Mawlaanaa Feizel Chothia has devoted his life to the cause of Islaam. Born in
Johannesburg, South Africa in 1970. He has specialist training in Islaamic jurisprudence, primarily the Hanafi School of Law, and his approach is rooted in a traditional, normative Sunnii stance.
Mawlaanaa Feizel has traveled widely in the cause of Islaam, visiting Arabia,
Palestine, South East Asia, Turkey and England as well as living both in South Africa and Australia where he served as Imam in numerous Masjids and was actively engaged in Islaamic propagation, teaching and administration, and developing curricula and materials for Islaamic elementary and afternoon schools (ie. Madaaris – primary and secondary Islaamic seminaries).
Apart from his formal training and experience, his development as an Islaamic scholar within the Western milieu and his intimacy with Western culture and its institutions has served him well in assessing and positively engaging the challenges it poses to Muslims and the Islaamic Faith. He currently lives in Perth where he is associated with a number of innovative projects in the field of Islaamic education and literature.