Dedicated fundraiser Nazim Ali, from Manningham, honoured with award for 20 years of charity work

Mr Ali was presented with the Alija Izetbegovic Award for Excellence for Good Citizenship, but could not attend the ceremony in London due to a back injury.

The award recognises the 37-year-old’s humanitarian efforts over the past two decades both in the UK and abroad.

He volunteers weekly at the Curry Circle Project, provides Eid gifts for ill children at Bradford Royal Infirmary, makes humanitarian trips to the Turkey/Syria border, helped Rohingya refugees earlier this year, regularly undertakes challenges in aid of charity and much, much more, all while working as a careers advisor in three inner-city Bradford schools.

Mr Ali, from Manningham, said: “I am profoundly humbled to have the won the Alija Izetbegovic Award For Excellence for Good Citizenship at the Muslim News Awards of Excellence.

“To win an accolade in honour of a great statesman who campaigned for Bosnian rights, Alija Izetbegovic, is truly a great honour.

“I grew up in Bradford reading about the fascinating work of The Muslim News over the years.

“Never in my wildest dreams did I envisage that I would receive an iconic award from Britain’s premier Muslim News Awards which recognises, celebrates and showcases the enormous amount of selfless and tireless work British Muslims carry out throughout Britain.

“The awards have, over the years, highlighted the immeasurable contribution of British Muslims from all walks of life and diverse fields in making Britain what it is today.

“It is a great personal honour for me and I’d like to thank my great home city of Bradford.

“In addition, I express my gratitude to all those individuals and organisations I have worked with over the last 20 years and all the donors who have supported my humanitarian initiatives.”

Mr Ali received an intricately designed brass astrolabe, a tool used in the Muslim work to measure the latitude of stars and planets, and to calculate the lunar calendar.