Summary: Islamic theology Quranic studies Hadith studies contemporary sectarian polemics
Location: Michael Sadler Building
I received my doctoral in the Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies, College of Exeter, that was completed underneath the supervision of Professor Ian Netton (examined by Professor Hugh Goddard and Professor Robert Gleave). My thesis is definitely an analytical search for the influence of medieval theology on contemporary scholastic traditionalism within Sunni Islam. Intra-Sunni sectarian polemics being an emerging section of study is comparatively untrammelled terrain instead of sectarian violence. An in depth mapping from the theological topography in the genesis of Sunni ‘orthodoxy’ towards the contemporary scholastic traditionalist trends from the Barelw, Deoband, Ahl-i-adth and Wahhb schools, from the backdrop of Sufi-Salafi contestation, is timely. Concern regarding growing extremism motivated Muslim Ulam’, academics and political leaders to produce unity initiatives like the Amman Message and also the Sunni Pledge targeted at coping with sectarian in-fighting but for the purpose of delineating ‘orthodoxy’. The theological grounds for these neo-credos could be described as doctrinal ‘minimalism’. Minimalism is really a growing social construction of scholastic traditionalists by which the warring factions are trying to salvage the historic continuity with ‘orthodoxy’. My thesis examines the theological veracity of the project and explores its doctrinal, methodological and ethical facets.
My major research interests have been in kalm -theology with particular focus on the sectarian dynamics within Sunni scholastic traditionalism.
I’m particularly thinking about parochial theological trends inside the Indian-Sub continent and also the influence of Shah Waliullah (d. 1762) around the Barelw, Deoband and Ahl-i-adth movements and just how they can fit within the broader Sufi–Salafi divide. Additionally, I’m researching the extent of Iqbal’s effect on Sub-continent modernism. I’m also going through the influence of Murji’ite anti-orthopraxy on Mturdite theology and it is relevance to contemporary Muslim secularity, religiosity and identity politics. Apart from everything theological, I’ve an enthusiastic curiosity about Arabic prosody (ilm al-ar ) and am creating a text book about this incredibly wealthy subject.
I’ve got a background both in academia and traditional Islamic studies. For this finish, I’ve stayed studying Arabic language, Islamic law, theology, mysticism, legal theory and Quranic and Hadith studies in Mauritania and Egypt. My BA, caused by the College of Leeds, was at Arabic Islamic Studies (1 st class).
I educate the next modules:
ARAB 1100: Summary of Islamic Theology
ARAB 1055: Summary of the center East (module convenor)
ARAB 2080: Qur’nic Studies
ARAB 3170: adth Studies: History, Critique and Canonisation
ARAB 3200: Arabic Dissertation
ARAB 5400M: adth Studies: History, Critique and Canonisation
I’d welcome PhD proposals in areas associated with Islamic theology, Qur’nic Studies and adth. I’m presently supervising the next PhD candidates:
Mohammed Abed, ‘The Traditions of al-Mahd and the Imamate between al-Kf and also the Six Books of Sunni Islam: The Contribution of al-Kf towards the Formulation of Twelver Shi’ism’.
Sitara Akram, ‘Riba Revisited: A Family history and genealogical Study’.
UG and PG Exams Officer
Conferences and Talks
14 October 2015: ‘Teaching Medieval Texts: Methodological Concerns, Practical Solutions’, AIMES Public Lecture, College of Leeds.
6 This summer 2015: Asked speaker: ‘In Search of Synthetic Scholasticism: Sayyid Mufti Amm al-Isn and Imam Abd al-Laf Chaudhry (Phl Tal)’, Baitul Aman Mosque, Bradford.
25 April 2015: Asked Speaker: ‘Islamic Legal Methods: Study of Sadd al-dhar’i, Ijtihd and Fatw ‘, ‘Journey through Ul’ seminar series, Madinatul Uloom, Bradford.
The ‘Ammiyya Critical Madrasa Texts Series’ is really a workshop available to students thinking about study regarding medieval Islamic seminary texts. The training includes texts on various disciplines trained within the Indian Dars-i-Nizmmadrasa and also the West African maara.
2016 College of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT
Summary: Islamic theology Quranic studies Hadith studies contemporary sectarian polemics
Location: Michael Sadler Building
I received my doctoral in the Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies, College of Exeter, that was completed underneath the supervision of Professor Ian Netton (examined by Professor Hugh Goddard and Professor Robert Gleave). My thesis is definitely an analytical search for the influence of medieval theology on contemporary scholastic traditionalism within Sunni Islam. Intra-Sunni sectarian polemics being an emerging section of study is comparatively untrammelled terrain instead of sectarian violence. An in depth mapping from the theological topography in the genesis of Sunni ‘orthodoxy’ towards the contemporary scholastic traditionalist trends from the Barelw, Deoband, Ahl-i-adth and Wahhb schools, from the backdrop of Sufi-Salafi contestation, is timely. Concern regarding growing extremism motivated Muslim Ulam’, academics and political leaders to produce unity initiatives like the Amman Message and also the Sunni Pledge targeted at coping with sectarian in-fighting but for the purpose of delineating ‘orthodoxy’. The theological grounds for these neo-credos could be described as doctrinal ‘minimalism’. Minimalism is really a growing social construction of scholastic traditionalists by which the warring factions are trying to salvage the historic continuity with ‘orthodoxy’. My thesis examines the theological veracity of the project and explores its doctrinal, methodological and ethical facets.
My major research interests have been in kalm -theology with particular focus on the sectarian dynamics within Sunni scholastic traditionalism. I’m particularly thinking about parochial theological trends inside the Indian-Sub continent and also the influence of Shah Waliullah (d. 1762) around the Barelw, Deoband and Ahl-i-adth movements and just how they can fit within the broader Sufi–Salafi divide. Additionally, I’m researching the extent of Iqbal’s effect on Sub-continent modernism. I’m also going through the influence of Murji’ite anti-orthopraxy on Mturdite theology and it is relevance to contemporary Muslim secularity, religiosity and identity politics. Apart from everything theological, I’ve an enthusiastic curiosity about Arabic prosody (ilm al-ar ) and am creating a text book about this incredibly wealthy subject.
I’ve got a background both in academia and traditional Islamic studies. For this finish, I’ve stayed studying Arabic language, Islamic law, theology, mysticism, legal theory and Quranic and Hadith studies in Mauritania and Egypt. My BA, caused by the College of Leeds, was at Arabic Islamic Studies (1 st class).
I educate the next modules:
ARAB 1100: Summary of Islamic Theology
ARAB 1055: Summary of the center East (module convenor)
ARAB 2080: Qur’nic Studies
ARAB 3170: adth Studies: History, Critique and Canonisation
ARAB 3200: Arabic Dissertation
ARAB 5400M: adth Studies: History, Critique and Canonisation
I’d welcome PhD proposals in areas associated with Islamic theology, Qur’nic Studies and adth. I’m presently supervising the next PhD candidates:
Mohammed Abed, ‘The Traditions of al-Mahd and the Imamate between al-Kf and also the Six Books of Sunni Islam: The Contribution of al-Kf towards the Formulation of Twelver Shi’ism’.
Sitara Akram, ‘Riba Revisited: A Family history and genealogical Study’.
UG and PG Exams Officer
Conferences and Talks
14 October 2015: ‘Teaching Medieval Texts: Methodological Concerns, Practical Solutions’, AIMES Public Lecture, College of Leeds.
6 This summer 2015: Asked speaker: ‘In Search of Synthetic Scholasticism: Sayyid Mufti Amm al-Isn and Imam Abd al-Laf Chaudhry (Phl Tal)’, Baitul Aman Mosque, Bradford.
25 April 2015: Asked Speaker: ‘Islamic Legal Methods: Study of Sadd al-dhar’i, Ijtihd and Fatw ‘, ‘Journey through Ul’ seminar series, Madinatul Uloom, Bradford.
The ‘Ammiyya Critical Madrasa Texts Series’ is really a workshop available to students thinking about study regarding medieval Islamic seminary texts. The training includes texts on various disciplines trained within the Indian Dars-i-Nizmmadrasa and also the West African maara.
2016 College of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT