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Muslims: Females

Volume 470: debated on Thursday 24 January 2008

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to her answer of 18 December 2007, Official Report, columns 1338-9W, on Muslims: females, which academics, theologians and leading Muslim women attended the two roundtable meetings in which women’s access to mosque life was discussed; and who attended the two wider stakeholders meetings. (181184)

[holding answer 22 January 2008]: In my right hon. Friend’s answer of 18 December, the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government identified two roundtable meetings at which the issue of women’s access to mosque life was discussed. The following academics and theologians attended the first of these meetings:

Name

Prof. Tariq Ramadan

University of Oxford

Prof. Tim Winters

University of Cambridge

Dr. Anas Sheikh-Ali

AMSS UK

Prof. Ron Geaves

Liverpool Hope University

Sheikh Gamal Manna

Muslim College

Dr. Usama Hasan

Middlesex University

Mehri Niknam

Joseph Interfaith Foundation

Dr. Shahid Raza

British Muslim Forum

Dilwar Hussein

Islamic Foundation

Dr. Musharraf Hussain

Karimia Institute

Prof. Haleh Afshar

University of York

Maleiha Malik

Kings College London

The following stakeholders attended the second meeting.

Name

Batool Al Toma

Islamic Foundation

Parvin Ali QBE

FATMA Women’s Network

Naheed Arshad-Mather

Chair, Yorkshire and Humber Regional Panel

Zuleka Dala

Mental Health Development Team, Yorkshire Primary Care Trust

Reedah El-Saie

Barrister

Shahda Khan

Principal Community Cohesion Officer, Middlesbrough Council

Sabira Murtaza Lakha

World Federation of Khoja Shi’a Ithna Asheri

Adeeba Malik

QED-UK

Sabin Malik

Principal Community Cohesion Officer, London borough of Hounslow

Andleen Razaq

Diversity Awareness Trainer, Metropolitan Police Force

Shahien Taj

Henna Foundation

The Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government also identified two stakeholder roundtable meetings. The following persons attended one or both of these meetings:

Name

Yousif al-Khoei

Al-Koei Foundation

Khurshid Ahmed

British Muslim Forum

Irfan Chishti

Sufi Muslim Council

Yasmin Alibhai-Brown

British Muslims for Secular Democracy

Parvin Ali

FATIMA Women's Network

Shahien Taj

Henna Foundation

Dr. Abdul Bari

Muslim Council of Britain

Abdulkarim Kubica

Muslim Cultural Heritage Centre

Shaista Gohir

Muslim Women’s Network

Mohammed Imran

Muslim Youth Helpline

Hashim Duale

Somali Community, Leicester

Yahya Birt

City Circle

Sabira Lakha

World Federation of Khoja Shi’a Ithna Asheri

Aneela Majid

British Muslims for Secular Democracy

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government whether her Department has published good practice guidance on initiatives to support the role of Muslim women in the community since the report on preventing violent extremism was published. (181186)

[holding answer 22 January 2008]: The good practice guide on effective initiatives to strengthen the role that Muslim women play in their communities was published on 23 January.