Remembrance Day

Department for Culture, Media and Sport written question – answered at on 8 May 2024.

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Photo of Afzal Khan Afzal Khan Labour, Manchester, Gorton

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, who was appointed to represent the Muslim community at the National Service of Remembrance at the Cenotaph in each of the last 10 years.

Photo of Stuart Andrew Stuart Andrew Assistant Whip, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Culture, Media and Sport), Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade) (Minister for Equalities)

The table below shows the representative of the Muslim community who attended National Services of Remembrance each year for the last ten years.

Year

Name

Position

2023

Imam Asim Hafiz

Islamic Religious Advisor to the Armed Forces

2022

Imam Asim Hafiz

Islamic Religious Advisor to the Armed Forces

2021

Imam Monawar Hussain

Muslim Chaplain to the Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

2020

Imam Asim Hafiz

Islamic Religious Advisor to the Armed Forces

2019

Imam Asim Hafiz

Islamic Religious Advisor to the Armed Forces

2018

Imam Qari Asim

Senior Imam, Leeds Makkah Masjid & Chair, Mosques and Imams National Advisory Board

2017

Imam Asim Hafiz

Islamic Religious Advisor to the Armed Forces

2016

Imam Qari Asim

Senior Imam, Leeds Makkah Masjid

2015

Imam Asim Hafiz

Islamic Religious Advisor to the Armed Forces

2014

Dr Shuja Shafi

Secretary General of the Muslim Council of Great Britain

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