Ataullah Siddiqui Explained

Ataullah Siddiqui (died 8 November 2020)[1] was a Muslim scholar and academic who did much to promote interfaith relations.

English career

Of Indian origin, Ataullah Siddiqui completed his secondary education in Kalimpong and moved to Britain in 1982.[2] There he became an academic, holding the position of professor of Christian-Muslim Relations and inter-faith understanding and course director of the certificate in Muslim chaplaincy course at Markfield Institute of Higher Education. Previously, he was the director of the institute from 2001 - 2008. He was also a visiting fellow in the School of Historical Studies, University of Leicester.

In the field of interfaith relations, he was a founder president and vice chair of the Christian Muslim Forum and a founder member of the Leicester Council of Faiths. His academic honours included a PhD from the University of Birmingham and an honorary doctorate from the University of Gloucestershire.[3]

Siddiqui was the author of the 2007 report, commissioned by the UK government, entitled Islam at Universities in England: Meeting the Needs and Investing in the Future.[4] [5] [6] He also contributed essays and articles, particularly on interfaith themes, to a number of other publications, and lectured widely.

He died of cancer in Birmingham on 8 November 2020 at the age of 66.[7]

Scholarly publications

References

  1. http://blogs.cardiff.ac.uk/islamukcentre/sophie-gilliat-ray-in-memoriam-ataullah-siddiqui-a-personal-reflection Sophie Gilliat-Ray, "In Memoriam: Ataullah Siddiqui"
  2. https://urbanmuslimz.com/news/society/obituary-ataullah-siddiqui "Tributes Paid to Professor and Interfaith Scholar Ataullah Siddiqui"
  3. https://www.mihe.ac.uk/academic-staff/professor-ataullah-siddiqui MIHE, Academic staff
  4. Web site: BBC NEWS UK Education Teaching of Islam is 'out-dated'. news.bbc.co.uk. 2017-04-15.
  5. Web site: [ARCHIVED CONTENT] UK Government Web Archive – The National Archives ]. Foundation . Internet Memory . webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk . 2017-04-15 . bot: unknown . http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20071001180723/dfes.gov.uk/hegateway/ . 2007-10-01 .
  6. Web site: Ataullah Siddiqui. berkleycenter.georgetown.edu. en. 2017-04-15.
  7. Web site: Ataullah Siddiqui obituary . 2020-12-15 . . https://web.archive.org/web/20230614232452/https://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/2020/dec/15/ataullah-siddiqui-obituary . 2023-06-14 . live .