Muhammad-Abbas Rajani was born in 1988 in Leicester, UK. His parents Munira and Sultanali Karmali Rajani are both originally from Tanzania. Muhammad-Abbas is from a family of three, an older sister and a younger brother.

At his secondary school, The Lancaster Boys School, he finished with above average grades in 11 GCSE’s and with a distinction in GNVQ ICT. At school he was a prominent member of the School Council committee, and also took part in the Junior Sports Leadership award as well as working in the school bank. He then went to the Wygesston and Queen Elizabeth I college and studied A-Level Biology (grade A), Chemistry (grade A), Maths (grade A), Physics (grade B) and As-Level Further Maths (grade b). He is finishing his first year of Medicine at the University of Birmingham.

Within the community he is an active volunteer helping out with serving tabarruk, parking duties, in addition to helping organise communal events. He was involved in the Behlool Society, and until recently, he was a teacher at the Sharikatul Hussain Saturday Workshop in Leicester.

In Ramadhan 2004 he received a “recognition of services to the youth” award from The Behlool Society, Leicester, and also a “recognition of services to the community” award from Masjid-Al-Husayn, Leicester, in 2006.

He has been to the Sweden Camp as a senior camper in 2003 and as an A-Level camper in 2005. He is now coming as a mentor.

He plays a variety of sports. He played for his college hockey team, and also regularly plays Medics Football and Badminton. He has also taken part in many CoEJ annual sports tournaments playing football and badminton for Leicester Jamaat; in 2006, he was winner of the under eighteen doubles badminton and runner up in singles. He also enjoys reading, and is an avid car enthusiast.

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