IDRF is launching their very own Ramadan Reminders with Sheikh Reda Bedair. Sheikh Reda Bedair, PhD, carries a lifetime worth of achievements. From the land of Egypt, he was invited by the University of Calgary to teach Quranic Classical Arabic, and also served as an Imam for the Calgary Islamic Centre. He then moved to Burnaby, BC to serve as an Imam and the Muslim Chaplain at Simon Fraser University. Sheikh Reda holds two Bachelor’s degrees, one in Islamic Sciences with Al Azhar University, one Master’s degree, and a PhD with Al Azhar University in Applied Linguistics and Tafsir of Surat Yusuf. He has learned under prominent shuyukh such as: Dr. Sayed Noah, Sh. Abdul-Rahman Abdul-Khaliq, Dr. Salah As-Sawy, Dr. Muhammad Yusri and Dr. Abdullah Barakat. Sheikh Reda has worked in numerous fields. He has worked as a UN Interpreter and Translator and has authored many pieces of research and papers. He currently serves as a sessional Instructor in the Interdisciplinary Studies Program of Religious Studies at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Alberta.
In this episode, Sheikh Reda talks about how it is important to be receptive to the advice we get from the Quran.
