Faz, 29, from Blackburn in Lancashire, spoke briefly with the Queen, who he says asked him, 'What is it like being a young British Muslim?'
Faz, who received the honour in recognition of his outstanding services to community relations in Blackburn, says: "It was a magnificent day.
"I told the Queen that I enjoy helping to build relations in local communities and then she told me to keep up the good work."
Speaking exclusively to Asian Leader, after receiving his award at Buckingham Palace on 29 November, Faz, said: "It was a truly fantastic day and something that my family and I will never forget."
Faz, who works for the Lancashire Fire Services Area Community Fire Safety Team, added: "We all stayed in a great hotel near the Palace the night before and we were then treated like royalty the next day by all the staff at the Palace. It was as an unbelievable experience.
"I didn't expect her Majesty the Queen to have a short conversation, but she seemed genuinely interested and it made the day all the more memorable."
Faz also received another prestigious honour in November, when he was presented with the Lancashire Red Rose Community Champion award at the Charnock Richard Hotel in Chorley for his litter 'cleaning up' project earlier this year in the Brookhouse area of Blackburn.
Faz began his voluntary community back in 2001 following the terrorist attacks on New York in September, whilst he was working at the Civil Service in Preston.
He says: "I wanted to help people understand my religion of Islam and not to be scared of a faith they knew very little about.
"After the attacks in America, I started to realise more and more that even though I had some close friends at work, when it came to religion, people were apprehensive. They didn't ask me questions about it and I wanted to change this mentality, so to help them understand."
Determined to make a difference, Faz started to try and improve interfaith relations and cultural understanding by taking his civil service friends to visit mosques in the local area. He then set about tackling the same kind of issues away from the workplace and in the local community.
"It's all been based around getting out there, meeting people, particularly youngsters, whether they be of Christian, Hindu, Sikh or Jewish religion and chatting to them about Islam, answering their questions and helping to raise their awareness of Muslim people.
"One of the things I've been doing recently is going into Scouts groups, which are made up mainly of white lads and just spend time with them and explain about the real Islam. I live in a country where I'm happy to say that I can make a difference and that's what I've set out to do."