Salim al-Shaikhi (born 1 October 1964, Jumada al-awwal

Jumada al-awwal

Jumada al-awwal is the fifth month in the Islamic calendar.We can also find the alternative spelling Jumada al-Ula.The origin of the word is as follows: the word Jumda, from which the name of the month is derived, is used to denote dry parched land: land devoid of rain, and hence denote the dry...

 24, 1384 AH) is currently the Khatib

Khatib

Khatib or khateeb is an Arabic term used to describe a person who delivers the sermon , during the Friday prayer and Eid prayers....

 at Didsbury Mosque

Didsbury Mosque

The Didsbury Mosque and Islamic Centre is located on Burton Road, West Didsbury in Manchester, England. The building was originally the “Albert Park Methodist Chapel”, which opened for worship in 1883, but in 1962 the church closed and was later converted to a Mosque. It has an attendance of around...

, West Didsbury.

Salim al-Shaikhi was born in Bayda, Libya, and completed his primary education in Libya

Libya

Libya is an African country in the Maghreb region of North Africa bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to the east, Sudan to the southeast, Chad and Niger to the south, and Algeria and Tunisia to the west....

. He graduated from Islamic University of Madinah

Islamic University of Madinah

The Islamic University of al-Madinah al-Munawarah was founded by the government of Saudi Arabia by a royal decree in the year 1961 AD in the Islamic holy city of Medina.-History:...

, Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia , commonly known in British English as Saudi Arabia and in Arabic as as-Sa‘ūdiyyah , is the largest state in Western Asia by land area, constituting the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula, and the second-largest in the Arab World...

 and later received a Diploma from Omdurman Islamic University

Omdurman Islamic University

Omdurman Islamic University is built on an area of size about 500 acres in Omdurman, Sudan. The school is basically oriented toward Islamic studies, yet, it serves other fields of studies as well such as engineering , agriculture and medicine ....

, Sudan

Sudan

Sudan , officially the Republic of the Sudan , is a country in North Africa, sometimes considered part of the Middle East politically. It is bordered by Egypt to the north, the Red Sea to the northeast, Eritrea and Ethiopia to the east, South Sudan to the south, the Central African Republic to the...

.

He is a member of the European Council for Fatwa and Research

European Council for Fatwa and Research

The European Council for Fatwa and Research is a Dublin-based private foundation, founded in London on 29 March - 30 March 1997 on the initiative of the Federation of Islamic Organisations in Europe...

 and also teaches modules relating to Islamic Personal Status Law and Inheritance at the European Institute of Human Sciences (EIHS).