Qari Asim, MBE Qari Asim is on the regional leadership board of Remembering Srebrenica charity and deputy chair of cross-government Anti-Muslim Hatred Working Group. He can be reached at @QariAsim This week marks the 24th anniversary of Srebrenica genocide. The theme for 2019 Srebrenica Memorial Week is ‘Bridging the Divide: Confronting Hate’; it invites us […]
Today Mosques and Imams across the country are dedicating their Jummah prayers (Friday Sermons) to the victims of the horrible massacre of ethnic Bosnian Muslims that happened in the town of Srebrenica on July the 11th 1995. Remembering Srebrenica ( s r AI b – r eh – n EE t – s uh ) is a […]
Statement of Support on Srebrenica Memorial Day 2019 On Srebrenica Memorial Day, 11 July 2019, MINAB remembers the 24th anniversary of the Srebrenica genocide. On this day in 1995, 8,372 Bosnian Muslim men and boys were murdered, simply because of their religious identity. MINAB recognise that no society is invulnerable to prejudice and intolerance, and that […]
RSE – Relationships and Sex Education in Primary Schools The guidelines for the teaching of Relationship & Sex Education (RSE) are being changed the by the Department for Education following consultation and calls for evidence. The effect of such change is that: Relationship Education will be taught as standard in all primary schools in England […]
A hugely important event for the advancement of religious freedom and belief took place at Lambeth Palace hosted by the Most Revd Justin Welby, Archbishop of Canterbury. The meeting was between British faith leaders and the US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and UK Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt. MINAB Chairman Imam Qari Asim, MBE and […]
The Foreign and Commonwealth Office hosted a Big Iftar event, inviting faith and political leaders. The Foreign Secretary RT Hon Jeremy Hunt, and the Minister of State for the COmmonwealth and the UN, Lord Tariq Ahmad, co hosted the Iftar at the FCO celebrating diversity of faith; praying for peace. Imam Qari Asim, Chair of […]
The Mosques & Imams National Advisory Board has asked mosques to urge their congregations to fully participate in the European Elections and not let Brexit fatigue or apathy get in the way of exercising their democratic right. Chair of MINAB, Imam Qari Asim, said: The EU referendum has shown that our society is more fractured […]
Assalamu Alaikum/Peace be upon you, As we enter into the holy month of Ramadan, on behalf of MINAB’s staff and trustees, we wish you a Ramadan kareem. During this Ramadan let us get closer to our Creator, Allah (SWT), through good words and actions. This is a time to refocus our life on remembering […]
On Sunday the 21st of April, during the Easter weekend, a horrific series of coordinated were aimed at Sri Lankan hotels and churches filled with worshippers during Easter Sunday. These disgraceful attacks claimed the lives of more than 290 innocent holiday goers and worshippers and left hundreds more injured. The broader […]
On Wednesday March 20th, four mosques and an all girls private Muslim school were vandalised in the early hours of the morning. It has not been confirmed yet but it is believed that the attacks are linked. Police were called at 2:32AM to an incident of a man smashing windows with a hammer. The motive […]