On Friday 15th March 2013, CMF Executive member, Hashim Bhatti, was selected for a three month internship with Interact. Hashim has been working at the grassroots level in the London Borough of Barnet looking at issues ranging from homelessness and animal rights to youth unemployment. He will be holding a…
On Wednesday 24th April 2013, CMF Executive members, Faruk Miah MBE, Councillor Asif Ayub, Ahmedur Rahman and Hashim Bhatti were invited onto the Bangladeshi TV channel, ‘NTV’ which transmits on the Sky platform channel number 852. The were asked to discuss the importance of being involved in their local community…
The Conservative Muslim Forum is shocked and horrified by the murder of a man on the streets of Woolwich, London earlier today. Reports indicate that the victim was a soldier and that the killers shouted Allahu Akbar (Arabic for “God is great”) as they carried out their crime. A video…
On 22 April 2013 Executive Member Faruk Miah MBE led a delegation of 22 CMF members and supporters, including Lady Sheikh, on a visit to the European Parliament. The European Parliament is the directly elected parliamentary institution of the European Union (EU) and it helps to govern the EU along with the Council of the EU…
On Tuesday 15th January 2013, CMF Executive member Hashim Bhatti was invited to participate in a BAME (Black and Minority Ethnic) Young Leaders mentoring session with Lynton Crosby AO (Order of Australia) organised by the Patchwork Foundation. Lynton Crosby is the chief political strategist in charge of David Cameron’s 2015 re-election campaign. In…
The Conservative Muslim Forum held its annual general meeting at 1 Millbank on Tuesday 16 April. As the agenda was relatively short, the meeting was scheduled to precede the monthly meeting of the CMF Executive. As with all CMF events, we began with a Quran recitation which was given by…
The British Library recently had a major exhibition “Mughal India: Art, Culture and Empire” which is now closed. At its peak, the Mughal Empire stretched from Kabul in the northwest and covered most of the South Asian subcontinent. Descendants of Timur (Tamerlane), the Mughal emperors ruled over the land from…
The Executive of the Conservative Muslim Forum is deeply saddened by the death of Baroness Thatcher, and extends its sympathy to her family. It is our country’s good fortune that at key moments of crisis, great leaders emerge. It is hard to remember now the state of our country at the…
The CMF’s fourth objective is “Encourage Muslims to make effective and positive contributions to the development of an inclusive and cohesive society in the United Kingdom.” Accordingly we encourage Muslims to be involved with all of the organisations that provide an opportunity to serve our society, including the armed forces and…
British Muslims have recently been alarmed at the sudden and rather aggressive publicity surrounding the issue of religious methods of slaughter of animals for food. Our Chairman Lord Sheikh, has been particularly concerned and hence decided to take up the cause and take appropriate action. On 16th January 2014, a…