First Muslim Woman Lord Mayor in Bradford

24.05.2011 Bradford has appointed the UK’s first Muslim woman to hold a Lord Mayor title. Coun Naveeda Ikram, of Pakistani origin and born in the UK, had been a Labour councillor on the Bradford Council since 2004. In addition to being the UK’s first female Muslim Lord Mayor, she was also the first woman of…

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    Muslim city council member of Bristol resigns, moves to Pakistan

    Abdul Malik, who hoped two years ago to become Bristol’s first Muslim Lord Mayor, is quitting the city council. But the 35-year-old Easton ward councillor, who will stand down at the local elections in June, is not about to shirk his municipal duties. He will continue having a say in what goes on. Only this…

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