Dr Shahrul Hussain is a Lecturer in Islamic studies and Headof Research at Ibn Rushd Centre of Excellence for Islamic Research. He is alsoa visiting lecturer at Birmingham City University, Business School. He studiedArabic and Islamic studies including Hadith with various scholars in the UK andEgypt. He is a graduate of the prestigious University of Al-Azhar where hegraduated from the faculty of Islamic law and Jurisprudence in 2001.