Bashir Maan

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Bashir Maan
Born	October 1926
Nationality	Scottish

Bashir Maan CBE (born October 1926) is an Asian-Scottish politician, businessman and writer.He was born at village Maan, near Qila Didar Singh, District Gujranwala.He was an under graduate and worked as a clerk when he decided to leave for the United Kingdom.

He arrived in Glasgow from his native Pakistan in March 1953 at the age of 26. By 1967, he was magistrate.

In 1970 he was the first Muslim to be elected to a public office in the United Kingdom, to serve as a Labour councillor for the Kingston ward of Glasgow Corporation. He allowed his Labour Party membership to lapse over the Blair/Bush Iraq invasion.^{[citation needed]}

He played a major role in bringing the Muslim community together at Glasgow and having their own grand mosque and a center of congregation. He made efforts to give the community a confidence. He visited Bosnia and Herzeguina with many Scottish Christian leaders and made the plight of the Muslims known to all. He raised funds and cllected aid. He highlighted the positive role of Pakistan Army troops of UN contingent there to the world by series of his articles.

He is currently Convener of the Muslim Council of Scotland and President of the Islamic Centre Glasgow.^[1]

In 2006 he became involved in the Misbah Rana alleged abduction case.

[edit] Bibliography

• The New Scots: The Story of Asians in Scotland, John Donald Publishers, 1992
• The Thistle and the Crescent: a study of Scottish-Islam relations, Argyll Publishing, 21 Feb 2008

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Archive - BBC Scotland
• Profile on One Scotland
• Bashir Mann forced to resign over homophobic comments

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