Sheikh Nuru Mohammed

Lady Khadija Visiting Fellow in Shi’i Studies

Ghanian Islamic Scholar, speaker and researcher, and the current minister of Religion ( Imam) at the KSIMC of Birmingham- UK

Profile

Shaykh Nuru is a former ordained spiritual caregiver at Johannesburg correctional centre in South Africa and co-founded the Imamiya Islamic Research Centre in Johannesburg. He founded the Ummu ABEEHA Empowerment Centre in Kumasi, Ghana.

After taking a BA in Islamic Philosophy and Mysticism at Al-Mustafa International University in Iran, he completed an MA in Islamic Studies at Middlesex University. He is a former visiting lecturer at the Tangaza University College in Nairobi, Kenya.

He is also:

• Head of ICRA (Islamic Cultural Affairs) at CoEJ
• A qualified civil and commercial mediator
• Member of CitizensUK Birmingham leadership and the Birmingham Muslim Liaison Committee And has served as minister of religion at centres in South Africa, Kenya and the UK.