Dr. Daud Abdullah

12 Apr Dr. Daud Abdullah

Dr. Daud Abdullah was born in Grenada where he received his early education. He obtained his first degree from the University of Guyana in 1981, and was awarded a scholarship to study Arabic language at King Saud University in Saudi Arabia. In 1984 he joined the University of Khartoum, Sudan to pursue postgraduate studies and was awarded his doctorate in 1989.

He has written and translated several works on Islam, and his last post in Saudi Arabia was as editor and translator at the Abul Qasim Publishing House in Jeddah.

At present he lectures in Islamic Studies at Birkbeck College, University of London. He is also a khateeb at Masjid an Noor in west London, and the Deputy Secretary General of the Muslim Council of Britain.