Professor Mona Siddiqui, OBE is an internationally renowned academic and public intellectual. She has published widely in classical Islamic law and Christian Muslim relations. She is a regular voice on BBC Radio 4 and BBC Radio Scotland, known notably for her appearances on Thought for the Day and Moral Maze.

Professor Siddiqui has been awarded several grants for her work on virtues and the arts. During 2022-2025 she was elected VP International at the Royal Society of Edinburgh where she developed significant international links and projects between the RSE and partners In Asia Pacific, Europe and the USA.

She chaired the 2016 Scotland Stronger in Europe campaign as well as the Home Office review into Sharia councils in the UK. Professor Siddiqui chairs the BBC's Religious Advisory Committee, has featured in the Debretts 500 Most Influential people in the UK and been awarded several honours for her interreligious academic and public work. 

Research interests

• Classical and contemporary Islamic law
• Christian Muslim relations
• Religion and society

Expertise and public engagement

Mona works extensively with all kinds of print and broadcast media.

Selected publication

A Theology of Gratitude ( CUP 2023) Human Struggle, ( CUP 2021), Hospitality in Islam (Yale UP, 2015) The Good Muslim (CUP, 2012)