Abdullah Hamidaddin

Assistant Secretary-General for Scientific Affairs

Dr Abdullah Hamidaddin is Assistant Secretary-General for Scientific Affairs at the King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Studies in Riyadh and a researcher in religious and intellectual studies. His work addresses the sociology of religiosity, transformations in contemporary religious discourse, and questions of secularity and belief in the Arab context. He oversees the centre's research programmes, scholarly publications and international academic partnerships, and has published widely in these fields, taking part in seminars and conferences on the study of religion as a social phenomenon.