Dr. Waffie Mohammed
The first Trinidad national to have earned a doctorate in the study of Islam, Dr. Waffie graduated from the University of Karachi with a PhD in Islamic Studies, obtained in parallel with Al-Kamil certification from the Aleemiya Institute established by Dr. Fazlu R. Ansari.
On his return to Trinidad, Dr. Waffie contributed to the development of the Muslim communities located throughout the country and the region, while at the same time serving the wider national communities. This led to his appointment to the Senate in 1981, and his later appointment as Director of the Muslim World League regional office for the Caribbean and Latin America, a position in which he contributed to global Muslim development, until his retirement in 2003.
Dr. Waffie is currently serving as the Principal and Director at the Markaz al Ihsaan Institute of Islamic Theology. He also serves as a spiritual leader of the local chapters of the Qadri and Nakshbandi Orders within Islamic Spirituality Circles.
The author of numerous books, articles and publications dedicated to Islam and contemporary social issues, Dr. Waffie also has a growing number of pioneering works in contemporary Islamic studies. Dr. Waffie blogs often at http://drwaffie.blogspot.com
Blogs by this Author
THE DENT CAKE PAN
- By Dr. Waffie Mohammed
- Published 08/30/2010
How can a person become a Muslim?
- By Dr. Waffie Mohammed
- Published 08/19/2010
The Word from a Merciful Lord, is Peace.
- By Dr. Waffie Mohammed
- Published 08/9/2010
BE PATIENT, LEAVE THE IGNORANT WITH GREETINGS OF PEACE
- By Dr. Waffie Mohammed
- Published 08/6/2010
ALLAH IS THE GREATEST
- By Dr. Waffie Mohammed
- Published 07/26/2010
Reading the Qur'an
- By Dr. Waffie Mohammed
- Published 07/26/2010
Keeping a sound heart
- By Dr. Waffie Mohammed
- Published 07/6/2010
Polishing the soul
- By Dr. Waffie Mohammed
- Published 06/28/2010
?Be in the world but be not part of it?
- By Dr. Waffie Mohammed
- Published 06/21/2010
Unification
- By Dr. Waffie Mohammed
- Published 06/21/2010
