The Young Muslims UK

The Young Muslims UK

The Young Muslims UK (YMUK) was established in 1984 [ [http://www.ymuk.net The Young Muslims UK] . Last accessed April 15, 2008.] cite news|title=From scholarship, sailors and sects to the mills and the mosques|work=The Guardian|publisher=Guardian News and Media Limited |date=2002-06-18|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2002/jun/18/september11.religion|accessdate=2008-04-22] and is due to celebrate its 25th Anniversary in 2009. It became the youth wing of the Islamic Society of Britain (ISB) in 1990, aiming to "provide a vehicle for committed young British Muslims to combine their knowledge, skills and efforts for the benefit of one another and British society as a whole." [ [http://www.ymuk.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=12&Itemid=113 The Young Muslims UK] . Last accessed April 15, 2008.]

The Young Muslims UK is an affiliate body of the Muslim Council of Britain [ [http://www.mcb.org.uk/affiliates.php Muslim Council of Britain] . Last accessed April 15, 2008.] .

Methods of working

YMUK has been praised for its forward thinking and ability to make Islam relevant to British society: "The establishment of organisations such as Young Muslims UK is a step in the right direction, offering as they do resources for Muslims seeking to make Islam relevant to their own hybrid condition." [ [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=HGWxjEQqbzIC&pg=PA124&dq=the+young+muslims+uk&sig=W9nn6didWhwPHGtuGL8YBNv9Kag#PPA124,M1 citation| title=Transnational Muslim Politics: Reimagining the Umma| edition=1st| year=2001| Publisher=Routledge ] ] [ [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=HMymzO0fKFsC&pg=PA133&dq=the+young+muslims+uk&sig=9fm3FdD3sycKX_V-la12rFV8Fl0 citation| title=Meaning and International Relations| edition=1st| year=2003| Publisher=Routledge ] ]

YMUK adopt and promote five principles [citation| title=The Young Muslims UK Application Pack| edition=3rd| year=2007| Publisher=The Young Muslims UK] :
* Inviting - "...invites all youth to the message of Islam."
* Teamwork - "...organises all those who respond to its call into a committed, loving and disciplined brotherhood."
* Educating - "...develops the talents, knowledge and understanding of individuals and applies them for the benefit of all."
* Developing - "...promotes personal, spiritual and moral development and building a relationship with God."
* Action - "...initiates various programmes to involve individuals to help society around them."

A key feature that distinguishes YMUK from other Islamic organisations is its lack of discrimination to different Islamic schools of thought: "Some organisations, such as Young Muslims UK, have decided that one's choice of Madh'hab or school of jurisprudence should be a personal choice. Where the organisation needs to take a public position on some issue, however, this is decided by a process of Shura (consultation) in which the views of various "madhahhib" are considered." [ [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=Gh7Q-EsH_EwC&pg=PA137&dq=the+young+muslims+uk&sig=j8PoGBhAhZtMK_ZbuzffbcZ9Log citation| title=Muslim Networks and Transnational Communities in and Across Europe| edition=1st| year=2003| Publisher=BRILL ] ]

Notable Members

These individuals were part of the organisation at some point in its history.

* Ajmal Masroor, television presenter and a candidate for the Liberal Democrats. [ [http://www.ajmal4london.co.uk/profile.asp Ajmal4London] ]
* Inayat Bunglawala, now an Assistant Secretary-General at the Muslim Council of Britain. Joined YMUK in 1987 [ [http://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/inayat_bunglawala/profile.html Comment is Free Profile] ] .
* Hanif Abdulmuhit, a Newham councillor who ran for the Greater London Authority in 2008. [ [http://www.abdulmuhit.co.uk Hanif Abdulmuhit Website] ]
* Sarah Joseph, now editor of emel magazine and an OBE awardee.

Notable Recent Projects/Events

*Heroes 2007 - www.heroestoday.co.uk
*YM London Treasure Hunt

Notes and references

External links

* [http://www.ymuk.net The Young Muslims UK]


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