The list was headed by Baroness Sayeeda Warsi Shadow Minister for Community Cohesion and Social Action and life peer.
The others in the top five were:
Farmida Bi - Banking Partner, Norton Rose LLP
Professor Farida Fortune - CBE Dean for Dentistry and Oral Health, Queen Mary’s School of Medicine
Mishal Husain - BBC News Presenter
Wasfi Kani OBE - Chief Executive, Grange Park Opera
You can see details of the other 50 here
I have to say I don't agree with all of the choices (I don't count Yasmin Alibhai Brown as Muslim to be honest) and I did think others such as Sarah Joseph could have been ranked higher. Despite this I think it's a good start to highlighting what Muslim women can do, challenging stereotypes and engendering some debate about the different roles of Muslim women.
You can read more here:
The Guardian - Muslim Women Power List
The Times - Meet the 13 most powerful Muslim women in Britain
The Times - Baroness Warsi named Britain's most powerful Muslim woman
The Guardian - Standards bearer
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ReplyDeletewhy did the rabbi remove his comment?
ReplyDeleteAssalam-alaikam Az,
ReplyDeleteI was curious too as to what the comment said and why it was removed. But then when I followed the link, I wondered if Rabbi Lars Shalom is actually a rabbi at all (I think not)
waleikum assalaam umm salihah, i too followed the link and thought the same. I was left bewildered after reading some of his blog then came to the conclusion that maybe he was not all there!
ReplyDeleteon another note i think you are doing a great job with both your blogs, thankyou.