All the Lancashire finalists at the British Muslim Awards

A total of 300 people and organisations have been named finalists for the awards which take place on Thursday 24 February at the British Muslim Heritage Centre in Manchester.

The awards aim to recognise a wide range of achievements from inspirational individuals to those who positively impact business, charity, sport, arts, culture, religious advocacy, education and medicine.

Among the Blackburn finalists were Tauheedul Islam Girls School, Preston New Road; Jamiatul Ilm Wal Huda, an Islamic school in Moss Street; Masjid E Sajideen mosque in Plane Tree Road; Humraaz Support Services and Star Tissue UK, Waterfall Street.

Oceanic Consulting's CEO Irfan Younis, who organises the event said: “The British Muslim community is one to really be celebrated and talked about.

"They’re a community of amazing achievements, skilled entrepreneurs, business acumen, social mobility and inspiring role models who have consistently gone from strength to strength. Best of luck to all finalists, we look forward to an exciting night.”

Local and regional finalists feature in the following categories:

Young Achiever of the Year
Salahudeen Hussain (Sheffield)
Rahma Moktar (London)
Ikram Abdi Omar (Bristol)
Siham Hamud (Uxbridge)
Hannah Miah (Oldham)
Juweyria Abdullahi (London)
Sana Khan (Manchester)
Aamira Hajee (Bolton)
Muhammad Mahmoud (Islington)
Layla Banaras (Birmingham)

Charity of the Year
Humraaz Support Services (Blackburn)
Mercy Mission (Bradford)
Penny Appeal  (Wakefield)
Hhugs (London)
SKT Welfare (Dewsbury)
World Care Foundation   (Edinburgh)
Islamic Relief (Birmingham)
As-Suffa Institute (Birmingham)
Myriad Foundation (Manchester)
Human Appeal (Manchester)                

Food Business of the Year
Shiraz Master (Blackburn)
Nizam Mohamed (Preston)
Khalil Rehman (Didcot)
Tayub Mushtaq (London)
Suhail Hasan (London)    
Sarfaraz Akram (Manchester)
Makhtar Ali (Peterborough)         
Nadeem Ayyub   (Preston)

The Mohammed Sarwar Civil Service Award
Saima Ashraf  (Blackburn)
Habib Rahman (Newcastle)          
Arooj Shah (Oldham)
Maqsood Ghulam Ahmad (London)
Nabeel Khan (London)
Fatima Khan-Shah (Yorkshire)
Nadhia Khan (Rochdale)
Amraze Khan (London)
Jabeen Tahir (Leeds)       
Haroon Rashid (Yorkshire)

Business Achievements of the Year
Shahzad Ali (London)   
Nasar Hussain (Bradford)            
Reshma Sheikh (Nottingham) 
Shahzad Younas (London)         
Noman Khwaja (London)              
Simon K Suresh (Reading)
Irfan Rafiq (Manchester)
Romanna Bint-Abubaker (London)
Shazans (Preston)            
Aftab Ghaffar (Leicester)

Entrepreneur of the Year
Saira Hussain (Manchester)        
Kazi Shafiqur Rahman (London)
Fatiha Rouf (Bedford)
Habiba Desai/ Sara Razzaq (Bradford)
Sarwat Jaleel (Clitheroe)
Yusra Al-Mukhtar (London)
Amar Lodhia (Barbican)
Amjad Mahmood (Yorkshire)
Heera Muslam (Manchester)
Sed Shaikh (Bolton)

Services to Education
Adnan Qadir Khan (London)
Zainab Khan (London)
Muhammad Ali Imran (Glasgow)
Robina Shah (Manchester)           
Imran Rasul (London)
Mohammed Dulaimi (Leeds) 
Mohammed Muhtaseb (Wales)     
Muhammad Idrees (Bradford)     
Ebrahim Adia (Preston)
Asiyah Ravat (Birmingham)          

Community Initiative of the Year
Amir Malik (Luton)           
Ibraham Syed (Liverpool)              
Wafa Suliman (Bristol)    
Jayed Hussain (Birmingham)        
Imran Atcha (Gloucester)              
Zaynab Jogi (Blackburn)
Ayub Bapu (Preston)
Noreen Khan (Bradford)
Amina Ibrahim (London)
Qaisra Shahraz (Manchester)       

Business of the Year
Tariq Halal Meats (London)
Motorserve UK (Midlands)
Magnum Packaging (Billingham)
Ansar Finance (Manchester)
Star Tissue (Blackburn)
Green Fulfilment (Glasgow)
Kaspa Desserts  London
Oodles Chinese (Leicester)
Pak Foods (Lenton)
Gafoor (Preston)  

Social Inclusion Group of the Year
Neighbourhood Resource Centre (Bradford)
Saathi House – Euro 2020 campaign (Birmingham)
Whitefield Cricket Club   (Liverpool)
Muslim Teachers Association (London)
Remembering Srebrenica UK (Lancashire)
Muslims in Rail (London)
South Asian Cricket Academy (SACA) (West Midlands)
Sisterhood FC (London)
Muslimah Sports Association (London)
Muslim Girls Fence – set up by British Fencing (Birmingham)

Rising Star in Sport
Ziana Butt (London)
Abtaha Maqsood (Glasgow)         
Zidane Iqbal (Manchester)            
Hamzah Sheeraz (Slough)             
Umar Khan (Bradford)    
Ayaz Bhuta (Bolton)        
Aqib Fiaz (Oldham)
Safiyyah Syeed (Manchester)       
Khadijah Mellah (London)
Tahirah Ali (Swansea)     

Professional in Business
Khalid Master (Blackburn)             
Faizal Karbani (Isleworth)             
Shireen Khan (London)
Mohammed Karolia (Batley)        
Waheed Ahmad (Leeds)
Shahid Shoeb / Tariq Ali  (West Midlands)
Amina Hussain (West Midlands)  
Syeda Saleha Hassan, Hira Tayyib (London)            

Digital Activity of the Year
Ibrahim Khan and Mohsin Patel  (London)
Ishaq Vaez (Preston)      
Areeb Siddiqui (London) 
Youness Abidou (London)             
Imran Khan (London)
Nafisa Bakkar and Selina Bakkar  (Shoreditch)       
Hamza Malik (Blackburn)              
Hiba Sher Khan (London)
Hamzah Almasyabi / Haroon Siddiq (West Midlands)          
Siddika Jaffer (London)
    
Religious Education Provider of the Year
Al Iman institute  (Slough)
Jamiatul Ilm Wal Huda (Blackburn)
Jamea Al Kauthar (Lancaster)
Jamia Islamia Birmingham (Birmingham)
Al-Huda Nursery & Islamic Primary School (Bolton)
Islamic Academy of Scotland (Glasgow)
Tauheedul Islam Girls’ High School (Blackburn)
Abrar Academy  (Preston)
Darul Uloom Al Arabiya Al Islamiya (Bury)
Jamia Al-Hudaa  (Nottingham)                    

Corporate Achievements of the year
Mahmud Nawaz (Wakefield)       
Salim Hasan (Blackburn) 
Farmida Bi (London)
Monica Shafaq (West Bromwich)              
Nadeem Siam (London)
Bano Sheikh (London)
Faisal Naeem (Glasgow)
Saj Khan( London)            
Moorad Choudhry (London)         
Asim Shirwani (London)

Mosque of the Year
The Al-Abbas Islamic Centre (Birmingham) 
Masjid Al Falaah (Birmingham)
Al-Rahma Mosque (Liverpool)
Masjid E Sajedeen (Blackburn)
Glasgow Central Mosque (Glasgow)
Green Lane Masjid (Birmingham)
Derby Islamic Centre (Derby)
Newcastle Central Mosque (Newscastle)
Oldham Central Mosque (Oldham)
Wigan Mosque   (Wigan)

Organisers Award of the Year

‘10 Nights’   – Graeae  (London)

Teach Me Islam (London)

The Muslim Basketball League of London (London)

Muslim Sisterhood (London)

Barnes Rugby Club (Barnes)

Brothers on Bikes (Sutton
UK Muslim Scouts (Blackburn)
Deen Riders (London)
North London Cricket Club (London)