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.
