4 JANUARY 2021

The Muslim Council of Britain would like to congratulate all those extraordinary individuals recognised in the 2021 New Year’s Honours List.

The honours system recognises people who have committed themselves to serving and helping Britain, and who have made achievements in public life.

British Muslim 2021 New Year Honours names include:

Companion of the Order of the Bath
  • Malini NEBHRAJANI Legal Director, Department for Health and Social Care Legal Advisers, Government Legal Department. For public service
Commander of the Order of the British Empire
  • Fayyaz AFZAL Circuit Judge, England and Wales.  For services to the Judiciary and to Diversity and Inclusion
Officer of the Order of the British Empire
  • Anwar ALI Founder and Director, Upturn Enterprise Ltd. For services to Social Enterprise
  • Azhar ALI Leader of Labour Group, Lancashire County Council. For services to the community in North West England
  • Dhiya AL-JUMEILY Professor of Artificial Intelligence, Liverpool John Moores University. For services to Scientific Research
  • Farah Naz Kausar BHATTI Consultant Cardiothoracic Surgeon. For services to Diversity in the NHS in Wales
  • Fozia Tanvir IRFAN Chief Executive Officer, Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation and Trustee, Association of Charitable Foundations. For services to the community in Bedfordshire, particularly during the Covid-19 Response
  • Asiyah RAVAT Executive Principal, Star Academies. For services to Education in Birmingham
Member of the Order of the British Empire
  • Norah AL-ANI Director, Cambridge Rape Crisis Centre. For services to Social Justice and to Gender Equality
  • Malique Jamal AL-SHABAZZ Constable, Merseyside Police. For services to Policing and Ethnic Minority Communities in Merseyside
  • Nisreen Ala-Din Sahib ALWAN Associate Professor in Public Health, Southampton University. For services to Medicine and Public Health during Covid-19
  • Humza ARSHAD Comedian and Writer. For services to Education
  • Ismail Mohammed GANGAT Founder and Proprietor, Azhar Academy Girls’ School, Forest Gate. For services to Education in East London
  • Mohammad Tayyab HAIDER Medical Director, Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. For services to the NHS, particularly during the Covid-19 Response and to the community in Essex
  • Mohammad Imran HAMID For services to Youth Empowerment and Social Welfare Projects
  • Abdul MAJID For services to Integration in Glasgow and to Charity in Scotland and Abroad
  • Hamid MOTRAGHI Lately Chair, Home Office Race Network and Chair, Civil Service Race Forum. For services to Diversity and Inclusion
  • Khairun NISA Foster Carer, Leeds City Council. For services to Fostering
  • Raad SHAKIR, Professor of Neurology (Visiting), Imperial College London. For services to Global Neurology
  • Hora SOLTANI-KARBASCHI Professor of Maternal and Infant Health, Sheffield Hallam University. For services to Higher Education and to Maternal and Infant Health
  • Shahab UDDIN Director of Legal, British Olympic Association. For services to Sport during the Covid-19 Response
Medal of the Order of the British Empire
  • Samira AHMAD Assistant Scientific Officer, Animal and Plant Health Agency. For services to Animal Health during the Covid-19 Response and to the community in Woking, Surrey
  • Azeem ALAM Co-Founder, BiteMedicine and Junior Doctor, Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust. For services to Medical Education during Covid-19
  • Swaran CHOWDHARY For services to Kidney Research UK, Organ Donation and South Asian communities in Scotland
  • Imran Ahmed CHOWDHURY For services to Community Cohesion in Northampton
  • Golam Mahbab Alam CHOWDHURY Refugee Support Staff and Emergency Responder, British Red Cross. For services to Healthcare during the Covid-19 Response
  • Amir Simon HANNAN General Practitioner, Haughton Thornley Medical Centre. For services to General Practice in Hyde and Haughton Green, Metropolitan Borough of Tameside
  • Ziaul KHAN For services to the community in Sheffield
  • Nadeem Sadiq KHAN Charity Helpline Housing Adviser and Team Leader, Shelter. For services to the Homeless during the Covid-19 Response
  • Khakan Munir QURESHI Senior Independent Living Officer, Midland Heart. For services to LGBT Equality
  • Aminur Khosru RAHMAN Chair, Kent Area Committee, Institution of Mechanical Engineers. For services to Education
  • Syedur RAHMAN For services to Charity in Leicester
  • Azizur RAHMAN Foods Section Manager, Marks and Spencer. For services to the community in London during the Covid-19 Response
  • Mohammed Usman RAFIQ Senior IT Assistant, Glasgow Caledonian University.  For services to Education and to Students with Hearing Impairments

If we have missed a name or for any corrections, please do get in touch here.

January 4, 2021 in General News
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