Abdullah Drury is a PhD candidate with Victoria University of Wellington and a University of Waikato MPhil graduate, researching the history of the New Zealand Muslim community. He also holds a BA in History and a Master of Arts with First Class Honours in History from the University of Waikato. He has served as Guest Lecturer on behalf of the University of Waikato’s Religious Studies Programme’s undergraduate course Islam & the West. He is the author of „Islam in New Zealand: A Short History of the New Zealand Muslim Association.“ He reviewed a wide range of books on the subject of Islam in „Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations“ and „The Muslim World Book Review“. Drury has written multiple newspaper and academic articles on history and Islam. He is also a founding member of the Waikato Islamic Studies group and edited the online Review for several years. He held the position of Communications Officer for the Federation of Islamic Associations of New Zealand between 1999 and 2002 and served as the FIANZ’s South Island Halal Supervisor between 2002 and 2003.