Date of birth
1922

Mini-biography
1944: Traveled to the UK to study psychology
1946: Obtained his PhD in Modern Islamic Thought

History of employment
Dean of Faculty of Islamic Sharia, Nigeria
Professor of Arabic Language & Islamic Studies, University of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Taught Arabic in Singapore universities
Director, Islamic Cultural Center, London, UK
Chairman, Supreme Council of Imams and Mosques, UK (since 1984)
Dean, the Muslim College, London UK
Vice President, World Council on Religion
Head, Board of Trustees, Forum against Islamophobia & Racism Adviser to HRH the Prince of Wales on Islamic Affairs
Member, Advisory Council, the Democracy and Islam Program, University of Westminster, UK

Wrote numerous books on interpreting the Quran and on Islamic-fatwa

Achievements
Established Islamic Dar al-Mal (Banking Institution)
Lectured on Islamic financial transactions in the British Cranefield Institution
Opened the Mosque of the Islamic Cultural Center to Sunnis and Shiites alike
Established a Sharia Council to reconcile Islamic laws with British common law
Established the forum of the three heavenly religions
Gives a weekly sermon on the BBC, every Thursday
Writes a weekly article in the daily al-Arab newspaper

Awards
Was knighted Sir by HM Queen Elizabeth II in a gesture rarely bestowed on a non-British