عمل في السلك الدبلوماسي في وزارة خارجية ترينيداد وتوباغو ولكنه استقال في عام 1985 ليكرس حياته من أجل خدمة الإسلام.
He worked for several years as a Foreign Service Officer in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Government of Trinidad and Tobago but gave up his job in 1985 to devote his life to the mission of Islam.