2022 Remembrance event at Muslim Burial Ground Peace Garden
In 2021, on Remembrance Sunday, Chairman Lord Sheikh organised a commemoration event at the Muslim Burial Ground Peace Garden in Woking. You can read about it and watch a video on our page “Remembrance Sunday visit to Muslim Burial Ground Peace Garden“. That page also gives a short history of the Peace Garden. This year […]
Lady Sheikh appointed as a Trustee
Following the sad death of Lord Sheikh, the four remaining Trustees have unanimously appointed Lady Sheikh as a Trustee. As the manager of Lord Sheikh’s Parliamentary Office, Lady Sheikh has been involved with the Trust behind the scenes from the time that the first steps were taken towards its formation. She also has a wealth […]
Our Founder Lord Sheikh
It was Lord Sheikh who took the initiative to create The National Muslim War Memorial Trust, pulling together the other trustees. He died on 22 September 2022 and will be terribly missed by family and by his many friends from all communities in the UK and around the world. We reproduce below the detailed biography […]
Our tribute to HM Queen Elizabeth II
Her Late Majesty Queen Elizabeth II gave a lifetime of dedicated service to our nation. Our Chairman Lord Sheikh paid tribute to her in the House of Lords on Saturday 10 September. We reproduce his speech below. It can also be read on the Hansard website. My Lords, I join millions of people in the […]
Imam Ali Omar commissioned as a Squadron Leader
Imam Ali Omar is a great friend of the Trust and is seen here with Lord Sheikh. He has been working as Imam to HM Armed Forces since 2012. In 2018 he was given the opportunity to commission as an officer in the Royal Air Force. This involved undergoing officer training at RAF Cranwell and […]
NMWMT Awareness & Fundraising Programme – Iqra TV 7 January 2022
On Friday 7 January 2022, Iqra TV ran a special “Awareness & Fundraising Programme” for us. You can watch it below, reproduced here with the kind permission of Iqra TV. It was presented by Imam Qasim Rashid Ahmad, Founder of the Al-Khair Foundation, who is seated in the centre. The NMWMT team were Chairman of […]
NMWMT at the Asian Curry Awards 2021
The Asian Curry Awards are organised each year by the Asian Catering Federation. The 11th Awards took place on Sunday 21 November 2021 in the Great Room of the Grosvenor House Hotel on London’s Park Lane. This is one of the most prestigious banqueting locations in Britain. Due to the excellent relationship between Lord Sheikh […]
Remembrance Sunday visit to Muslim Burial Ground Peace Garden
To mark this year’s Remembrance Sunday, 14 November 2021, our Chairman Lord Sheikh led a delegation the Muslim Burial Ground Peace Garden in Woking. The Burial Ground was established in 1917, to hold the bodies of 19 Muslim servicemen who had died during World War 1. Another 8 were buried during World War 2. Sadly […]
Video about the Muslim contribution during World War 1
The British Muslim Heritage Centre (“BMHC”) in Manchester was set up to be a centre of excellence celebrating Islam’s rich and varied heritage, inspiring all communities to embrace diversity and be instrumental in the shaping of a cohesive society. NMWMT Chair of Trustees Lord Sheikh is a patron of the BMHC. NMWMT Trustee Mohammed Amin […]
NMWMT takes its message to the Ilford Islamic Centre
On 4 June 2021 our Chairman Lord Sheikh and one of our Associate Members Ikhlaq Hussain attended Friday prayers at the Ilford Islamic Centre. Given the continuing coronavirus pandemic, social distancing precautions were observed. The mosque asked Lord Sheikh to address the congregation about our mission. Lord Sheikh gave a very well received talk about […]