UK imam appointed as Oxfordshire’s new High Sheriff

An OXFORD Imam, tutor and charity founder in the United Kingdom has been appointed as Oxfordshire’s new High Sheriff.

Imam Monawar Hussain was ‘thrilled’ to have been appointed at a ceremony held at Buckingham Palace on Wednesday and will succeed the current High Sheriff, Mrs Amanda Ponsonby on April 8.

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The office is an independent non-political royal appointment made by the British Queen which dates back to Saxon times, but has evolved to include a mix of ceremonial, charitable and community functions and is voluntary and unfunded.

Mr Hussain is a Muslim chaplain at Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, a tutor at Eton College and founded The Oxford Foundation – a charity that promotes religious and racial harmony through educational and arts-based activities.

He has also devised, pioneered and successfully steered a unique programme that confronts violent extremist ideology, which has been used to train religious education teachers in the UK.

Mr Hussain said: “This is a huge honour and I am thrilled to have been appointed by Her Majesty The Queen to a role which dates back nearly 1,300 years.