Obituary: Ataullah Siddiqui (1954-2020)

Abstract

Indeed we belong to Allah, and indeed to Him do we return. It is with the profoundest sadness to hear the passing away of Professor Dr. Ataullah Siddiqui on 8th November 2020. Dr. Ataullah was widely known as well as praised by many for his dedication and contribution in interfaith engagement in Britain as well as education and training of British Muslims. He was born in India in 1954 and moved to Britain in 1982 and worked as an academia. His last position was Professor of Christain-Muslim Relations and Inter-faith Understanding at the Markfield Institute of Higher Education in Leicester. It was in this institution together with its parent institution Islamic Foundation where he worked since his early years in Britain.