Abu Bakr Sirajuddin Cook is a Research Fellow at Almiraj Sufi and Islamic Study Centre, Australia. He received a doctorate from the University of Tasmania in 2014 and has furthered his Islamic Studies with Charles Sturt University. Abu Bakr has published on Ibn Sab’in in the Journal of Islamic Philosophy and on various aspects of Sufism in The Treasure: Australia’s Sufi Magazine. He has presented at conferences across the globe, including the International Sufi Conference, in Chittagong, Bangladesh, and the East West Philosophers’ Conference, in Hawaii. His first book, Ibn ‘Ata’ Allah, Muslim Sufi Saint and Gift of Heaven, is available through Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
While continuing the publishing in a range of international journals, Abu Bakr’s current research interest delves into the history of Sufism in Australia.