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6.30pm
Drinks Reception
7.10pm
Entertainment – Naseem Khan
7.15pm
The evening commences with a welcome from your host for the 3rd annual British Muslim Awards presented by Al Rayan Bank, Ajmal Mushtaq
7.20pm
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7.30pm
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10.05pm
More entertainment from Naseem Khan
10.10pm
Fundraising for our Official Charity Partner The Well Foundation
10.15pm
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The evening comes to an end
Award winning TV Chef, Ajmal Mushtaq will be hosting the Awards. Speeches from Irfan Younis (CEO and Founder of Oceanic Group and The British Muslim Awards), Sultan Choudhury (CEO at Al Rayan Bank) and Sobya Sattar (Volunteer at The Well Foundation). Entertaining you on the evening will be a former mc and producer known as Nas-T, now turned Nausheed Artist who has just released his fourth album, Naseem Khan. EVENT EDITION 2015 WWW.THEDIVERSITYAWARDS.INFO
Finalists 2015
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Muslim in the Community Muslim Women’s Network (Birmingham) Mile End Community Project (London) Ali Khan (Roshni, Glasgow) Noori Bibi (Jawaab, London) Adill Hadi (Birmingham City Council, Birmingham) Muslim Women’s Council (Bradford) Better Community Business Network (London) Arts & Culture Awareness Tabinda Kauser Ishaq (London College of Fashion, London) Samuir Rahman (House of Calligraphy, London) Shahida Rahman (Perfect Publishers, Cambridge) Abdullah Shariff (Spoken Word Poet, Yarlet) Milton Keynes Islamic Arts & Culture (Milton Keynes) Sisters Magazine (London) Waseem M Aslam (Author, Newcastle) Charity of the Year Penny Appeal (Wakefield) Orphans in Need (London) Lady Fatimah Trust (Buckinghamshire) Islamic Relief (London) Nour Domestic Violence (London) Human Appeal (Manchester) Islamic Help (Birmingham) Responsible Media of the Year Muslims News (Harrow) Noor TV (Birmingham) Islam Channel (London) Peace TV (London) British Muslim TV (Wakefield, Yorkshire) Channel 4 (London) Huffington Post (London) EVENT EDITION 2015 WWW.THEDIVERSITYAWARDS.INFO
Finalists 2015
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Best at Sport Qasim Niaz (Blackburn) Ambreen Sadiq (Yorkshire) Moeen Ali (Worcestershire) Samera Ashraf (Edinburgh) Haseeb Hameed (Lancashire) Ateeq Javid (Warwickshire) Ali Al Hasbi (Wigan) Services to Civil/Third Sector Saleh Saeed (DEC, London) Yasmin Shabir (HMRC, West Yorkshire) Salim Sidat MBE (Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council, Blackburn) Hasan Bakhshi (Nesta, London) Syed Mizan Rahman (Cabinet Office, London) Salim Mitha (HMRC, Liverpool) Wasim Mir (Foreign & Commonwealth Office, London) Noor Inayat Khan Memorial Award for Muslim Woman of the Year Amirah Foundation (Birmingham) Amenakin (Leicester) Myira Khan (Leicester) Baroness Sayeeda Warsi (Wakefield) Mehmuda Mian (Windsor) Rimla Akhtar (London) Sara Khan (Inspire, Bradford) Services to Finance & Accounting Moorad Choudhry (RBS, London) Nadeem Ahmed (Hentons, Leeds) Mohammed Khan (PWC, London) Gaffar Khalid (London) Islamic Finance Council (London) Faizal Karbani (Simply Sharia, Middlesex) Mohamed Iqbal Asaria (Afkar Consulting Ltd, London) EVENT EDITION 2015 WWW.THEDIVERSITYAWARDS.INFO
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Dr. Abbas Khan Memorial Award for Services to Medicine Professor Alimudin Zumla (London) Dr Syed Nayyer Abidi (Manchester) Dr Mohammad Saqib Anwar (Leicester) Dean Dentists (Surrey) Dr Mohammed Jawad (London) Dr Nadia Khalid (London) Professor Aziz Sheikh (Edinburgh) Services to Media Yasmin Khatun (Islam Channel, London) Sameena Ali Khan (ITV Central, Birmingham) Noreen Khan (BBC Asian Network, Birmingham) Faisal Islam (Sky, London) Mishal Husain (BBC, London) Nina Hossain (ITV, London) Rageh Omaar (ITV, London) Services to Education Al Isharah (London) Shaykh Abdal Hakim Murad Dean (Cambridge Muslim College, Cambridge) Shahed Ahmed Battiwala (Elmhurst Primary, London) Sofina Aktar Motin Islam (Stanton Bridge, Coventry) Zaidah Ahmed MBE (Rotherham Borough Council, Rotherham) Professor Iram Siraj (University of London, London) Ashfaq Chowdhury (Association of Muslim Schools, Birmingham) Services to Science & Engineering Haroon Ahmed (Cambridge) Jawed Siddiqui (Sheffield) Saeed Vaseghi (Uxbridge) Muslim Engineers Network (UK) Ehsan Masood (London) Zaha Hadid (London) Farid Khan (Manchester)
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Services to Law Tariq Sadiq (St Philips Chambers, Birmingham) Forz Khan (The Chambers of F Khan, London) Atif Hanif (Allen Overy, London) Farmida Bi (Norton Rose Fulbright, London) Badr Al-Hasan (Dome Advisory, London) Bilkis Mahmood (Blackstone Law, Leeds) Shehneela Ahmed (Platinum FA, London) Services Creativity & Technology Air 21 (Birmingham) Muslim & Single (London) Remit One (London) Book Friends Forever (Cardiff) Hussain Architectural Design (Burnley) Uzma Asghar (Success Coach & Trainer, Birmingham) Sabirul Islam (Inspire1million, Stratford) Religious Advocate of the Year Imam Asim Hafiz (UK Ministry of Defence, London) Hamza Andreas Tzortzis (London) Qari Mohammed Asim (Leeds Makkah Mosque, Leeds) Imam Shahid Raza (Leicester Central Mosque, Leicester) Molana Rayan Mahmud (Iqra TV, London) Imam Irfan Chisti (Light of Islam Academy, Rochdale) Qari Noman Yousef (Harem Academy, Coventry) Young Achiever of the Year Aysha Boshor (Aysha Academy Trust, Bedfordshire) Ayan Qureshi (Youngest Microsoft Certified Professional, Birmingham) Zain Awan (Creative Consultant, London) Enaam Ahmed (Enaam Motor Sport, London) Shahid Khan (Naughty Boy, Watford) Hamzah Hafesji (Islamic Help, Birmingham)
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Politician of the Year Mohammed Asghar (South Wales) Khalid Mahmood (Birmingham) Yasmin Qureshi (Bolton) Sajid Javid (Bromsgrove) Sadiq Khan (Tooting) Sajjad Karim (Blackburn) Amjad Bashir (Yorkshire) Businesswoman of the Year Farzana Baduel (Curzon PR, London) Henna Riaz (360 Royalty Audit, Manchester) Nabila Sadiq (Marlin Hawk, London) Pinky Lilani (Spice Magic, London) Shaheen Unis (Mrs Unis, Edinburgh) Ruzwana Bashir (Peek.com, Rochdale) Saira Khan (TV Personality, London) Businessman of the Year Asif Aziz (Criterion Capital, London) Iqbal Ahmed (Seamark, Manchester) Aref Karim (Quality Capital Management, London) Saleem Asaria (Cambian Group, UK) James Caan (Entrepreneur, London) Shahid Azeem (Arcom IT,Surrey) Farouq Sheikh (CareTech Holdings Plc, Hertfordshire) Entrepreneur of the Year Shazia Saleem (IEat Foods, London) Syed Ahmed (SAVORTEX, London) Shade 7 Publishing (London) Noman Khawaja (Twickenham) Ammar Mirza CBE (ABC, Newcastle) Zaynab Mirza (Provoke Cosmetics, London) Nazia Nasreen (Ibraheem Toy House, Birmingham)
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Finalists 2015
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Business of the Year CK Foods (Hull) Tubzee (Halifax) Quiz Clothing (Glasgow) Karali LTD (Burger King, London) Euro Quality Lambs (Shropshire) Kashmir Crown Bakeries (Bradford) Haji Baba (Hounslow, London) Spirit of Britain Anas Sarwar (MP, Glasgow) Mosaic Network (London) Active Change Foundation (London) Waqar Azmi (Waterhouse Consulting Group, Birmingham) Shavanah Taj (PCS Wales Secretary, Cardiff) Sughra Ahmed (Islamic Society of Britain, Cambridge) Mirza Waqas Ahmad (Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association, London)
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