BSc in Engineering, MA in the Philosophy of Science, and a PhD in Hermeneutics, University of Guelph, Canada; studies at the University of Toronto and the Pontifical Gregorian University. Former: Lecturer on Islamic Theology, Logic, and Spirituality, Uthman Pasha Madrasa, Tripoli; Professor, Pontifical Institute for Arabic and Islamic Studies, Rome, and the International Institute for Islamic Thought and Civilization, Malaysia. Founder and Director, Kalam Research & Media. Concurrently: Ambassador of Libya to the United Arab Emirates; Chairman of the Libya Institute for Advanced Studies; Chief Operations Manager, Libya Stabilization Team. Senior Adviser, Cambridge Inter-Faith Programme; Fellow, Royal Aal Al-Bayt Institute, Jordan; Member, Board of Advisers, Templeton Foundation. Author.