Steering  Group

All members of this group support VSM within their own individual capacity and do not represent any organisation they may be affiliated with.

Dr Sahira Dar, Chair
A GP/Holistic Therapist working in Pollokshields, Glasgow.  She has been involved in a variety of community initiatives with Islamic organisations in the last decade and continues her Islamic education, having recently completed the iSyllabus Advanced course.

Shaykh Hassan Rabbani
A Mufti, Imam and Chaplain based in Glasgow. He works for a variety of different organisations and is passionate about Interfaith work. 

Firsila Shah
From a background in education and research she currently works as an examiner. She wants to see mosques being relevant for her children and the community, for their social and spiritual needs.

Adeel Ibrahim
A health coach and Hijama therapist with experience in community youth work and humanitarian work.​

Zahra Mahmood
An accountant with a passion for hill walking and the outdoors.

Shazia Durrani
With over 20 years experience working with community projects, she is passionate about seeing a positive change in mosques to be open and welcoming for everyone. She is currently working at a special needs school.

Maariyah Adam
She has been working in community based organisations over a number of years and has a background in research and development.
 
Nasim Azad
A Project Worker in Edinburgh with Sacro and Council of British Pakistanis (Scotland).  Her work is to engage with local ethnic minority communities and raise awareness of issues such as forced marriages and honour based violence.  She is also a committee member at Annandale mosque, Edinburgh.

Dr Aman Durrani
​A medical doctor with over 25 years experience in community work locally and nationally across the UK. His particular interests are working with young people, university ISOCs and grassroots projects.