Muzammil Siddiqi

Dr. Muzammil H. Siddiqi, born in 1943 in India, is an Islamic scholar and theologian and chairman of the Fiqh Council of North America. Siddiqi was the chairman of the Religious Affairs Committee of the Muslim Students Association, chairman of the Department of Religious Affairs at the Muslim World League Office to the UN and the US, director of the Islamic Center of Washington, DC, and president of the Islamic Society of North America. He is also a founding member of the World Economic Forum's Community of West and Islam Dialogue (C-100). Siddiqi is a frequent participant in interfaith events, authors commentary and issues fatwas through the internet hub IslamOnline.net, and lectures widely on Islamic law. Siddiqi was one of the signatories in October 2007 of A Common Word Between Us and You, a letter addressed to Christian leaders in an appeal for peace and cooperation between the two world religions. He is a graduate of the Islamic University of Medina, Birmingham University, and Harvard University.