Harrow West is a constituency presently held by Labour which the Conservative Party needs to win at the next general election. The CMF has been doing what it can to assist the candidate, Ms Hannah David. In that regard, Lord Sheikh was guest of honour at the Harrow West Conservative…
The week beginning 10 March 2013 marked the 20th annual Islam Awareness Week, an initiative started by the Islamic Society of Britain in 1993. On Wednesday 13 March, the Conservative Muslim Forum hosted the Islamic Society of Britain at the House of Lords. The audience drawn from many listened to…
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The Conservative Muslim Forum organised a talk on health issues particularly affecting Asian women, which took place in Committee Room 4A of the House of Lords. The speaker was Dr Surraiya Zia MBBS, FRCOG, DGO, D.Obs, DCH, LM, DFFP (seated centre in the picture below). The event was chaired by Dr…
Canvassing is one of the most important things we do in politics, since it is crucial to winning elections. Everyone in the CMF is encouraged to get more involved in this, regardless of what else you do for the Conservative Party. Here we see Excecutive member Altaf Hussain working the phones…
Campaigning is one of the most important things that political organisations do. After all, if you fail to get elected you can never implement your policies! On Saturday 3 November a group of Conservatives were canvassing in Corby for our candidate Christine Emmett. They included two members of the Conservative Muslim…
As in previous years, the CMF was well represented at the Party Conference in Birmingham in October. We had a stand in the Party Zone of the exhibition hall and signed up a large number of new members. A number of CMF members helped us to staff the CMF stand. The following…
On 23 March 2012, Rabia Bhatti was awarded the Tamgha-i-Pakistan on the recommendation of the Prime Minister of Pakistan for being one of the most successful and influential British Pakistani’s on a national and international level. The award is conferred by the President of Pakistan and the photograph below shows it being…
This is a brief report on the judging of applications to take part in this programme. Fifty complete applications were received within the time limit specified, and they were assessed by a committee of four, comprising Karen Huntress (Assistant Cultural Attache, US Embassy), Mohammed Amin (CMF Vice Chairman) and two…
The Conservative Muslim Forum is horrified and saddened by the loss of life in the attack on the US Consulate in Benghazi and the killing of the American ambassador Christopher Stevens and three other people. We understand from news media that those responsible for the killings claim that they are…