This year the Conservative Spring Forum was held on 5 April 2014 at the prestigious venue of the Grand Connaught Rooms, Great Queen Street, London. The CMF was well represented, including Mohammed Amin, Faruk Miah and Dr Altaf Hussain from the CMF Executive. The leadership of the Conservative Party was…
The Muslim News Awards are organised each year by Mr Ahmed Versi, editor and publisher of the Muslim News. The Twelfth Awards held on 31 March 2014 were particularly prestigious as they marked the 25’th anniversary of The Muslim News. There was a glittering array of guests, headed by the Prime Minister…
Muslims differ in their opinions regarding the religious signficance of wearing niqab or burqa. However almost all Muslims agree that this should be a personal decision of the wearer, and is not a matter for the state except when special considerations apply such as security or the need to identify people…
In a tight election, every vote matters. Victory often depends upon getting those people who support you to actually go and vote. In turn that requires you to know who your supporters are, which is the task of canvassing. While canvassing often feels tedious, sustained canvassing effort often makes the…
The CMF Youth Wing hosted Rory Stewart OBE FRSL MP, academic, author and former diplomat in the House of Lords for a discussion on “The Endgame in Afghanistan: Opportunities and Challenges”. Rory Stewart is an expert on Afghanistan. A former diplomat, at the request of of HRH The Prince of Wales and President…
The most important thing in democratic politics is to win elections. If you do not get elected to Parliament, you do not have the ability to speak in Parliament or to vote on new laws. If the Conservative Party does not have sufficient MPs to form a government, then the…
On 28 January 2014 a packed audience in House of Lords Committtee Room 4A received an exceptionally passionate and highly personal presentation from Saira Khan. Saira Khan shot to fame in the first series of the smash hit BBC 2 TV Series “The Apprentice,” in 2005, where she was the runner up. Despite…
On 25 and 26 January 2014 the Conservative Policy Forum held its annual Winter Conference in Leeds. Members of the Conservative Muslim Forum were very much in evidence, with Mohammed Amin, Faruk Miah, Raja Najabat Hussain and Dr Ghulam Abbas attending. Attending such events and asking questions from the floor…
On 24 September 2013 the Islamic Finance Council UK organised this event at the House of Lords, with the keynote speaker being the Archbishop of Canterbury. Lord Sheikh is a patron of the Islamic Finance Council UK, was co-chair of the event and gave the following speech. As Patron of the Islamic Finance Council UK…
Much politics takes place on a large scale, via the media or large public meetings. However most of it takes place at a local level, with relatively small groups of people. The speakers can be either local or national figures. This type of politics is known in the USA, and…