Africa, England, Egypt, India, Pakistan, Turkey, Trinidad, Guyana, Grenada, Barbados, Mauritius, New Zealand, Malaysia, Singapore, Hong Kong, China, Germany, Poland, Ukraine, Austria, Italy, Spain, Gibraltar, Brazil, Argentina, United States, and Canada. He has taught courses on Islam and world religions at Harvard University, Essex County College in Newark, New Jersey, Seton Hall University in South Orange, New Jersey, Birmingham University, England, International Islamic University, Islamabad, Pakistan, and California State University, Long Beach. Today Siddiqi has become an Imam at the Islamic Society of Orange County in Garden Grove, California. He is also the Director of the community and chairman of the Fiqh Council of North America. He is also a professor at Chapman University. Interfaith programs involvement Siddiqi is the current President of the Academy of Judaic-Christian and Islamic Studies at the University of California in Los Angeles (UCLA). He has participated in many inter-religious dialogues, and spoke at the World Assembly of the World Council of Churches in Vancouver, Canada and the World Assembly of Religions in Vatican, the World Parliament of Religions in Chicago. Siddiqi participated in many seminars organized by the National Council of Churches and the National Council of Christians and Jews in the United States. In September 2001, on the National Day of Prayer and Remembrance, he was invited by President George W. Bush to lead a Muslim Prayer at the Interfaith Prayer Service at Washington National Cathedral. In September 2006 he was again invited by President Bush to lead an interfaith prayer on the 5th Anniversary of 9/11 at Ground Zero in New York City, New York. Awards and recognition Siddiqi received the Humanitarian of the Year Award in 1999 from the National Council of Christians and Jews. In November 2005, he was recognized by Orange County Register as one of the top 100 most influential people who shaped Orange County in the last twenty five years. In August 2006, as part of a special feature called "The West 100", the Los Angeles Times recognized Siddiqi as one of the top 100 most powerful people in Southern California with the following description: "Siddiqi, whose mosque is among the largest in North America, is the religious leader of thousands of Southern California Muslims at a time when xenophobia is running high… he has been a leader in driving home the point that Muslims in the U.S, are peace-loving." References External links . Siddiqi's profile on