Biography details are as follows:
Dr. Sibtain Panjwani was born in Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania, arriving in 1968 to pursue his education. By profession, he is a practising Dental Surgeon, with a BDS from the University of Manchester. He has a special interest in Medical Law and Ethics having obtained an MA from King's College, University of London. He has also obtained a PhD in Law at the University of Essex. Dr. Sibtain Panjwani has rendered services for our community in the U.K, ever since 1984 when he was elected as President of the Shia-Ithna Asheri community of Essex. During his tenure of Office, Dr.Sibtain Panjwani worked to establish Imam Ali-Reza Centre which today forms the nucleus of Essex.
During 1991-1992, he was Vice President of the Council of European Jamaats. He was also an appointed and elected Executive Councillor of the World Federation of KSIMC from 1991 to 1996, until he was appointed as the Secretary General by Marhum Mulla Asgherali M M Jaffer. Since 1996 till 2000, Sibtain worked closely with Marhum Mulla Asgerhali M M Jaffer in matters relating to both the Khoja Shi'a-Ithna Asheri community and Shi'a and Muslim community worldwide. After his passing away, Sibtain continued to serve the community as Secretary General till today. He is married with three children and is settled in Chelmsford, Essex.
Dr. Sibtain Panjwani comments on leadership,
" Each man has his own vocation. A man, who is determined to spend his life to serve, gives his thoughts and work for the Almighty. He has the talent that becomes his call to nurture a sense of true giving within him for the cause of Islam. It is in the true giving that true acceptances are seen. This giving has its own pleasure that comes from the deep recesses of our humanness whose nature is inclined towards the Divine. And when such a heart speaks, accepting is as pleasurable. This is our calling and a path to traverse. One who embarks on this calling will have much obstruction thrust upon him. But as Emerson says " He is like a ship in a river; he runs against obstruction on every side but one; on that side all obstruction is taken away, and he sweeps serenely over a deepening channel into an infinite sea."
Through true giving and receptive acceptances, he introduces better changes for himself and others and the community attains a greater height of development and rigour with which to withstand times of challenge and controversy and appreciates moments of comfort and convenience. We can now say that in him is a mark of an enlightened leader "
Dr. Sibtain Panjwani