He is the group editor of Madhyamam Daily-Mediaone,[1][2] and has authored books on Islam and issues facing the Muslim community in India.

[5] He then moved back to India and joined the Chennamagalore Islahiya College as its Principal in 1982.

Abdulrahman is an activist of Jamaat-e-Islami Hind who is known for his speeches on different topics at various seminars, public meetings.

He is a member of Board of Studies, Journalism Department, University of Calicut and General Council, Kerala Press Academy.

He served as a member of the 15-member expert committee led by Dr. KN Panikker to advise the Government on the controversial Seventh Standard Social Sciences Textbook syllabus.