Ataullah Siddiqui


Dr. Ataullah Siddiqui is a British academic, he is a Professor of Christian-Muslim Relations and Inter-Faith Understanding and Course Director of the 'Certificate in Muslim Chaplaincy' course at Markfield Institute of Higher Education. Previously, he was the Director of the Institute from 2001 - 2008. He is a Visiting Fellow in the School of Historical Studies, University of Leicester.
He was a founder President and Vice Chair of the ‘Christian Muslim Forum’, and a founder member of the Leicester Council of Faiths.
Professor Siddiqui is the author of the 2007 report, commissioned by the UK government, entitled Islam at Universities in England: Meeting the Needs and Investing in the Future.
In 2013, he gave one of the Cadbury Lectures at the University of Birmingham.

Scholarly publications

His recent article includes “Portrayal of Christianity and Use of Christian Sources in the Tafsir-i Sanai of Sanaullah Amritsari ” International Journal of Asian Christianity 2 89-100.
‘Pope Francis, Islam and Dialogue’ in Race. A, and Kasimow, H. eds. Pope Francis and Interreligious Dialogue. London: Palgrave
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