Harun Khan was elected Secretary General of the Muslim Council of Britain (MCB) at its AGM yesterday.
Khan replaces outgoing secretary general Dr Shuja Shafi who has just completed his two-year term. His deputy will be Omer al Hamdoon who is also the President of the Muslim Association of Britain.
Khan, who will serve until 2018, is the first British-born leader of the organisation. A Londoner, he has been a Civil Engineer in the city for over two decades.
In a short Facebook profile the MCB said: “Since he was a teenager, Harun also devoted a lot of his time to community work in East London and has also served as a school governor for many years.
“While serving as the Chair of the MCB London Committee (2006-2010) he founded the Eid celebrations in London’s Trafalgar Square in partnership with the Mayor of London and attended by up to 20,000 visitors.
“Harun was the first second generation Muslim to be elected into the leadership of the Muslim Council of Britain in 2010 as its Treasurer and during that time has lead on delivering the annual Muslim Leadership Dinner attended by Muslim leaders, politicians and civil society leaders.
“He has been Deputy Secretary General since 2014. He has appeared on various media outlets, challenging stereotypes and arguing the case for Muslims to be full and active citizens. Harun is married and lives with his wife and three daughters in London.”
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The MCB was established in 1997 and is an umbrella body for 500 mosques, schools and associations in Britain. It includes national, regional and specialist Muslim organisations and institutions from different ethnic and sectarian backgrounds within British Muslim society.
