Karimia Institute
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The Karimia Institute is a Nottingham-based registered charity (Charity No.1089674) located in the Bobbersmill Community Centre, that is focused on encouraging and promoting ‘moral, social and spiritual development through worship, education and recreation’[1].
The Director of the institute is Musharraf Hussain al-Azhari, an advisor to the Quilliam Foundation.
The Karimia Institute hosts ‘two mosques in Nottingham, two Ofsted-registered nurseries, an independent faith school, community centre and community radio station’, known as Radio Dawn.[2]
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Preventing Violent Extremism
The Karimia Institute is party to the Preventing Violent Extremism agenda and is in receipt of a total of £153,228.50 under the following PVE channels:
- 1. Community Leadership Fund [3][4]
- 2. Challenge and Innovation Fund [5]
- 3. Preventing Violent Extremism Pathfinder Fund [6]
The PVE funding regarding Challenge and Innovation Fund and Preventing Violent Extremism Pathfinder Fund have been directed toward the Bobbersmill Community Centre (where the offices of Karimia Institute are physically based), National Centre for Citizenship and the Law (who work in collaboration with Karimia Institute in setting up de-radicalisation workshops for 10-14 year old Muslim children)[7] and Radio Dawn (also located in Bobbersmill Community Centre).
Breakdown of Prevent Funding
- Challenge and Innovation Fund awarded £37,594.00 to the National Centre for Citizenship and the Law[8]
- Preventing Violent Extremism Pathfinder Fund awarded Bobbersmill Community Centre (the offices of the Karimia Institute) £12,750.00[9], and
- Preventing Violent Extremism Pathfinder Fund awarded Radio Dawn (part of the Karimia Establishment) £2,884.50 [10]
Management Members & Trustees
- Musharraf Hussain al-Azhari- Director
- Tariq M. Nasir - Chairman
Trustees
- Mazhar Butt
- Muhammad Ashraf
- F R Khan
- Muhammad Iqbal
- C A Wahid
- Mahmood Dildar
Karimia's Accounts
Karimia's income and expenditure since the financial year (FY) 2003/04 till the FY 2008/09 was as follows:
2003-2004
- Income: £375,772
- Spending: £289,933 [11]
Contact Details
Registered Address:
- Bobbersmill Community Centre
- 512 Berridge Road West,
- Bobbersmill
- Nottingham
- England
- NG7 5JU
- Tel - 0115-841-5806
- Fax - 0115-841-5807
- Website - http://www.karimia.fortnet.co.uk/
See Also
Notes
- ↑ About Us:, Karimia Institute, accessed 20 February 2010
- ↑ Author Unknown, Stopping Young Muslims turn to Extremism Nottingham Evening Post, 17 February 2010, accessed 20.02.10
- ↑ Hansard Column 836W, House of Commons, 3 November 2009 - accessed 20/11/09
- ↑ Hansard Column 836W, House of Commons, 3 November 2009 - accessed 20/11/09
- ↑ Kieran Williams, Information Governance Officer Re: Your request for information Ref: IGO/10-0674 Letter to Rizwaan Sabir, from Nottingham City Council 17.03.10, Uploaded on 17.03.10
- ↑ Kieran Williams, Information Governance Officer Re: Your request for information Ref: IGO/10-0674 Letter to Rizwaan Sabir, from Nottingham City Council 17.03.10, Uploaded on 17.03.10
- ↑ Stopping Young Muslims turn to Extremism Nottingham Evening Post, 17 February 2010, accessed 17.03.10
- ↑ Kieran Williams, Information Governance Officer Re: Your request for information Ref: IGO/10-0674 Letter to Rizwaan Sabir, from Nottingham City Council 17.03.10, Uploaded on 17.03.10
- ↑ Kieran Williams, Information Governance Officer Re: Your request for information Ref: IGO/10-0674 Letter to Rizwaan Sabir, from Nottingham City Council 17.03.10, Uploaded on 17.03.10
- ↑ Kieran Williams, Information Governance Officer Re: Your request for information Ref: IGO/10-0674 Letter to Rizwaan Sabir, from Nottingham City Council 17.03.10, Uploaded on 17.03.10
- ↑ Karimia Institute Annual Report & Financial Statements Year Ended 31 August 2004, Charities Commission, accessed 18.03.2010
