Muhammad Abdul Bari
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The Honourable Doctor Muhammad Abdul Bari MBE FRSA Esq. |
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| Native name | মুহাম্মাদ আব্দুল বারি |
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2 October 1953 Tangail, East Pakistan, Pakistan (now Bangladesh) |
| Residence | London, England |
| Citizenship | British |
| Education | Physics |
| Alma mater |
Chittagong University Royal Holloway, University of London King's College London Open University |
| Occupation | Physicist, educationalist, writer, scholar |
| Years active | 2004–present |
| Known for | Head of several organisations |
Muhammad Abdul Bari, MBE FRSA (Bengali: মুহাম্মাদ আব্দুল বারি; born 2 October 1953), is a Bangladeshi-born British physicist, writer, teacher, and community leader, and the current secretary of Muslim Aid. He is a former chairman of the East London Mosque, a former secretary general of the Muslim Council of Britain, and has served as the president of the Islamic Forum of Europe (IFE). 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. He has also been listed as a community leader in The 500 Most Influential Muslims.
Abdul Bari was born in Bangladesh in 1953. His father, a popular local herbalist, was a land-owning farmer in the Tangail District.
Abdul Bari joined the Bangladesh Air Force in 1978, after studying at Chittagong University. He married in 1981 and left the Air Force the following year. After moving to the United Kingdom, he earned a doctorate in physics from King's College London in 1986 and joined Royal Holloway, University of London, as a postdoctoral researcher. There, he became involved in community work.
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