Muhammad Abdul Bari

For the Bangladeshi academic, see Muhammad Abdul Bari (academic).

The Honourable Doctor
Muhammad Abdul Bari
MBE DL FRSA Esq.
মুহাম্মাদ আব্দুল বারি
Born (1953-10-02) 2 October 1953 (age 70)
Tangail, East Pakistan, Pakistan
CitizenshipBritish
EducationPhysics
Alma materChittagong University
Royal Holloway, University of London
King's College London
Open University
Occupation(s)Physicist, educationalist, writer, scholar
Years active2004–present
Known forHead of several organisations

Muhammad Abdul Bari MBE DL FRSA[1] (Bengali: মুহাম্মাদ আব্দুল বারি; born October 1953), is a Bangladeshi-born British physicist, writer, teacher, and community leader. He is a former secretary of Muslim Aid, a former chairman of the East London Mosque, and a former secretary general of the Muslim Council of Britain. He also served as the president of the Islamic Forum of Europe (IFE) in its early years when it was formed to organize Bangladeshi diaspora professionals in Europe. In addition to consultancy work, he has written for publications including The Huffington Post and Al Jazeera, and has authored numerous books.

He has been described as one of the most powerful Asian Muslims in Western Europe. In 2006, Time Out put him at #7 on its list of movers and shakers in London.[2][3][4] He has also been listed as a community leader in The 500 Most Influential Muslims.[5][6]

  1. ^ "London Gazette – Supplement 56797" (PDF). 31 December 2002. p. 13. Retrieved 6 December 2008.
  2. ^ "Profile: Dr. Muhammad Abdul Bari". BBC News. 5 June 2006. Retrieved 6 December 2008.
  3. ^ "The Good List 2006". The Independent. London. 22 September 2011.
  4. ^ "London's 100 top movers and shakers 2006". Time Out London. 28 November 2006.
  5. ^ Schleifer, S. Abdallah (ed.). The Muslim 500: The World's 500 Most Influential Muslims, 2013/14 (PDF). Amman: Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre. p. 145. ISBN 978-9957-428-37-2. Retrieved 13 September 2014.
  6. ^ "Dr Muhammad Abdul Bari". The Muslim 500. Archived from the original on 5 October 2015. Retrieved 1 November 2015.