Jamal Badawi

Who is Jamal Badawi?

Jamal A. Badawi is an Egyptian-born Muslim Canadian former professor in the Sobey School of Business, Saint Mary's University in Halifax, Nova Scotia. He is an author, preacher and speaker on Islam. Dr. Jamal Badawi was several years ago a leading Imam. “Jamal Badawi – Main Sunni Muslim leader in Canada incites Muslim judges and civil servants not to apply current legal provisions that are opposed to sharia,” from Point de Bascule http://pointdebasculecanada.ca/articles/10003320-badawi-sunni-leader-canada-incites-judges-civil-servants-not-apply-legal-provisions-opposed-to-sharia.html, February 21

He completed his undergraduate studies at Ain Shams University in Cairo, Egypt. He left for the U.S. in the 1960s and completed his Masters and doctorate, both in the department of Business Administration, at Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana. He has been serving as a volunteer imam of the local Muslim community in the Halifax Regional Municipality since 1970. He cites Hassan al-Banna and Muslim Brotherhood as his source for inspiration.