Shaykh Rafiq Sufi is the Chair of the Lancashire Council of Mosques. He studied and graduated in 1992 in one of the most recognized Islamic Institution in England, Darul-Uloom al-Arabiyya al-Islamiyya. As well as becoming an Alim (Scholar), Shaykh Rafiq also memorised the Qur’an in different methods of recitation (Qari).