More About Dr. Siddiqi:
Born in India in 1943.

Educational background

- Received his early education at Aligarh Muslim University and Darul Uloom Nadwatul Ulama, Lucknow, India.

- Graduated from Islamic University of Madinah, Saudi Arabia, in 1965 with a higher degree in Arabic and Islamic Studies.

- M.A. in Theology from Birmingham University, England.

- Ph.D. in Comparative Religions from Harvard University, US.


Career/experience

- Dr. Siddiqi worked with many Islamic organizations in Switzerland, England and United States. He was the Chairman of Religious Affairs Committee of the Muslim Students Association in US and Canada; Chairman of the Department of Religious Affairs at the Muslim World League Office to the United Nations and US from 1976 to 1980.

- Served as Director of the Islamic Center of Washington, D.C. He is the former President of the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA) with Headquarters in Indiana.

- Presently serving as the Director of the Islamic Society of Orange County in Garden Grove, California.

- A member of the Fiqh Council of North America.

- A founding member of the Council of Mosques in US and Canada.


Participation in conferences, seminars/symposia, etc.

Dr. Siddiqi has widely traveled and has lectured at universities, colleges and other academic and religious institutions in Saudi Arabia, South Africa, England, Egypt, India, Pakistan, Turkey, Trinidad, Guyana, Grenada, Barbados, Mauritius, New Zealand, Malaysia, Singapore, Hong Kong, Italy, Spain, Gibraltar, Brazil, United States and Canada.

Dr. Siddiqi has taught courses on Islam and world religions at Harvard University, Essex County College in Newark, New Jersey, Seton Hall University in South Orange, New Jersey, Birmingham University, England, International Islamic University, Islamabad, Pakistan, California State University in Long Beach and Chapman University in Orange, California.

He is at present an adjunct professor of Islamic Studies and world religions at California State University in Fullerton. He is also an external examiner for the Departments of Islamic Studies at the University of Durban-Westville in South Africa, University of Karachi, Pakistan and University of Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan.

Dr. Siddiqi has participated in many inter-religious dialogues. He spoke at the World Assembly of the World Council of Churches in Vancouver, Canada and has participated in many seminars organized by the National Council of Churches and National Council of Christians and Jews in USA. He is the Vice President of the Academy of Judaic-Christian and Islamic Studies in California. He is also the member of the Supreme Islamic Council of Egypt and the Supreme Council of Mosques in Makkah, Saudi Arabia. He conducts a weekly religious radio program from Pasadena since 1982. He has contributed many articles to many Islamic and Academic Journals, Encyclopedias and other publications. (2000)