Dr. Darrat pursued his formal education in engineering.  He obtained his Doctorate of Engineering from the Technological University of Berlin (West).  He also obtained the degree Dipl. Wirt.-Ing. (MS in Engineering Economics) from the University of Siegen, West Germany.  He pursued his informal education in Arabic and Islamic studies for over 30 years as student, educator, administrator and activist in many West European Islamic Institutions before he joined UK in January 1996.  He specializes in The Qur'an, the Sunnah (Tradition of Prophet Mohammed), and their relevance to contemporary societies; Islamic resurgence and contemporary revival movements; Islam and Muslims in the West.