She has combined her teaching duties with an outstanding commitment to voluntary work. She is part of the Football Association’s Faith in Football Task to ensure the FA’s strategic goal of ‘Football for Everyone’. She worked alongside North London Citizens to train young people to be confident and to participate in public life and to become proactive citizens. Aliya has worked with the Joseph Interfaith Foundation creating a safe space for Muslim and Jewish women to interact with each other. Aliya is a Shia Muslim President for the Christian Muslim Forum and has organised conferences shared equally between nearby mosques and churches. She is a board member and trustee of the Religious Education Council of England and Wales. She was recognised in the Queen’s Birthday Honours with an MBE in 2015.