On Wednesday 9 July 2014 Dr Altaf Hussain, Chairman of CMF Wales, attended the inaugural Remembering Srebrenica memorial event in Cardiff at the National Museum of Wales. The event was hosted by Mr Saleem Kidwai and the keynote speaker was David Melding AM, Deputy Presiding Officer of the National Assembly. The event remembered the massacre…
Lord Sheikh has sent the letter at this link to all CMF members and supporters by email. For convenience the text of the letter is also reproduced below. The Lord Sheikh Conservative Muslim Forum The Conservative Party CCHQ 4 Matthew Parker Street London, SE1 7TY 7th July 2014 Dear CMF Members & Supporters, It is…
On 18 June 2014 the CMF held an event, “Be a Local Councillor”, in the House of Lords. It was organised in association with Local Government Association Conservative Group. Talented people who are passionate about their local communities – who represent the views of diverse populations within their communities – are the…
A historic by-election was held in Newark on 5 June 2014 after the resignation of the previous MP Patrick Mercer. Although Mr Mercer’s majority in 2010 was 16,152 the by-election was expected to be hard fought. Many members of the Conservative Muslim Forum helped to support the Conservative candidate Robert…
On 2 June 2014 the Association of Muslim Schools held an all-day conference at the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre in London, with the subject “Educating Muslim Pupils: Nurturing Excellence, Inspiring Futures.” CMF Chairman Lord Sheikh gave the opening speech. Lord Sheikh reminded the audience about the emphasis Islam places on education and the…
The Chairman of the CMF, Lord Sheikh, has prepared the report below summarising the CMF’s activities over the last year. It is published here to share it more widely. Conservative Muslim Forum Report 2013-14 Conservative Muslim Forum (CMF) is now a potent organisation and the number of our members and…
The CMF was strongly represented at the Welsh Conservative Party Spring Conference which was held at the Llangollen Pavilion on Friday 11th and Saturday 12th April. Dr Altaf Hussain, Chairman of CMF Wales, Area Chairman, South Wales West Conservative Council, organised and chaired a CMF fringe meeting held at lunchtime on…
On 13 May 2014 the Conservative Muslim Forum held an event on the relationship between first cousin marriage and birth defects, and the policy implications. As is our policy with CMF events, we began with a Quran recitation which was given by Imam Shakeel. The event was then introduced by Lord Sheikh…
As part of their outreach activities, on 14 May 2014 the Armed Forces hosted a meeting at the offices of the Ministry of Defence on Whitehall. The meeting was organised by Imam Asim Hafiz, Islamic Religious Advisor to the Chief of the Defence Staff and Service Chiefs, and the Master…
Canvassing, both in person and by telephone, is vital in politics to ascertain which voters may support our party. Telephone cavassing can be done by people from home and also in London from Conservative Campaign Headquarters. The CMF holds regular telephone canvassing sessions, and CMF members also attend on other…