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.
In addition to his participation in lectures, seminars and interfaith dialogues in North America, he was invited as a guest speaker in nearly 27 other countries, some of which he visited several times.
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.
Contact Information:
The Islamic Information Foundation is headed by Dr. Jamal Badawi and it is a non-profit educational foundation. Following is the contact information for The Islamic Information Foundation (IIF) in Canada.
Islamic Information Foundation
8 Laurel Lane, Halifax, N.S., B3M 2P6
Canada
Tel./Fax.:(902)445-2494
Your could submit any questions or inquiries at iif@geocities.com or contact Dr. Jamal Badawi personally at Jamal.Badawi@StMarys.ca
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may Allah S.W.A reward Dr. Jamal Badawi with jannatul Firdaus, a very knowledgeable sheik indeed.
I listened to the series of radio programs in which Sheikh Dr. Jamal Al-Badawi talked about God’s Forgiveness, Concept of Monotheism (Tauhid) and I realized how vast this Sheikh is. May Allah bless him and increase him in knowledge. Amin
May Allah stay him on the right path till his death.
May Allah help Dr Jamal in his journey.
aww allah give long live for jemal badawi