List of some Muslims who have made valuable contributions to this society - General Discussion

kimindex · 06-10-2006, 17:50

List of some Muslims who have made valuable contributions to this society:

Waheed Alli, or Baron Alli of Norbury in the London Borough of Croydon as he is known in the House of Lords, appears to be the embodiment of new Britain. Born in south London to a Muslim father and a Hindu mother, he was educated at a Church of England school. He became a peer at the age of 34 and is openly gay. He and his long-term partner, Charlie Parsons, set up the television production company Planet 24 with Bob Geldof in 1992.

Abdelwahab El-Affendi is a Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Study of Democracy at the University of Westminster.

Baroness Pola Uddin was born in Bangladesh, and came to London aged 13. She has been a determined campaigner for the rights of Bengali women in London's East End.

Imran Khan, 37, campaigning solicitor. He made his name in the Stephen Lawrence case.

Musharraf Hussain is an educationalist and Director of the Karimia Institute in Nottingham.

Tarique Ghaffur is joint third-in-command of Britain's biggest and most important police force. Since last year he has been one of four assistant commissioners in the Metropolitan police.

Sarah Joseph is a writer and founding editor of the London-based Muslim lifestyle magazine, Emel.

Anwar Pervez, a farmer's son from India who came to Britain at 21 and became a bus conductor in Bradford before opening a corner shop in London in 1962. He launched Bestway Holdings, a cash-and-carry firm in 1976. The company is now worth £227m. His wealth is estimated at £175m, up from £150m last year. According to the Sunday Times Rich List, Sir Anwar and his family "would be even richer if they did not give large sums to charity" - but giving to charity is a central tenet of Islam.

Sarwar Ahmed, 30, newspaper publisher.

Shami Ahmed's story is a rags-to-riches tale. But unlike the traditional groceries or restaurant businesses, his success is based on a canny exploitation of street cool. Ahmed developed the Manchester-based Joe Bloggs fashion empire, whose baggy jeans became synonymous with the "Madchester" indie-dance scene of the late 80s. T

Yasmin Alibhai-Brown, journalist and broadcaster.

In 1989, an 18-year-old from east London spotted a gap in the market. Mainstream newspapers had traditionally ignored ethnic minorities while community newspapers were dominated by news from 'back home'. So Sarwar Ahmed, the son of a Bengali journalist, launched Eastern Eye, a tabloid targeted at second-generation Asians, which has become the fastest-growing Asian newspaper in Britain.

Emdad Rahman is involved in a vast number of diverse voluntary and community activities in Tower Hamlets.

Aamir Ghaffar has represented England in the under-19s Six Nations and European championships. English No 1 Badminton player

Dr Fatima Husain is a consultant in obstetrics and gynaecology at Wexham Park Hospital in Slough, Berkshire and Heatherwood Hospital, Ascot

Saj Mahmood England fast bowler.

Saira Khan is to present new CBBC programme Beat The Boss.

Syed Nayyar Abidi is a writer and health promotion specialist based in Manchester.

As one of the youngest Chief Technology Officers of a major UK corporation, Saeed Patel has been responsible for building complex and cutting edge trading technology solutions.
Professor Saghir Akhtar is an internationally renowned academic in drug delivery of genome-based therapeutics

Roger Abdul Wahhab Boase has written several books, including Pashtun Tales (2003). His latest publication, Islam and Global Dialogue, examines contemporary challenges in today’s world.

Jamil Ahmed is an artist who combines European painting techniques and Islamic calligraphic disciplines.

Maysaloun Faraj has created her online gallery and published her book, both entitled Strokes of Genius. She has promoted the art work of expatriate Iraqi artists in the UK and her artwork reflects the untold sophistication of Islamic art in today’s world. She recently launched the Aya Gallery in Fulham High Street.

Having set the record for achieving the highest number of GCSEs in the UK - 20 - Amran Hussain is currently undertaking 4 A Levels and hopes to study medicine. Whilst he has been accepted by Oxford, he has been offered the ‘Morehead Scholarship’ at the University of North Carolina.

Hikmatali Shariff’s exam results - 6 A grades at A Level - have earned him a place at Trinity College, Cambridge, to read Mathematics.

Sophie Gilliat-Ray has been instrumental in establishing the first ever academic centre promoting scholarly and public understanding of Islam and Muslim life in Britain.

Since 1974, Mazhar Butt has seen his family business grow from one shop in Nottingham, to a multimillion pound business which is recognised as one of the largest speciality naan bread manufacturers in Europe.

Nizar Merali has developed innovative solutions for providing health care for the local community. In 2003, he set up GP Direct which serves 12,500 patients and allows them to see any number of GPs 24 hours a day

Zaha Hadid studied architecture at the Architectural Association from 1972, where she was awarded the Diploma Prize in 1977. Winner of the competition to design London¹s Olympic Aquatic Centre (above), her most renowned projects to date are the Vitra Fire Station, Weil am Rhein (1993); the Mind Zone at the Millennium Dome, London (1999); a Tram Station and Car Park, Strasbourg (2001); and the recently completed BMW Central Plant Building, Leipzig (2005).

stud u like · 06-10-2006, 17:54

I can't see how they are the ruining the country.

Milky Joe · 06-10-2006, 17:55

Is it tomorrow yet

kania · 06-10-2006, 17:57

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Originally Posted by stud u like

I can't see how they are the ruining the country.

It's another P take

kimindex · 06-10-2006, 17:57

I was being sarcastic which I thought was obvious. Really.

kimindex · 06-10-2006, 17:59

It's not a piss take. I'm trying to show some of the positive contributions Muslims have made to this country, in the light of all the negativity. I really thought that was blindlingly obvious.

M0PHP · 06-10-2006, 17:59

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List of dangerous Muslims.

Is the DS forum database big enough?

kania · 06-10-2006, 17:59

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Originally Posted by kimindex

I was being sarcastic which I thought was obvious. Really.

lol.. i think sometimes people don't look beyond the title

aaa123 · 06-10-2006, 18:00

Some of those are positive members of the Islamic community, they should be celebrated...

kimindex · 06-10-2006, 18:00

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Originally Posted by aaa123

Some of those are positive members of the Islamic community, they should be celebrated...

They all are to be celebrated. That was my meaning.

I didn't realise people could be so literal.

kania · 06-10-2006, 18:02

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Originally Posted by aaa123

Some of those are positive members of the Islamic community, they should be celebrated...

Only some?

Sloopy · 06-10-2006, 18:05

That's my reading material for the weekend sorted!

kania · 06-10-2006, 18:06

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Originally Posted by kimindex

It's not a piss take. I'm trying to show some of the positive contributions Muslims have made to this country, in the light of all the negativity. I really thought that was blindlingly obvious.

What I meant was that the title was a piss take because of all the negativity on the forum. To me it was blindingly obvious. You can now direct your rant at the people who didn't get it, thanks.

Schism · 06-10-2006, 18:07

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Shami Ahmed's ... success is based on a canny exploitation of street cool. Ahmed developed the Manchester-based Joe Bloggs fashion empire, whose baggy jeans became synonymous with the "Madchester" indie-dance scene of the late 80s.

A hanging offence imo.

Elbewasser · 06-10-2006, 18:07

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Originally Posted by kimindex

That was my meaning.

I didn't realise people could be so literal.

Kim how is this any different than the everythings bad lets hide under our beds threads?

It seems we have the "everything is fine and dandy" crowd.
And if you dare say otherwise you are a racist or a bigot.

Or the "we are all going to die, their Burqas are boobtrapped with explosives and the end is nigh" crowd

Both as bad and as inflexible as each other in my opinion

kimindex · 06-10-2006, 18:11

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Originally Posted by Elbewasser

Kim how is this any different than the everythings bad lets hide under our beds threads?

It seems we have the "everything is fine and dandy" crowd.
And if you dare say otherwise you are a racist or a bigot.

Or the "we are all going to die, their Burqas are boobtrapped with explosives and the end is nigh" crowd

Both as bad and as inflexible as each other in my opinion

Where am I saying everything is fine and dandy? I'm just trying to point out that not all Muslims preach jihad or force their women to be veiled or are dangerous to 'our' way of life. I thought, wrongly clearly, that it might be good to focus on some of the positive contributions that Muslims have made. But I do wish I hadn't bothered now.

kania · 06-10-2006, 18:13

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Originally Posted by kimindex

Where am I saying everything is fine and dandy? I'm just trying to point out that not all Muslims preach jihad or force their women to be veiled. I thought, wrongly clearly, that it might be good to focus on some of the positive contributions that Muslims have made. But I do wish I hadn't bothered now.

I wish you hadn't since you seemed to have a dig at me when I was one who actually got the point!

kimindex · 06-10-2006, 18:13

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Originally Posted by kania

What I meant was that the title was a piss take because of all the negativity on the forum. To me it was blindingly obvious. You can now direct your rant at the people who didn't get it, thanks.

Sorry, kania. I was taken aback by people not realising that.

Thanks for realising it. I just thought you meant I was taking the pIss out of Muslims at first.

kania · 06-10-2006, 18:15

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Originally Posted by kimindex

Sorry, kania. I was taken aback by people not realising that.

Thanks for realising it. I just thought you meant I was taking the pIss out of Muslims at first.

lol hun, ok, if I'd had thought it'd need a bit more explaining then perhaps I would have done that, it just seemed so... obvious.

06-10-2006, 18:16

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Originally Posted by Exulus

Is it tomorrow yet

I don't know what the rush is. Another day, another day of pointless, boring, Muslim-related news.

Elbewasser · 06-10-2006, 18:16

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Originally Posted by kania

I wish you hadn't since you seemed to have a dig at me when I was one who actually got the point!

I got the point!
Tokenism

Night_Market · 06-10-2006, 18:17

Muslims = harbingers of doom.

No need to argue or explain.

kimindex · 06-10-2006, 18:17

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Originally Posted by Elbewasser

I got the point!
Tokenism

How is it tokenism?

kania · 06-10-2006, 18:20

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Originally Posted by kimindex

How is it tokenism?

That they were hollow words, tongue in cheek. The title that is.

Misanthrope · 06-10-2006, 18:23

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Originally Posted by Schism

A hanging offence imo.

You're twisting my melon man.

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kimindex Forum Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Cornwall (ex-London) Posts: 40,024	List of some Muslims who have made valuable contributions to this society List of some Muslims who have made valuable contributions to this society: Waheed Alli, or Baron Alli of Norbury in the London Borough of Croydon as he is known in the House of Lords, appears to be the embodiment of new Britain. Born in south London to a Muslim father and a Hindu mother, he was educated at a Church of England school. He became a peer at the age of 34 and is openly gay. He and his long-term partner, Charlie Parsons, set up the television production company Planet 24 with Bob Geldof in 1992. Abdelwahab El-Affendi is a Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Study of Democracy at the University of Westminster. Baroness Pola Uddin was born in Bangladesh, and came to London aged 13. She has been a determined campaigner for the rights of Bengali women in London's East End. Imran Khan, 37, campaigning solicitor. He made his name in the Stephen Lawrence case. Musharraf Hussain is an educationalist and Director of the Karimia Institute in Nottingham. Tarique Ghaffur is joint third-in-command of Britain's biggest and most important police force. Since last year he has been one of four assistant commissioners in the Metropolitan police. Sarah Joseph is a writer and founding editor of the London-based Muslim lifestyle magazine, Emel. Anwar Pervez, a farmer's son from India who came to Britain at 21 and became a bus conductor in Bradford before opening a corner shop in London in 1962. He launched Bestway Holdings, a cash-and-carry firm in 1976. The company is now worth £227m. His wealth is estimated at £175m, up from £150m last year. According to the Sunday Times Rich List, Sir Anwar and his family "would be even richer if they did not give large sums to charity" - but giving to charity is a central tenet of Islam. Sarwar Ahmed, 30, newspaper publisher. Shami Ahmed's story is a rags-to-riches tale. But unlike the traditional groceries or restaurant businesses, his success is based on a canny exploitation of street cool. Ahmed developed the Manchester-based Joe Bloggs fashion empire, whose baggy jeans became synonymous with the "Madchester" indie-dance scene of the late 80s. T Yasmin Alibhai-Brown, journalist and broadcaster. In 1989, an 18-year-old from east London spotted a gap in the market. Mainstream newspapers had traditionally ignored ethnic minorities while community newspapers were dominated by news from 'back home'. So Sarwar Ahmed, the son of a Bengali journalist, launched Eastern Eye, a tabloid targeted at second-generation Asians, which has become the fastest-growing Asian newspaper in Britain. Emdad Rahman is involved in a vast number of diverse voluntary and community activities in Tower Hamlets. Aamir Ghaffar has represented England in the under-19s Six Nations and European championships. English No 1 Badminton player Dr Fatima Husain is a consultant in obstetrics and gynaecology at Wexham Park Hospital in Slough, Berkshire and Heatherwood Hospital, Ascot Saj Mahmood England fast bowler. Saira Khan is to present new CBBC programme Beat The Boss. Syed Nayyar Abidi is a writer and health promotion specialist based in Manchester. As one of the youngest Chief Technology Officers of a major UK corporation, Saeed Patel has been responsible for building complex and cutting edge trading technology solutions. Professor Saghir Akhtar is an internationally renowned academic in drug delivery of genome-based therapeutics Roger Abdul Wahhab Boase has written several books, including Pashtun Tales (2003). His latest publication, Islam and Global Dialogue, examines contemporary challenges in today’s world. Jamil Ahmed is an artist who combines European painting techniques and Islamic calligraphic disciplines. Maysaloun Faraj has created her online gallery and published her book, both entitled Strokes of Genius. She has promoted the art work of expatriate Iraqi artists in the UK and her artwork reflects the untold sophistication of Islamic art in today’s world. She recently launched the Aya Gallery in Fulham High Street. Having set the record for achieving the highest number of GCSEs in the UK - 20 - Amran Hussain is currently undertaking 4 A Levels and hopes to study medicine. Whilst he has been accepted by Oxford, he has been offered the ‘Morehead Scholarship’ at the University of North Carolina. Hikmatali Shariff’s exam results - 6 A grades at A Level - have earned him a place at Trinity College, Cambridge, to read Mathematics. Sophie Gilliat-Ray has been instrumental in establishing the first ever academic centre promoting scholarly and public understanding of Islam and Muslim life in Britain. Since 1974, Mazhar Butt has seen his family business grow from one shop in Nottingham, to a multimillion pound business which is recognised as one of the largest speciality naan bread manufacturers in Europe. Nizar Merali has developed innovative solutions for providing health care for the local community. In 2003, he set up GP Direct which serves 12,500 patients and allows them to see any number of GPs 24 hours a day Zaha Hadid studied architecture at the Architectural Association from 1972, where she was awarded the Diploma Prize in 1977. Winner of the competition to design London¹s Olympic Aquatic Centre (above), her most renowned projects to date are the Vitra Fire Station, Weil am Rhein (1993); the Mind Zone at the Millennium Dome, London (1999); a Tram Station and Car Park, Strasbourg (2001); and the recently completed BMW Central Plant Building, Leipzig (2005). Last edited by kimindex : 06-10-2006 at 18:03. Reason: strange misunderstandings

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kimindex Forum Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Cornwall (ex-London) Posts: 40,024	I was being sarcastic which I thought was obvious. Really.

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kimindex Forum Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Cornwall (ex-London) Posts: 40,024	It's not a piss take. I'm trying to show some of the positive contributions Muslims have made to this country, in the light of all the negativity. I really thought that was blindlingly obvious.

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