Education & Professional Career

Quality education benefits in quality character. Dr. Al-Azhari, a proud alumnus of Al-Azhar University – Cairo, Ambedkar University – Bihar and Jamia Markaz – Calicut has always been a visionary leader who stood up for justice, equality and truth, a man of high order intelligence and a leader with the power to mould and inspire the new generation. For Indian Muslims, Dr. Al-Azhari is a man of impeccable leadership and willpower, who has chosen the right path of enlightenment undergirded by his thoughts on the Islamic philosophy of development for the last 25 years. To appreciate the idea of Islam and wisdom, he founded Jamia Madeenathunnur in 2001, to nurture, support and enhance a generation of Islamic scholars who can lead the way to humanity and brotherhood.

With great power comes great responsibility. Being the torchbearer of Markaz Knowledge City, Dr. Al-Azhari put forward the idea of cultural and social hubs of education which can efficiently mould the new generation of leaders in multiple development sectors. Serving as the Secretary-General of Relief and Charitable Foundation of India (RCFI), he has led hundreds of projects that supported the minority community in thousands of ways. Being a strong leader from the community, Dr Al-Azhari is preaching the value and glory of Islam and its Brotherhood, and the need to uphold it during these trying times. At a time when the world is going through a deadly pandemic and political crisis, a leader like Dr Muhammed Abdul Hakkim Al-Azhari, who can stand up for humanity, action and peace will be the need of the hour.

Being the chairman of the Ideal Association for Minority Education (IAME), Dr Al-Azhari has been constantly trying to advance social justice, through systematic and quality educational programmes, and bearing witness to the upliftment of the Muslim community in India. A great linguist and a proficient scholar, he also serves as the National Executive Member of the National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language and as the Chairman of the Committee on Distance Learning (Arabic). With his academic interventions and dialogue exchanges across the globe, Dr Al-Azhari has the moral vision to transform the community socially, intellectually and emotionally. As a vocal leader representing the Muslim community in India, he has been invited to speak and present his academic papers at various international conferences and summits including the Muslim Religious Leaders Summit for Asia and Pacific Countries in Turkey, Thasawwuf Conference in Morocco, Doha Conference of Interfaith Dialogue in Qatar, International Manuscript Conference in the U.K and so on goes the list of his milestones and achievements.