The summary below gives information on the experience and responsibilities of each trustee.
Presidents Dr. Natubhai Shah Shree Om Parkash Sharma MBE Professor Harminder Singh Dr Pauline Webb Officers Chair Imam Dr. Abduljalil Sajid Title: IMAM Dr Full Name: IMMAM Dr Abduljalil Sajid Job Title: Chairman Organisation: Muslim Council for Religious and Racial Harmony UK Area(s) of Expert Knowledge: Imam Sajid has delivered lecturers at various universities, colleges and schools on the following topics: Religion, Islam, Muslims, Interfaith, cross culture, Ethnic Minorities, Multiculturalism, Family, Immigration, Islamophobia, Anti-Semitism Home Address : 8 Caburn Road Hove BN3 6EF (UK) Home Tel No: +44 (0) 1273 722438 / +44 (0)7971861972 Email: sajid@imamsajid.com , imamsajid@yahoo.co.uk Brief Biographical Details: IMAM Dr Abduljalil Sajid is of Pakistani origin. Currently Chairman of the Muslim Council for Religious and Racial harmony UK and a member of the Central Working Committee (CWC) of the Muslim Council of Britain (MCB). He opposes all forms of discrimination and oppression. A pre-eminent Muslim scholar, thinker, speaker and educator, his ideas are some of the most advanced in the Muslim search for a meaningful interpretation of Islam in the 21st Century. A member of the IMAMS and Mosques Council of UK, he is Vice-Chair of the UK Chapter of the World Conference of Religion and Peace (WCRP), an International Secretary to the Executive Committee member of the World Congress of Faiths (WCF). A founding member of the Standing Conference of Jews, Christian and Muslims in Europe (JCM), he is consultant to many statutory and voluntary agencies on race, multicultural and religious issues. He has been in UK since 1972 and lives in Hove with his wife, Jamila. They have 5 children, 3 daughters and 2 sons. The two eldest daughters both are married, one in Toronto, Canada, and the other in Singapore. He acts as Muslim Chaplain at Brighton’s two Universities and at the County Hospitals. He was the founding Chair of the Brighton & Hove Interfaith Contact Group (IFCG) and is Secretary of the Ethnic Minorities Representatives Council (EMRC) in the City as well as IMAM of the Brighton Islamic Mission (BIM) Educational Qualifications: Highest Islamic Degree of Mufti from Jameul Uloom University Multan (Pakistan) 1964 B.A (Hons) & M.A in Islamic Studies and Arabic Language from Punjab University Adeeb, Alim and Fazil Degree in Religious Studies from Punjab University (1965-66) Master of Oriental Learning (M.O.L) from Punjab University (1967) MSc in Muslim Philosophy &Thoughts from Dhaka University 1968) Also studied at London School of Economics and Kent University (1974-1976) PhD from International Islamic University Islamabad (Pakistan) 1988 AWARDS: He was awarded the Millennium Award as the best British volunteer for the year 2000 nationally. The award Ceremony was held in December 2000 at the Millennium Dome in East London Employment: Lecturer in Philosophy at Dhaka University from April 1969 – September 1971 Senior lecture in Philosophy at Punjab University December 1972 – Sep 1974 Islamic adviser to the UK Islamic Mission from September 1974 to Sep 1976 Brighton Citizen Advise Bureau (CAB) Oct 1987 to June 1998 as Training Officer IMAM and Director of Brighton Islamic Centre and Mosque (The Sussex Muslim Society a registered charity) from September 1976 to January 1998 Muslim Chaplain at Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust 1988-today Experience: Since completing my religious education from traditional Islamic Studies in 1964, I have been an IMAM (religious scholar) providing pastoral care to Muslims and providing professional religious, educational, cultural and social issues. I have been teaching at various colleges and Universities around the world. I have been a member of Islamic Shariah Court UK since 1976. He has been called an expert witness to various cases in British Courts related to Islam and Muslims and he has been a magistrate at Sussex Bench 1990- Feb 2004. I have been the founder Chairman of Brighton and Hove Interfaith Contact group (IFCG) and founder of the Ethnic Minorities of Representatives Council (EMRC). I have worked with a number of minority ethnic community organisations. Some organisations are mentioned in his short profile below: Past Media Experience: I have given many interviews to various TVs and Radios. Most recently were Shariah TV Channel 4 ( 25 may 2004), On Islamophobia on Sky, BBC World Today, BBC 1, Radio Stations of BBC -world service, BBC Radio 4, BBC Southern Counties, Leadership: I have been Chairman to a number of organisations (See short Community involvement profile). With Her Majesty the Queen: In December, Imam Sajid along with his daughter Zahrah, were invited to a reception at Buckingham Palace by Her Majesty the Queen and had the honour of a conversation with the Queen. During Queen Elizabeth's Christmas Broadcast Dec 2004, Imam Abduljalil Sajid was pictured talking with the Queen about the growth of interfaith activity in Britain. During the year, as a Member of the Muslim Council of Britain, he was frequently consulted by the British Government on how to improve relations with Muslims No Contact Restrictions (You may contact me any time 24 hours 7 days a week) Imam Dr Abduljalil Sajid Chairman Muslim Council for Religious and Racial Harmony UK Chairman National Association of British Pakistanis (NABPAK) 8 Caburn Road, Hove, East Sussex, BN3 6EF, England Tel: +44 (0) 1273 722438 / Fax: +44 (0) 1273 326051 Mobile: +44 (0) 7971 861972 Email: sajid@imamsajid.com, imamsajid@yahoo.co.uk Vice-Chair Rev Megumi Hirota Treasurer Mr. Erach Amaria Secretary Mrs. Marzbeen Jila Trustees Moderator (Europe) Mr. Jehangir Sarosh Shree Om Parkash Sharma MBE Sister Regina Baumgart The Revd. Fergus Capie Mr. Mark Gifford Sarup Singh Mahon Mr. Sewa Singh Mandla Mr. Brian Pearce Rabbi Alan Plancey Mr. Pankaj Vora
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