Each month Westminster Journal will be adding an individual to its GEMs section. GEM stands for Great European Muslim. This individual will be recommended by Editorial process. Any submissions would be welcomed - simply send through details of the GEM you wish to recommend and give the reasons why you feel they deserve their place.

Sayeeda Hussain Warsi, Baroness Warsi (born 28th March 1971) is a British politician for the Conservative Party and a lawyer. Baroness Warsi is currently a member of the Shadow Cabinet.

Sayeeda Warsi has been politically involved from her early college days when she was elected as the Vice President of the Student Union. She was also instrumental in the launch of Operation Black Vote in West Yorkshire in 1996. She stood as a Parliamentary Candidate in the 2005 general election. Since June 2005, she has been a Vice Chairman of the Conservative Party with responsibility for cities. In June 2007, Sayeeda was appointed Shadow Minister for Community Cohesion.

Sayeeda was born in Dewsbury in 1971. She was educated at Birkdale High School and Dewsbury College, and then the University of Leeds where she read Law (LLB). She attended the York College of Law to complete her Legal Practice Course and trained both with the Crown Prosecution Service and the Home Office Immigration Department.

Each month Westminster Journal will be adding an individual to its GEMs section. GEM stands for Great European Muslim. This individual will be recommended by Editorial process. Any submissions would be welcomed - simply send through details of the GEM you wish to recommend and give the reasons why you feel they deserve their place.

Zinedine Yazid Zidane, born 23 June 1972 in Marseille, is a French former professional footballer of Algerian Kabyle Berber descent. Very few footballers in recent times have enjoyed as much success or as much critical acclaim as Zinedine Zidane.

On a personal level - now he is retired from top grade football -  the dream year of 1998 will remain forever hard to beat.

However Zidane has not always felt as loved in his own country land. Born the son of an Algerian nightwatchman, Zidane was raised in a tough district in Marseilles. As a devout Muslim and the son of an African immigrant, Zidane often endured racism and hostility from local inhabitants during his childhood.

Each month Westminster Journal will be adding an individual to its GEMs section. GEM stands for Great European Muslim. This individual will be recommended by Editorial process. Any submissions would be welcomed - simply send through details of the GEM you wish to recommend and give the reasons why you feel they deserve their place.
 

He went to Devonshire Road Primary School, Smithills High School and Bolton Community College in Bolton. He was a hyperactive child and a born fighter, according to his father, who encouraged him to take up boxing.

He often uses his position as a well-known British Muslim to encourage better relations between British Muslims and the wider community, particularly in his home town of Bolton. He is the older brother of boxer Haroon Khan and the younger cousin of cricketer Sajid Mahmood.

Despite declaring after the 2004 Olympics that he would pursue a Gold medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, Khan turned professional in 2005, signing with England's leading boxing promoter, Frank Warren. This was fuelled by a row with the English Amateur Boxing Association over the ticketing allocation for his family and friends at the English ABA Finals.