Peter Hopkins (Newcastle University) Daniel Gilius (MEND) Cllr Nurul Ali (Aberdeen Council) Md A Qaium ( Glasgow Muslim Community Scotland) Dr Wali Tasar Uddin MBE – (Council of Bangladeshis in Scotland) Sabah Aslam (Interfaith Scotland) Furrah Riaz (AMINA) Amjed Hussain (Idera Taleem Ul Quran Trust (Polwarth Mosque) Dr Abdul Mukit (Bangladesh Medical Association UK) Nauman Dar (NHS Lanarkshire Board Member) Omar Afzal (Scottish Association of Mosques) Amjid Bashir Faten Hamid- (Scottish Iraqi Society) Tehmina Mohammed (Board Member of Blackhall Mosque) Sameer Hussain - Scottish Ahlul Bayt Society SABS Dr Muhammad Adrees (Muslim Council of Scotland) Mr Shaukat Sultan (Muslim Council of Scotland) Naeem Ahmad (Muslim Council of Scotland & Chair of Hamilton Mosque) Khaled Hussein Parveen Ishaq (ELREC) Hawana Ali (SAHARA Glasgow) Sara Medel, Jimenez (NASAWT) Mixar Khram Aladdin Ali Md Abdul Khayyum (Dawatul Islam Glasgow Masjid) Bushra Riaz (Kidney Research UK) MSP Foysol Choudhury MSP Invited Guest Cllr Thomas Kerr – Glasgow Council Apologies Cllr Mo Razzaq – South Lanarkshire Council Community Policy Forum Shahnila Shafiq Naseem Anwar Agenda item 1: Welcome & Introductions Foysol welcomed CPG Subgroup members and guests to the meeting stating the CPG on Challenging Racial and Religious Prejudice will remain the same, relaying CPG Members request to have a Subgroup on Islamophobia to have a working focus group to discuss and identify various issues impacting the Muslim communities in Scotland and find solutions to remedy them.