At the time of his death Bashir was 26-years old and was the president of the Federation of Islamic Societies, which is the umbrella organisation for the UK's university and college students.
In was immensely popular not only with students but with Islamic communities and a measure of his popularity can be gauged by the attendance of over 6,000 mourners at his funeral.
Bashir Osman died on 4 July 2015, in a river in the Landquart District of Graubuden, in Switzerland, after entering the water for a swim and being swept away by a freak current.
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