05/09/2026
Coming Friday!
Brief Bio:
Shaykh Mahmood Chandia has attended a diverse range of Institutions. After memorising the Holy Quran, he pursued Islamic and Arabic Language Studies (1988) at a traditional Muslim Institute of Learning in England: Darul Uloom, Bury. This was followed by undergraduate studies leading to a Bachelor of Arts in Islamic Studies (1990) from the renowned Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt. Shaykh then progressed to Post-graduate studies leading to a Master of Arts (1992) and Ph. D in Middle Eastern Studies (1999), at the University of Manchester, England.
In August 2002, he was appointed as Senior Lecturer in and Programme Leader of Islamic Studies. He is now Programme lead for the MA in Intercultural Business Communication (with professional placement) and the Humanities Foundation Studies programme, as well as a senior lecturer in Religion, Culture and Society. He is also an associate member of the UCLan Cybercrime Research Unit. He lectures on a variety of Humanities and Social Science disciplines. He is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.
https://www.lancashire.ac.uk/academics/mahmood-chandia
