A number of British Muslims have been honoured by the Queen in her annual New Year’s Honours List.
The list includes Muslim police officers, a politician, education and charitable workers, an imam in the armed forces, as well as those working in the government’s Preventing Violent Extremism counter-terrorism programme.
They include:
Commanders of the Order of the British Empire
Professor Ash Amin. FBA Professor of Geography, University of
Cambridge. For services to Social Science.
Officers of the Order of the British Empire
Mahmood Ahmed. Chair, Birmingham City Labour Party. For
voluntary political service.
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Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh. For services to Business and to the Asian
community in Scotland.
Shahed Ahmed Battiwala. Headteacher, Elmhurst Primary School,
Newham. For services to Education.
Asim Hafiz. Religious Adviser and Imam, HM Armed Forces. For services to Defence, especially in support of Afghan Operations.
Sofina Aktar Motin. Headteacher, Stanton Bridge Primary
School, Coventry. For services to Education.
Muhammad Khawar Amin Mann. Founding Member and Chair, Mosaic. For
voluntary and charitable service.
Dr Hamid Ghafour Mughal. Director of Global Manufacturing, Rolls-
Royce plc. For services to Technology, Innovation and Manufacturing.
Mrs Raafat Mughal. Founder and Director, JAN Trust. For services to Disadvantaged Women and the community in Haringey.
Members of the Order of the British Empire
Zaidah Parveen. JP Schools Community Engagement and
Cohesion Lead, Rotherham Borough Council. For services to the community in
Rotherham, South Yorkshire.
Ms Aysha Esakji. Prevent Officer, London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham and Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. For services to Challenging Extremism.
Mrs Nighat Hubbard. Detective Constable, Metropolitan Police Service. For charitable services.
Mahammed Ameenuddin Hussain. Manager, Asian Resource Centre, Greenwich. For services to Adult Education and to the community in Greenwich.
Faiza Khan. Deputy Chief Executive, National Council for Voluntary Youth Services. For services to Young People.
Fathir Khan. For services to the Asian community in Sheffield, South Yorkshire.
Yasmin Shabir Khan. Administrative Officer, Personal Tax, Bradford, HM Revenue and Customs. For services to Equality and Diversity.
Miss Zanib Rasool. For services to the community in Rotherham, South Yorkshire.
Salim Sidat. For services to the community and Policing in Blackburn, Lancashire.
Gulam Siddiqui. General Secretary, Lanarkshire Muslim Welfare Society. For services to Cultural Integration and to the community in Lanarkshire.
Queen’s Medal for Distinguished Service
John Ahmed Anwar. Police Constable, Derbyshire Constabulary.
Akra Mullah Khan. Chief Superintendent, Nottinghamshire Police.
