Sadiq was born in Hillingdon, London, UK, in 1981. He comes from a family of three, a younger brother and a sister. His father Mustafa was born in Zanizbar and his mother was born in Moshi, Tanzania. They migrated to the UK in the early 1970's. Sadiq is recently engaged.
Sadiq completed his GCSEs at
Northwood School , London and his Islamic studies at
SI Madressa and
Hujjat Saturday Workshop,Stanmore. Sadiq studied for his A Levels at
Haydon Sixth Form in London. He went on to complete an HND in Computing at
Southampton and a BSc in Internet Computing at
Essex University. Throughout his education, he has taken on various roles as a course representative and events organiser. With an enthusiasm for windsurfing and sailing he has been elected as the vice president of his
university watersports club. Since graduating Sadiq has founded
LMNO.co.uk , an IT Consultancy focused on providing a full range of IT services to Small Medium Enterprise.
Using his experience and knowledge in the computing industry he has assisted the community in implementing a system that allows Dua translations to be broadcast across TV screens, founded and developed
Hujjat.org , re-developed
CoEJ.org ,
EssexJamaat.org.uk ,
Quran.org.uk ,
ieb.world-federation.org and other similar community sites. Sadiq is also currently working with CoEJ Education,
The World Federation and the
Muslim Council of Britain on other IT projects.For five consecutive years, he has been providing daily updates and photos of the Sweden summer camp via the camp website, which has been developed, expanded and enhanced over the years. Since taking photos at the camps Sadiq has tuned his photography skills and takes photos at other CoEJ and World Federation events.
For over four years, Sadiq has been the backbone of the 1st Aid service provided to Campers and Mentors alike at the Camp. He completed the full accredited, recognised
1st Aid course and ensures he attends all the updating courses.
At the Swedish Summer Camp, if Sadiq is not bandaging your sprained ankle, he is probably either taking photographs or updating the web site.
Along side his interest in photography and sailing Sadiq enjoys reading
crime fiction , travelling, and community work.