Dr Shaykh Mohammed Ali Ismail, from Peterborough, UK, graduated in Law. He then went to Qum where he studied in the Hawza for ten years, specialising in Qur’an and Hadith Studies. Having graduated from the Hawza in 2007, he went on to complete a Postgraduate Certificate in Education at the University of Portsmouth.
Dr Ismail then moved to Damascus where he taught and trained aspiring Ministers of Religion at the Islamic Institute for Postgraduate Studies. Having resettled in the UK in 2010, Dr Ismail joined the academic team at The Islamic College, London, where he held the position of Director of Research and Publications and Senior Lecturer. In 2020, he received his doctorate in the field of Qur’anic exegesis (tafsir) from Middlesex University.
For over twenty-five years, Dr Ismail has regularly lectured and conducted courses in Islamic centres worldwide. Among his publications are Spiritual Development Programme for Madrasah Teachers (Manual and Workbook), and Islamic Laws, an annotated translation of the Tawdih al-Masa’il of Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Ali al-Husayni al-Sistani.
- May 17, 2023
- By Shahid Juma