Sheikh Muhammad Nur Abdullah, Past President

Sheikh Mohammad Nur Abdullah, Imam and director for the Islamic Foundation of Greater St. Louis, came to the United States from Sudan in 1978. He received his B.A. in Sharia at the Islamic University, Medina and a M.A. in Sharia at the Ummal Qura University, Makkah. He completed further studies at the University of Chicago where he received an M.A. in Islamic Studies and is now a Ph.D. candidate.

Abdullah is past chairman of the ISNA Fiqh Council and has been a member of the Fiqh Council of North America since 1982. He is the principal for the Al Salaam Day School and member of the Shari'a Scholars Association of North America.

Abdullah has authored several articles on family in Islam, marriage and divorce, and the concept of Shura in Islam. He also works as a marriage counselor.

Sheikh Muhammad Nur Abdullah now lives in St. Louis, Missouri.