It gives me great pleasure to say that Islamic Relief has always had the support of Glasgow’s big-hearted community radio stations Radio Ramadan Glasgow (87.7fm) and Awaz FM (107.2 fm). Both stations have helped Islamic Relief broadcast its message to the community in and around Glasgow for the last 10 years.   Radio Ramadan Glasgow has chosen Islamic Relief as its one of the charity organisation during their month of Ramadan broadcast. They have been broadcasting Is

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Our Scottish Government has awarded £75,000 to Islamic Relief’s Pakistan floods response.  The grant was announced today by First Minister Rt Hon. Alex Salmond at the Edinburgh Blackhall Mosque in Edinburgh.   On behalf of Islamic Relief, I would like to thank the Scottish Government for this amazing gift to the flood-affected people of Pakistan.  Scotland has once again demonstrated its commitment t

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Over the past weekend I was back in England for a two day trip to attend the “Iftar for Pakistan” charity dinner events for the flood victims. My first stop was Luton on Saturday where I was joined by hard working Islamic Relief volunteers with our two guests of honour Pakistani cricket players Shahid Afridi and Abdul Razzaq.   The Luton dinner was organised and led by the owner of Nadeem Plaza, Mr Nadeem   I was pleased to see different organisation

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The past few days have been remarkable for me as I drove 1200 miles-  on Friday,20th August from Glasgow to North East England, Bradford and then to Wales on Saturday and Sunday in the cities of Newport and Cardiff in order to raise funds during Islamic Relief’s “Iftar for Pakistan” dinners held there. Monday back to Glasgow via Bristol.   All three of the above fundraising dinners were entirely organised by Islamic Relief local volunteers and what is even more

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On Friday (20th August), I had the pleasure of participating in an amazing Islamic Relief event in Bradford at the Hilton hotel. At very short notice and request by our Bradford volunteers, a 600-strong crowd turned out to support Islamic Relief’s aid efforts in Pakistan during their time of need in the aftermath of the worst disaster in recent history. With brief motivational and inspiring speeches from Hanif (a dedicated Islamic Relief volunteer for 14 years), Jehangir Malik (OBE)

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Since my arrival from UK on Sunday morning, I have been working on the grounds of Nowshera where tents are being arranged by Islamic Relief for the hundreds of families displaced from their homes due to torrential flood waters. Minutes after my arrival today at the camp site, I was faced with the first of many tragic stories. Twelve year old Kaiynaat who along with her two elder sisters, one year old brother, parents and grandmother have all been displaced from her family home. She recalls being

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I am here in Northwest of Pakistan with my Islamic Relief team. Here are my few video Blogs so far; Leaving Glasgow http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UvlJtIp8NVc&feature=related From Islamabad Airport http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXxPrPxvqCc&feature=related From Nowshera (Northwest of Pakistan) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=huysl_cZohg more to follow; You may be interested to follow me on the twitter. Here is my address: www.twitter.com/habib_malik

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