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Nominations are now open for the public to nominate local heroes and inspiring members of their communi-ties for the esteemed Asian Achievers Awards 2012. Taking place on 14th September at Grosvenor House Hotel.The Asian Achievers Awards will recognise the outstand-ing work of individuals from across all businesses and professions and acknowl-edge the accomplishments

community.

Hosted by Asian Business Publications Ltd (ABPL), the event is now into its 12th year and promises to be bigger and better than ever before. The ceremony will welcome a

dignitaries, cross party politicians, celebrities and high achievers from the Asian community. Previous attendees include: Rt Hon Dr Vince Cable, Tony Blair, Jack

Straw and David Blunkett.The Asian Achievers Awards salute individuals who are singularly responsible for bringing the Asian commu-nity to the centre stage of British life, and celebrate the exceptional and exemplary achievements of community members that are truly inspirational. The coveted

as a standard of excellence that would create role models and encourage younger generations to follow in their footsteps.

An independent panel of judges is given total freedom to select a shortlist and then the winner in each category. Each year, Asian Achievers Awards receive a record number of nominations and the calibre of candidates continues to go from strength to strength.

Asian Achievers Award categories comprise: Sports

Personality of the Year; Business Person of the Year; Professional of the Year; Achievement in Community Service; Achievement in Media, Arts and Culture; Award for Entertainment; Woman of the Year; Young Entrepreneur of the Year; Uniformed and Civil Services; International Personality of the Year; and Lifetime Achievement Award.

Comments Mr. CB Patel, Chairman, Editor, Publisher ABPL Group, “Asian Achievers Awards is a unique award ceremony where nomina-tions are made by members of the public and the selection is done by an individual panel of judges – truly the ‘People’s Awards’.”

Nominations can be registered online at: www.asianachieversawards.comDeadline for nominations: 12th July 2012.

Nominate your community heroes for the Asian Achievers Awards 2012

MuslimsLeading Yorkshire account-ants and business advisers Garbutt & Elliott have launched a new Independent Financial Planning arm

community called Ummah Financial Planning (UFP) out

million Muslims in the UK have long been neglected by

and that Muslims need professional fee based advice which allows them to

with their religious beliefs.

Shabab Gulfraz, Financial Consultant with (UFP) said:

products in the UK often include interest, alcohol and media companies and this means that many Muslims

to their beliefs and values. However, the good news is that the number of products which are endorsed as Shariah compliant or as a minimum are sympathetic to Muslim values is growing, and Ummah Financial Planning has been established to bring these choices to the Muslim community”

Simon Holt, Managing Director of (UFP) said “I worked alongside a Muslim scholar for nearly 3 years, supporting him in his work to

products to Muslims in the UK and overseas. During this time I realised that Muslims will never have access to the

advice they need until -

lished, and this is where the idea for Ummah Financial Planning came from”.

The Ummah team have spent time consulting with the community and brought in a specialist consultant Yusuf Bashforth to lead this work for them. Yusuf said: “My research has concluded that Muslims’ access to profes-

services is extremely limited. However, when made aware that there are suitable choices for them, they are very keen to engage with this advice.”

He added: “The modern Muslim has to balance the principles of faith with the need to provide wealth and security for the future. At the moment, many Muslims are

that balance and I support

Ummah’s objective to change that.”

of the centre for accounting and accountability at Hull University Business School, believes Yorkshire should be taking a lead in the growing market for Sharia-compliant

“One of the major challenges to the success of Islamic

growing number of students interested in this area and perhaps this is another opportunity for Yorkshire universities to help train the next generation of Islamic bankers, accountants and lawyers.”

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Yusuf Bashforth, Simon Holt and Shabab Gulfraz

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AT&T pay $5million in discrimination caseA Muslim woman in Kansas City has been awarded over $5 million in punitive damages from her employers after being harassed by co workers including an incident when her boss snatched of her head scarf and exposed her hair.

AT&T, an American multina-tional telecommunications corporation, was brought before a Jackson county jury after it failed to deal with a number of incidents Bashir had to face.

optics network builder, told the courts her work environ-ment became hostile imme-diately after she converted to Islam in 2005, with her colleagues making comments about her religion and referring to her hijab as “That thing on her head”. In the Kansas City Star Bashir said:

"I was shocked. I thought, 'What is going on?'

"Nobody ever cared what I wore before. Nobody ever cared what religion I was before."

She told the court that she endured religious discrimina-tion almost every day of her

including being asked if she was going to blow up the

building and being called a "towelhead" and a terrorist.

The abuse boiled over in 2008 when her boss snatched her head scarf and exposed her hair. Bashir said she called an employee help line in March 2005 and asked the company to provide sensitivity training for her co-workers.

"It was a worthless call," she said. "Nothing ever changed."The harassment continued and in March 2008, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission launched an

complaint.

She said that made some workers angry and led to the

Bashir said she became so stressed out that she couldn't

return to work. She asked that her boss be removed or that she be transferred, but neither happened.

returning to work for nine months.

ability to work at a job I liked,"Bashir said.

She said the incident was hard on her mentally and physically and tore her family apart. She is going through a divorce, and in October she and her daughter moved to Anchorage, Alaska, where she works as an apartment manager.

Bashir was awarded $5 million in punitive damages in her discrimination lawsuit, along with $120,000 in lost wages and other actual damages.

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A note in which Micheal Jackson told of his sleep less night has been pulled from a Las Angeles auction at the request of his ex-wife Lisa Marie Presley.

The hand written note to Presley written between 1993-96 tells of Jackson’s worry about his health and the 4 days he hasn’t slept for. At the time Jackson and Presley were good friends and later married.

In an extract released by Reuters the singer who died after asking his doctor to give him a powerful anesthetic to help him sleep reads;“Lisa I truly need this rest I haven’t slept literally in 4 days now. I need to be away from phones and business people. I must take care of my

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Lassie Author Comes Home

By Bill Smith Jr

West Yorkshire-born Eric Knight, author of the greatly loved children's book 'Lassie', has

Rose Plaque to celebrate his life by Bradford Council's libraries and the Yorkshire Society. The Yorkshire Society arranged for the purchase and erection of the plaque.

Peter Barber, from the Yorkshire Society, said: '"We are most pleased to honour this worthy individual who has not previously been recog-nised in the county of his birth."

Greg Christie, the author's biographer, campaigned tirelessly for a suitable memorial for the author for many years. He gave a short talk after the Yorkshire Rose Plaque was unveiled by the Lord Mayor of Bradford, Councillor Dale Smith, outside Menston Library on Saturday 26th May. Menston Library will feature a display of memorabilia

and some of his ten novels.

The Lord Mayor of Bradford said: "It is wonder-ful that Bradford Libraries is hosting this event and providing a home for the plaque in honour of such an important local writer."

Knight moved to America with his parents after the age of 15 and although he gained American Citizenship to serve in the army in World War Two, he never forgot his West Yorkshire roots or his birth village of Menston, returning many times during his life.

Eric Knight had a varied career. As well as writing a book that has sold 110 million

600 TV episodes he served in the Canadian Army during World War One, was an art

based on his own books, 'Lassie Come Home' and 'This Above All'.

He was killed when a US Military transport plane, bound for Africa, crashed in Surinam) in 1943.

coming to LeedsLeading Chinese athletes from eight sports will be coming to Leeds in July and August to train for the London 2012 Olympic Games.

In a signing ceremony held in Beijing, the Chinese Olympic Committee concluded the

European pre-Games training base in a historic agreement with Leeds City Council, The University of Leeds, Leeds Metropolitan

Sports Club. Deputy Director General of the Sport Depart-ment of the Chinese Olympic Committee Mr Liu Aijie and Leeds City Council project manager for the London 2012 Olympic Games and Paralympics Games Peter Smith conducted the formal signing of the contract in Beijing in May.Speaking after the formal signing, Mr Liu Aijie said:

“The Chinese Olympic Committee sincerely appreciates the hard and fruitful work Leeds City Council has done on the preparations of the pre-Games training camp for the Chinese

that the training camp of the Chinese sports delegation in Leeds will achieve great

and friendly cooperation from both sides”.

Chair of the London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games (LOCOG) Seb Coe said:

“This partnership is a great example of what we wanted to achieve with the Pre-Games Training Camp process. China will have use of some fantastic facilities and in turn Leeds has the honour of hosting one of the world’s best sporting nations.”

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