Zaki Badawi

Mohamed Zaki Badawi Aboulkhair (Arabic محمد أبو الخير زكي بدوي, DMG Muḥammad Abū l -Hair Zakī Badawi ) KBE ( born January 14, 1922 in Ash- Sharqiyah, Egypt; † January 24, 2006 in London) was a prominent Islamic scholar, activists and supporters. He was director of the Muslim College in London, which he founded in 1986.

Badawi studied at al- Azhar University in Cairo theology and obtained in 1947 a Master in Arabic Language and Literature. He received the King Faruq award as the best student in 1951 and moved to England to study psychology at UCL. A Bachelor's degree he received in 1954 and later a Ph.D. from the University of London.

Badawi returned to the al -Azhar University back to teach muslim Gedankentum and scientific research methods. He established a Muslim College in Malaysia and taught at the University of Malaya in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur. In 1964 he became a professor of Islamic studies at the University of Ahmadu Bello, Nigeria and Professor of Islamic education and the arts dean at Bayero College, Nigeria. In 1976 he worked in London for the Hajj Research Centre of the King Abdul Aziz University in Saudi Arabia.

In 1978, Badawi Director of the Islamic Cultural Centre (ICC ) and Chief Imam of the London Central Mosque in Regent's Park. Badawi was in 1984 elected Chairman of the Imam and Mosque Council.

He joined in 1982 the Islamic banking system in Luxembourg and was involved in the founding of the IFH.

In 1997 he held for the Islamic community, together with religious leaders of other religions a televised address to the death of Princess Diana.