About: Dr. Jamal Badawi

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Dr. Jamal Badawi was born in Egypt where he completed his undergraduate education. He completed his Ph.D. from the Indiana University and subsequently joined the faculty of Saint Mary's University in Halifax, Canada.

In addition to teaching in his formal field of education (Management), he has been teaching a course on "Islamic Religious Tradition" which is part of the offerings of the Religious Studies department at the same university.

Dr. Badawi has also taught a course on Islam at Stanford University (USA) and gave a series of lectures on the Quran at Oxford University (UK).

Dr. Badawi is the author of several works on Islam, the last of which is 'Gender Equity in Islam'. He also researched, designed and presented 352 half hour TV programs on Islam broadcasted from several local cable stations and radio stations in the US and Canada, in addition to their use in several countries overseas. Audio and video copies of these programs were made available to users in nearly 35 countries around the world. Sets of these programs are included in the library collections of several universities.

Dr. Badawi is a member of the Consultative Council of North America, a member of the Juristic Council of North America and the founder/chairman of the Islamic Information Foundation, a non-profit educational foundation registered in Canada and the US.


  Category: Americas, Life & Society, Nature & Science
  Topics: Biography
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Older Comments:
MD UMAR FROM USA said:
I totally agree with Dr. Jamal Badawi.May Allah continue to bless you.Ameen!.
2005-12-08

SERAY-WURIE TUNS ABDUL RAZAK FROM SIERRA LEONE said:
I first knew about him in September 1988 at A Dayi Training-Manchester. Still kept his tapes till date. Great contributor for passing on the true message of Islam
2004-12-03