterhouse Consulting Group, Birmingham) Shavanah Taj (PCS Wales Secretary, Cardi�)Sughra Ahmed (Islamic Society of Britain, Cambridge)Mirza Waqas Ahmad (Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association, London)

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Honours list. Fauja Singh, who is widely believed to be the oldest marathon runner in the world, has been honoured with a British Empire Medal (BME). An active member of the Redbridge-based running club Sikhs in the City, the Essex based athlete took up marathon challenges at the age of 89. A spokesperson from the club, on behalf of Fauja said, “He’s so chuffed, he feels his life has been extended by another couple of years. He really wants to thank Her Majesty for even thinking of him. He’s really

grateful, he feels so blessed.”Bhai Sahib Dr. Mohinder

Singh, Chairman of the Nishkam group of charitable organisations, based in Birmingham, has been appointed Officer of British Empire (OBE) in recognition of his unstinting and inexorable work over forty years to promote peace and coexistence by bringing people of different faiths together to contribute to the common good of humanity.

On the award in the Queen’s 2015 New Year Honours list, Bhai Sahib said, “It is a great personal honour to receive this prestigious award from Her Majesty the Queen, by the grace of God, the Defender of the Faith."

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