The Prince of Wales on Imam Qari Asim & Makkah Masjid
Administrator on November 28th, 2008
On 26 November 2008 HRH The Prince of Wales celebrated the achievements of talented British Muslims at an awards ceremony at the Natural History Museum. The Prince was joined by Princess Badiya bint El Hassan of Jordan at the first Mosaic Talent Awards, to mark the contribution made to society by British Muslims. Mosaic, a charity established by The Prince, offers mentoring schemes to raise the aspirations of disaffected young Muslims. The Prince appreciated the contribution of Muslim communities, and the talent therein, and said that it had “enriched Britain in every sense”.
The Prince also acknowledged the efforts of the Imam of Makkah Masjid, Qari Asim, in serving the communities and the initiatives that Makkah Mosque has undertaken under his leadership.
The Prince said: “I was fascinated to hear the views of Mr Qari Asim, the Imam of the Leeds Makkah Mosque, which incidentally has just won a national award for its community outreach work, on how, through a wide range of initiatives including Mosaic, Britain seeks to integrate rather than isolate its minority communities and offers real freedom of choice and of expression.
Mr Asim mentioned the practical example of the workplace, where multi-purpose faith rooms are increasingly in place to allow people to worship as part of their normal working day.
I have to say that it is this acceptance – indeed, this welcome – of diversity which makes me rather proud to be British!”
The Prince also met Under Secretary of State for Communities, Sadiq Khan, a Mosaic supporter. Mr Khan said: “I told The Prince that he is a friend of Islam and has been for years. “Muslims in Britain see him as our Prince. He is such a humble man – he asked me if I thought what he was doing would make much of a difference to young Muslims. I told him of course it would.”
To read The Prince’s full speech, click here:
November 28th, 2008 at 5:26 pm
Masha’Allah, I heard it at Jummah – Well Done!
November 30th, 2008 at 3:18 am
Well Done Asim.. Keep fight your Islamic strunggle in your second motherland, British Kindom.. Peace For you and our brother Islam overthere
December 1st, 2008 at 12:56 pm
Masha’Allah, this is excellent news for Leeds, in partiular Makkah Masjid
December 2nd, 2008 at 3:17 pm
Mubarak!!