As the table on our page Muslim demographics by constituency shows, the 2011 Census found that Luton South is 25.3% Muslim and Luton North is 22.4% Muslim. In 2015 Labour held both seats, Luton South by 5,711 votes and Luton North by 9,504 votes. Both are challenging seats for the Conservative Party to win,…
On 29 February 2016, the Conservative Muslim Forum for the first time held an event jointly with Conservative Friends of Israel. The purpose was to showcase the work of an Israeli NGO, Merchavim, and the Parliamentary host and event chairman was Bob Blackman, MP for Harrow East. Merchavim is an organisation that…
On 22 February Conservative Party Chairman Lord Feldman of Elstree and CCHQ Director of Outreach Colin Bloom hosted a reception for the Party’s affiliated groups, colloquially referred to as “Friends of” groups from many of them having names such as “Conservative Friends of [country name]”. The category also includes such groups…
The key to winning elections is getting your supporters to turn out and vote. If they don’t vote, it doesn’t matter how much they may want you to win. Only ballots in the box count! On Saturday 9 January 2016 the Conservative Muslim Forum’s Chairman Mohammed Amin was doing his…
On Thursday 10 December 2015 CMF President Lord Sheikh hosted an educational talk by distinguished arthritis specialist Professor Ian Bruce exploring the question “Precision Medicine : An Achievable Goal?” The event in Committee Room 4 at the House of Lords was attended by over 50 guests. They all came to listen…
On 17 November 2015 CMF President Lord Sheikh hosted an interfaith event in the House of Lords to mark National Interfaith Week 2015. The theme was “Building Interfaith Trust to strengthen community relations, Promoting peace and harmony amongst faith communities.” The event was well attended by guests from different faiths and communities….
Paris is a city that many of us know and love. Last night Parisians were out in restaurants, watching a football match, attending a rock concert; things that many of us and our children do. Suddenly over 120 of them were killed by gunmen using automatic weapons and detonating suicide…
A star line-up of speakers gathered in Tooting on the evening of Thursday 12 November to talk to local residents about their experience of being a councillor and local campaigning. The event was organised by Dan Watkins, Conservative Parliamentary Spokesman for Tooting, and supported by local mosques and the CMF, to…
On Monday 2 November 2015 the Conservative Muslim Forum Executive held a meeting with two diplomats from the Embassy of Israel. The meeting was chaired by Lord Sheikh and our guests from the Embassy were: H.E. Eitan Na’eh, Deputy Head of Mission. He is currently Chargé d’Affaires as Israel’s new ambassador…
On Tuesday 20th October 2015, we hosted an Eid Ul Adha reception in 7 Millbank which is part of the Parliamentary Estate. The lead organiser was CMF Executive Member, Councillor Hashim Bhatti who was also the Master of Ceremonies for the evening. The evening was well attended, with over 120…