Following the launch of the draft constitution in November 2007, there was a further process of consultation with representatives of mosques, Islamic centres, Imam training institutes, leaders, and scholars.

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The MINAB will then randomly select 50% of the mosques that state that they fully meet the standard to assess how the organisation does so.

If the assessment process highlights that the organisation does not meet the standard that it has self-certified that it does, the MINAB will then support it through its capacity building programme.

Inayat Bunglawala said: "If MINAB is to stand any chance of gaining legitimacy and making actual progress then it will need to prove that it is free from governmental interference.