Mohammed is the founding Chief Executive Officer of the Forum Against Islamophobia and Racism and the British Muslim Research Centre. His appointment as a CRE commissioner was made in January 2004.

He completed his LLB (Hons) and LLM at UCL, University of London and was called to the Bar by the Honourable Society of Gray's Inn in 1996. He has worked as a youth and community worker, research assistant and health advocacy officer, education social worker, schoolteacher and FE college lecturer, local government lawyer and policy/project development officer.

Presently a director of FaithWise Ltd, Mohammed is an advisor to the Muslim Council of Britain. He is also a member of the government's steering group on the Commission for Equality and Human Rights, a board member of the European Network against Racism (ENAR), and trustee of several voluntary sector organisations including the East London Mosque and London Muslim Centre.

Mohammed specialises in religious discrimination and provides specialist advice in this area to various government departments and statutory agencies.