Uthman Badar is a student of Arabic, the Islamic Sciences, and Continental Philosophy. He is currently in the late stages of a PhD in Philosophy at Western Sydney University, centred on a critique of the conception of secularity and the legitimation of secularism. He is also an active member of the Muslim community in Sydney, Australia with over fifteen years of engagement in grassroots Islamic activism and apologetics, as well considerable engagement with mainstream Australian print, radio, and television media.