{"id":2631,"date":"2007-07-11T12:56:37","date_gmt":"2007-07-11T12:56:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tat.reddaisytrading.co.uk\/index.php\/2007\/07\/11\/royal-approval-for-muslim-funeral-support-team\/"},"modified":"2016-01-06T16:56:41","modified_gmt":"2016-01-06T16:56:41","slug":"royal-approval-for-muslim-funeral-support-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/2007\/07\/11\/royal-approval-for-muslim-funeral-support-team\/","title":{"rendered":"Royal approval for Muslim funeral support team"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"content\">\n<div><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"282\" hspace=\"10\" width=\"180\" align=\"right\" vspace=\"3\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/Image\/ArticleImages\/SulemanNagdi'MBCOL'(1).jpg\"\/>A MIDLAND charity that offers support and help to grieving Muslim families organising funerals for their loved ones has been honoured by the Queen.<\/strong><\/div>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<div>The Muslim Burial Council of Leicestershire, which has served the city\u2019s Muslim community for the past 12 years, enjoyed a royal reception at Buckingham Palace yesterday after they were honoured with a prestigious Queen\u2019s Award for Voluntary Service. <\/div>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<div>The organisation was set up 12 years ago by Suleman Nagdi to address the need for burial and bereavement services for the Muslim community across Leicestershire.<\/div>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<div>It is one of 71 organisations to be honoured this year as part of the Queen\u2019s Award for Voluntary Service for their commitment to the local community. <br \/><span>The group&#8217;s chairman, Suleman Nagdi MBE, said: &#8220;This award recognises the vital role played by the unsung heroes of the voluntary and community world and emphasises the importance of recognising volunteers and their work.&#8221;<\/span><br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nPhil Hope, Minister for the Third Sector, said: \u201cThe Queen\u2019s Award for Voluntary Service recognises truly exceptional achievements. I know that for the recipients the greatest reward is seeing their efforts enrich the lives of others. But we as a society should never forget to thank them because it is their extraordinary passion and dedication that underpins communities across the country.\u201d<\/div>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<div>If you know a volunteering group that are really making a difference to your community, then nomination forms for the 2008 Queen\u2019s Award for Voluntary Service are available from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.queensawardvoluntary.gov.uk\">www.queensawardvoluntary.gov.uk<\/a> \u00a0or by calling 0845 000 2002. <\/div>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<div>The nomination period runs until 30 September 2007. <\/div>\n<p>&#13;\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A MIDLAND charity that offers support and help to grieving Muslim families organising funerals for their loved ones has been honoured by the Queen. &#13; The Muslim Burial Council of Leicestershire, which has served the city\u2019s Muslim community for the past 12 years, enjoyed a royal reception at Buckingham Palace yesterday after they were honoured [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11753,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2631","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2631","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2631"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2631\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11753"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2631"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2631"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2631"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}