Shaykh Mirza Abbas

Biography

Publication

• Theological Instructions a contemporary text on Shi’a Theology of Ayatullah Misbah Yazdi
• A Discussion upon the Sufism and Shi’iaism, University of Birmingham 2012

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Shaykh Mohammad Saeed Bahmanpour

Biography

Advanced Seminary (Hawza) Studies & MA Sociology (Allameh Tabatabel) While turning in his studies from Mechanical Engineering at Queen Mary College to sociology at LSE he developed a deep interest in religious studies. This interest eventually led him to the seminary in Qum, the most renowned centre for Shiite studies where he was absorbed to different branches of Islamic studies. After progressing to the Advanced Seminary level, he was invited to teach at the University of Cambridge, department of Oriental Studies, where he taught for three years before moving to the Islamic College. Apart from his academic pursuit, he is interested in script writing. He is well known for writing the script for the acclaimed movie and television series St Mary.

Publication

• ‘Rationalisation and Muslim Identity, in Muslim Identity in the 21st Century’ article: London: 2000.
• Faraz-o-nasheebe aqlaniyyat. This book is based on the history and meaning of rationality, Persian,2000.
• Muslim Identity in the 21st Century. ed., London, 2001.
• Shajarehe tuba. This book is based on the life and times of Fatima, the daughter of the Prophet of Islam, Persian 2001 & English 2008.
• Ismailiyyah az gozashteh ta haal, This book is the history, beliefs and modern life of the Ismailis and Druzes, Kazemaini, Persian, 2007.
• The Book of Ali: the authenticity and extent of kitabu Ali, The Journal of Shi’a Islamic Studies, Vol. 1, London: ICAS, 2006.
• The Spiritual Status of Shiite Imams, The Journal of Shi’a Islamic Studies, Vol. 2, London: ICAS, 2008.
• Hawza Ilmiyya of Qum and Production of Religious Knowledge in the Contemporary Era, the Journal of Shi’a Islamic Studies, Vol. 3, London: ICAS, 2008.

Screenplays

• Mardan-e Angelus. A television sequel in 18 parts on the story of the Seven Sleepers,shown on Iranian national TV and some other Muslim countries, 1997.
• Mareyam-e muqaddas. A television sequel in 11 parts on the life of the Virgin Mary, 2001.
• Musa. A television sequel on the life of Prophet Moses in 30 parts presently being filmed.
• Rooze Baaraan. A movie screenplay, 2002.
• Blood of God. A screenplay on the tragic event of Karbala. 2007.

Supervision

• A Critical Analysis of Orientalist Assertions regarding the Inimitability of the Qur’an: Refutations in Modern Scholarship from the Literary Angle; MA dissertation.
• A study on the monotheistic conception of the divine acts through the methodology of “al-Qur’an bi-l-Qur’an” ; MA dissertation.

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N Bashir

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Amir De Martino

Name	Amir De Martino	Title/Position	Programme Leader for BA Islamic Studies
Department		Specialties	Islamic history, Theology, Contemporary Muslim societies, Education
Contact Email	a.demartino@islamic-college.ac.uk	Contact Number

Biography

Amir De Martino is an Italian-born holding an MA in Islamic Studies from The Islamic College and a combined BA degree in Persian Language and Studies of Religion from SOAS –University of London. His Master dissertation was on: The development of ʿĀshūrāʾ rituals in Shiʿa Islam.

Amir De Martino was trained in Islamic classical studies at the Hawzah Imam Hussein – London (prior to its merger with the Islamic College for Advanced Studies). In 2010 he obtained a PGCE in Social Research Methods from the department of Education at Roehampton University as part of his preparation for doctoral studies. He has taught Islamic History modules and others various modules at the Islamic College for over a decade. At present, he is the programme leader of the BA (Honours) in Islamic Studies programme offered in partnership with Middlesex University. Amir De Martino is also a member of the Westminster’s SACRE (Standing Advisory Council on Religious Education).

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H A Di Palma

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Graduated from the Hawza Ilmiyya of London, then pursued advanced classical studies at the Hawza Ilmiyya of Damascus and Qum.  He holds BA and MA degree in Islamic Studies, and certifications from the Language Institute of Damascus University. He taught Tafsir classes in Rome for over three years and supervised academic dissertations on various branches of Islamic Sciences. He participated in many International Conferences on Contemporary Issues in Muslim Societies and received awards from different Universities and Institutions. He is also the President of Imam Mahdi Islamic Association since 2005 and have provided pastoral training since 2012.

Publication

• Le qualita’ degli sciiti (The Qualities of the Shias, annotated translation of the Sifat al-Shia of Shaykh al-Saduq, Italian, 2010).
• Lettera a Malik al-Ashtar (Letter to Malik al-Ashtar, annotated translation, Italian, 2012).
• Esegesi della sura Ya Sin (Exegesis of Sura Ya Sin, Italian, 2011).
• Spiritualita’ islamica (Islamic Spirituality, Italian, 2013).
• Invocazioni scelte (Selected Invocations, Co-Translator and co-Editor, Italian, 2015).

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Alexander Khaleeli

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“Desire of the Aspirant” (published by ICAS Press)

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A H Al-Hakim

Name	A. H. Al-Hakim	Title/Position	Senior Lecturer
Department		Specialties	Islamic Jurisprudence Islamic History
Contact Email	ah.alakim@islamic-college.ac.uk	Contact Number

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M Al-Hilli

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E Al-Hilli

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Dr Amina Inloes

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Amina Inloes received an MA in Islamic Studies from the Islamic College in 2009. She also holds an MA in Teaching and is a qualified teacher who has taught physics and mathematics. She is the managing editor for the Journal of Shi’a Islamic Studies. She has also studied in the hawzah of al-Najaf al-Ashraf and briefly in Qom.

Publication

Articles

• “A Muslim Reflection on Dangerous Games: What the Moral Panic over Role-Playing Games Says about Play, Religion, and Imagined Worlds”, in The American Journal of Islamic Social Sciences, vol. 33, no. 3 (2016), pp. 104-115.
• “Was Imam ʿAli a Misogynist?: The Portrayal of Women in Nahj al-Balaghah and Kitab Sulaym ibn Qays”, in in Journal of Shiʿa Islamic Studies, vol. 8, no. 2 (2015), pp. 325-365.
• “Racial ‘Othering’ in Shiʿi Sacred History: Jawn ibn Huwayy ‘the African Slave’, and the Ethnicities of the Twelve Imams”, in Journal of Shiʿa Islamic Studies, vol. 7, no. 2 (2014), pp. 411-439.
• Inloes and L. Takim, “Conversion to Twelver Shiʿism among American and Canadian women”, in Studies in Religion, vol. 43, no. 1 (2014).
• “The Queen of Sheba in Shiʿa Hadith”, in Journal of Shiʿa Islamic Studies, vol. 5, no. 4 (2012).
• “Mukhtar al-Thaqafi: Character versus Controversy” in the Journal of Shiʿa Islamic Studies, vol. 2, no. 2 (2009), pp. 181-193.

Short contributions

• “Khadijah bint Khuwaylid”, in The Islamic World: An Encyclopedia of History, Culture and Society, ed. Gordon Newby and James Ciment (Armonk, NY: Sharpe, forthcoming).
• Advisor and contributor to This is Islam: From Muhammad and the Community of Believers to Islam in the Global Community by J. Elias (Great Barrington, MA: Berkshire, 2010).

Translations and annotations

• John Davenport, An Apology for Mohammed and the Qurʾan, ed. and introduced by Amina Inloes (London: Islamic Centre of England, 2013).
• Mulla Muhsin Fayd Kashani, Spiritual Mysteries and Ethical Secrets: A Translation of al-Haqaʾiq fi Makarim al-Akhlaq, trans. Amina Inloes, Nazmina Virjee, and Muhammad Tajri (London: ICAS Press, 2012).
• Adaptation into English of the historical fiction novel The Idols Will Fall: The Story of the Seven Sleepers of the Cave by M. S. Bahmanpour (London: ICAS Press, 2009).

Book Reviews

• Magic in Islam by Michael Muhammad Knight, in American Journal of Islamic Social Sciences (forthcoming, 2016).
• Female Personalities in the Qurʾan and Sunna by Rawand Osman, in American Journal of Islamic Social Sciences, vol. 32, no. 4 (2015), pp. 100-104.
• Teaching Arabs, Writing Self: Memoirs of an Arab-American Woman by Evelyn Shakir, in American Journal of Islamic Social Sciences, vol. 32, no. 2 (2015), pp. 126-129.
• The ʿAlids: The First Family of Islam, 750-1200 by Teresa Bernheimer, in American Journal of Islamic Social Sciences, vol. 31, no. 3 (2014), pp. 119-122.
• Shiʿism: A Religion of Protest by Hamid Dabashi, in Journal of Shiʿa Islamic Studies, vol. 6, no. 3 (2013), pp. 347-354.
• The Shiʿa Revival by Vali Nasr in the Journal of Shiʿa Islamic Studies, vol. 1, no. 4 (2008), pp. 114-117.

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Shaykh Mohammed Ali Ismail

Name	Shaykh Mohammed Ali Ismail	Title/Position	Director of Research and Publications
Department	Research and Publications	Specialties	Quran and Hadith, Islamic Law
Contact Email	m.ismail@islamic-college.ac.uk	Contact Number	020 8438 1206

Biography

Shaykh Mohammed Ali Ismail, from Peterborough, graduated in Law. He then went to Qum, Iran where he studied in the Hawza for ten years, specialising in Qur’an and Hadith Studies. While in Qum, he regularly taught on short courses and was Manager of the World Federation Islamic Education Board’s Qum Office for three years. Having graduated from the Hawza in 2007, he went on to qualify as a professional teacher by completing the Post Graduate Certificate in Education at the University of Portsmouth.

He then moved to Damascus, Syria where for two years he taught and trained future Ministers of Religion at the Islamic Institute for Post Graduate Studies. Shaykh Mohammed Ali resettled in the UK in 2010 and is currently Director of Research and Publications and a senior lecturer and editor at The Islamic College. He also conducts Personal Development Courses in Islamic fields of study and lectures in Islamic centres.

Publications

• Islamic Laws (an annotated translation of the Tawdih al-Masa’il of al-Sayyid Ali al-Husayni al-Sistani). Volume Two: Transactions. (2017). London: The World Federation
• ‘A Comparative Study of Islamic Feminist and Traditional Shi‘i Approaches to Qur’anic Exegesis’, in the Journal of Shi‘a Islamic Studies, vol. 9, no. 2 (Spring 2016). London: ICAS Press.
• Desire of the Aspirant: On the Etiquette of the Teacher and the Student. (2016). London: ICAS Press. (Co-editor)
• Islamic Laws (an annotated translation of the Tawdih al-Masa’il of al-Sayyid Ali al-Husayni al-Sistani). Volume One: Ritual Acts of Worship. (2015). London: The World Federation
• ‘The Spiritual Aspects of Hajj: A Translation of Imam Zayn al-‘Abidin’s (A) Discourse on Hajj with al-Shibli’, in the Journal of Shi‘a Islamic Studies, vol. 7, no. 3 (Summer 2014). London: ICAS Press.
• Caravan of the Sun: A play about the captives of Karbala (2014). London: MIU Press. (Editor)
• ‘Understanding the Qur’an in the Light of Nahj al-Balaghah’ in Humanity and Politics in the Nahj al-Balagha. (2013). Peterborough: Islamic Thought
• Faith and Reason (2006). London: The World Federation. (Co-translator)
• ‘The Meaning of the Word ‘Mawla’ in the Sermon of Ghadir’ in Ghadir in Different Nations. (2003). Qum: Dalil-i Ma

Supervision

• ‘A critical examination of the extent of a wife’s obedience towards her husband in light of the rights of women in Islamic law.’ MA dissertation, 2015.

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Dr Isa Jahangir

Name	Dr Isa Jahangir	Title/Position	Principle
Department		Specialties	Quran and Hadith, Islamic Law
Contact Email	i.jahangir@islamic-college.ac.uk	Contact Number

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Dr Nehad Khanfar

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Seyed Jalal Masoomi

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Dr Mohammad Ebrahim Mesbahi

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Dr M Mesbahi holds a PhD in Medical Tomography, and a great number of his academic papers and publications under SPIE, NI&M, JNM and IEEE are based on that theme. Nevertheless Islamic Education in the West and its complexities has also featured high in his list of priorities and has recently been central to his work. Based on his interest of teaching of Islam in the mainstream education as well as Islamic schools and colleges, Dr Mesbahi has taken part in the development of undergraduate and postgraduate degrees and diplomas under the Middlesex Collaborative scheme. He has also authored the module text book for “Minorities, Rights and the Law”, SCATE formatted and aimed at on-line education.  Dr Mesbahi’s next conference papers will be “Movement and Migration in the Middle East: People and Ideas in Flux” and his most recent published work is titled “Global Citizenship: The challenges of Muslim Migration to Europe”. On a different note Dr Mesbahi is also known in the Muslim community for his expertise on Traditional astronomical sciences of “Nujum and Hay’at”. He has published many works in the field of Islamic astronomy and has a dedicated web site on Taghweem.

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Prof Fazil Milani

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Educated in the Najaf Seminary of the late Ayatollah Al-Hakim and Ayatollah Al Khoei, Professor Milani is a graduate of the Universities of Beirut, Baghdad and Oxford. With over thirty years of experience in teaching Islamic Studies, particularly Islamic Law and Jurisprudence and Islamic Theology, he was appointed as a Professor by the University of Amman. Professor Milani is the Dean of the International University of Islamic Studies and the head of Islamic Law and Jurisprudence at the Islamic College.

Publication

• Frequently Asked Questions on Islam, London, 2000.
• Commentary on the Qur’anic Chapter of Night Journey, London, 2002.

Supervision

• The Islamic Common Market, MPhil 2007.
• Marital Dispute and Divorce, MPhil 2007.
• Genetic Engineering and Cloning, MPhil 2007.
• The Islamic Attitude to Political Activity, PhD 2007.
• The Islamic Law Attitude to Terrorism, PhD 2007.

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Prof Ali Paya

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Educated at the Sharif University of Technology (Electronic Engineering), University of Tehran (Philosophy) and the University of London (Philosophy of Science), Ali Paya is a Professor of Philosophy at the Islamic College (London), Professor of Philosophy of Science at the Sciences and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University (Tehran), and Senior Advisor at the Institute for Work Based Learning, Middlesex University (London). Among publications, Analytic Philosophy: Problems and Prospects received the award for the best philosophical book of 2003 in Iran. His most recent publications include, Iraq, Democracy, and the Future of the Muslim World (co-editor 2012), The Misty Land of Ideas and the Light of Dialogue: An Anthology of Comparative Philosophy: Western & Islamic (editor, 2014), A Critical Pathology of the Social Sciences and Humanities in Iran (co-author, 2015), Analytic Philosophy from a Critical Rationalist Point of View (2016), Habermas and Iranian Intellectuals (co-author 2016), and Islam, Modernity and a New Millennium: Themes from a Critical Rationalist Reading of Islam (2017).

For a full CV of Prof. Paya click HERE

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Sheikh A Rashid

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S T J Razvi

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E Al-Salami

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I Al-Shamma

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Assoc Prof M A Shomali

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S T Wasti

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Dr Mohammad Zakaria

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Mohammad Zakaria is a graduate of the Hawza ‘Ilmiyyah where he studied traditional Islamic sciences. He holds two further postgraduate degrees, the first from Jami’at al-Muntazar and the second from the Islamic College. Currently he is in the final year of a Doctorate of Education programme of study at Brunel University.

Publication

• Racism and Education: Black masculinity, street culture and exclusion from education (2006).
• Racism and education: a timeline (2006).
• The Quiet Revolution: perceptions of the Shi‘a and GCSE Religious Studies Syllabi (2003).
• The history of Religion in Europe (2006).
• Muslims in Britain: a Historical and Theological approach (2005).
• Teaching A-Level Religious Studies (Islam) to a group of both Sunni and Shi‘a students, at the Islamic College for Advanced Studies (2006).
• Using Sophie’s World as a means of introducing philosophy to A-Level religious studies (Islam) students (2004).

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