Abdul Satar Sirat is an Islamic Scholar and former Afghan Justice Minister.
Education
Bachelor"s degree in Islamic Studies from Kabul University
He has two masters first one in Islamic Sharia law and theology from Egypt, second from International Law.
Completed under-graduate courses in Law at, New York
Doctor of Philosophy in Islamic Studies from Pacific Western University, California.
Career
Satar Sirat served as the Dean of Faculty of Islamic Studies at Kabul University from 1964 to 1969. In 1969, he was appointed as the Minister of Justice of Afghanistan until King Zahir Shah was deposed in 1973. In 1990, he was sent by Shah to Saudi Arabia and Islamabad, Pakistan for discussions on how to end the Afghan conflict.
In 2000, Sirat lived in Jedda, Saudi Arabia and taught Islamic Studies at the King Abdulaziz University.