Dr Musharraf Hussain is the Director of the Karimia Institute in the UK, which works on a number of projects from community development to adult classes and interfaith work. He also serves as principal of the Nottingham Islamia School; president of the national Christian-Muslim Forum; chair of the UK-Indonesia Islamic Advisory Group and trustee of the international relief charity Muslim Hands and for the National Centre for Citizenship and Law.
In 2009 he was awarded the Order of the British Empire for his services to community relations in Britain, and was also given an honorary doctorate by Staffordshire University in 2005 for services to the community.