Abdur Rashid Siddiqui Author

Abdur Rashid Siddiqui gained an Honours degree in Economics and Politics from the University of Bombay and has a law degree from the same University. He completed his postgraduate studies in Librarianship in London and was elected Associate of the Library Association. He worked as an Information Librarian at the University of Leicester from 1966 until his retirement in 1997. He has been deeply involved on the Council of the UK Islamic Mission and was also one of the founder members of the Islamic Society of Britain. He is the Vice-Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Islamic Foundation, UK. His publications include Key to al-Fatihah: Understanding the Basic Concepts, Key to Al-'Imran: Resurgence of the Ummah, two volumes of 55 Khutbah for Friday Prayer under the title Lift Up Your Hearts and Nawa-e-Benawa (an anthology of Urdu poetry). He has also edited a collection of essays entitled Tazkiyah: The Islamic Path of Self-Development and contributed number of articles on a variety of subjects. His forthcoming book Man and Destiny - Some reflections on Iqbal's Concept of Khudi and the Perfect Man will be published soon.