Dr. Abdurahman Baadiyow combines rare skills of being a high ranking
military officer (1971-1986) with being an electronic engineer, Islamic
scholar and socio-political activist. He obtained MA and PhD in Modern
Islamic History from the Islamic Institute, McGill University, Canada.
He is one of the founders of Mogadishu University and the chair of its
Board of Trustees. He is a prominent civil society activist and became
presidential candidate in the 2012 election in Somalia. Dr. Baadiyow has
participated in many academic conferences and published numerous
academic papers, book chapters and articles. He is the author of the two
highly regarded books: The Islamic Movement in Somalia: A Study of the
Islah Movement, 1950-2000 (2015), and Recovering the Somali State: The
Role of Islam, Islamism, and Transitional Justice (2017).
