Inspiring Guest Speakers

Ajmal Masroor

Ajmal Masroor is an Imam leading Friday prayers in 4 mosques in 4 London boroughs on a monthly rotation. He works in various communities as a mentor for young people and is a trained counselor supporting people with relationship and personal difficulties.

Ajmal Masroor is also a popular face as seen on Channel 4's Shariah TV , Islam Channel and Channel S. He has been a commentator on social, political and religious issues on BBC, ITV, Channel 4, CNN, ABC, NBC, CBS, SKY, German, Finnish, French & Nigerian TV.

Ajmal Masroor has also written about Muslims in Britain, integration, Islam and political issues in the Guardian, the Times, the Asian Times and Islam on Line.

Sabin Malik

Sabin Malik is the Principal Community Cohesion Officer in Hounslow, London . She is currently leading on a major study on far right extremism and religious fundamentalism.

Sabin is passionate about community issues and has been actively involved in voluntary work with youth and women's organisations for 17 years. She has been involved in numerous radio and television interviews on national community issues. Sabin is also a Commissioner for the Women's National Commission.

Live Musical Performance

Nazeel Azami

Nazeel Azami was gifted from early childhood in being able to put words into harmony. His talent was first noticed by his mother who inspired him at a young age to recite classical Bengali poetry and songs. He learned many of these from his maternal uncle, a renowned Bengali singer-songwriter and poet.

Nazeel has put his voice to good use by learning the art of reciting the Qur’an from several eminent masters. His lyrical gift is borne as much out of his life experiences as his love for languages.

His travels have enabled him to draw liberally from vocal and harmonic traditions in India and the Middle East in particular, and bring them home to his place of birth in the north-west of England.

For more information, listen to audio samples or watch Nazeel's latest video please visit http://www.nazeelazami.com.

Event Host

Yaseen Akhtar

Yaseen Akhtar was the previous in-charge of the brothers section of the Young Muslim UK (YMUK). YMUK is the youth-wing of the Islamic Society of Britain and have been actively involved at a grass-roots level within the Muslim community for over 20 years. YMUK is particularly interested in exploring the meaning of being a young Muslim in Britain and aims to provide a positive learning environment and encouraging youth participation.