Zara Mohammed has been re-elected unopposed as secretary general of the Muslim Council of Britain for a further two years.
Mohammed Kozbar, a master’s graduate in charity management, will be her deputy for the 2023-2025 term.
In 2021, Zara became the first female leader of the MCB, a Muslim umbrella organisation which has more than 500 mosques and charitable and educational associations affiliated to it.
The training and development consultant from Glasgow described her re-election as an “honour”.
“It has been an honour to serve our communities over the past two years as secretary general of this great national institution, and to be entrusted with the responsibility to lead for the next two hereafter,” Zara, whose grandparents immigrated from Pakistan, said.
She thanked the MCB’s affiliates for upholding the internal democracy of the organisation and said she looked forward to working with Kozbar and the incoming national council.
After becoming the first woman to hold the position two years ago, she had hoped her election would inspire more women and young people to take on leadership roles.
Zara who studied human rights laws at the University of Strathclyde became the first woman to head the Federation of Student Islamic Societies in 2016.
Zara Mohammed re-elected to lead Muslim Council of Britain
Two years ago, she became the first woman to lead the Muslim umbrella organisation.
Clifford had previously denied killing Carol Hunt, 61, the wife of horseracing commentator John Hunt, and their daughters, Louise Hunt, 25, and Hannah Hunt, 28. (Photo: Hertfordshire Police /Handout via REUTERS)
Man pleads guilty to crossbow murders of BBC presenter’s family
A 26-YEAR-OLD man on Wednesday pleaded guilty to murdering two daughters of a BBC sports commentator and stabbing to death their mother in a crossbow attack.
Kyle Clifford had previously denied killing Carol Hunt, 61, the wife of horseracing commentator John Hunt, and their daughters, Louise Hunt, 25, and Hannah Hunt, 28.
However, appearing via video link at Cambridge Crown Court in eastern England, Clifford changed his pleas.
The court heard that Clifford tied up Louise Hunt, his former partner, binding her arms and ankles with duct tape before shooting her in the chest with a crossbow at the family home last July.
He pleaded guilty to three counts of murder, one count of false imprisonment, and two counts of possessing offensive weapons. However, Clifford denied raping Louise.
The murders took place at the family home in the commuter town of Bushey, near Watford, northwest of London.
Clifford was arrested in July following a manhunt after the bodies of the three women were discovered.
(With inputs from AFP)