Imtiyaz Yusuf
Former Senior Fellow
Dr. Imtiyaz Yusuf is currently non-Resident Research Fellow at the Center for Contemporary Islamic World (CICW), Shenandoah University, Leesburg, USA. Formerly, he was an Associate Professor and the Coordinator for the Islamization of Knowledge Program and also the Islam and Buddhism Program at the International Institute of Islamic Thought and Civilisation (ISTAC-IIUM) in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Dr. Yusuf specializes in the study of Religion with a focus on Muslim Buddhist relations and dialogue, Islam in Thailand and Southeast Asia.
Dr. Yusuf โs recent publications are: A Socially Engaged Global Muslim - Dr Jamal Al-Barzinji Felicitation Volume (Kuala Lumpur: Center for Islam in the Contemporary World at Shenandoah University, USA and Islamic Book Trust, Malaysia, 2023); with Pham Thuy Quynh, โBridging Tradition and Modernity in Thai Islam: The Political And Religious Roles Of Surin Pitsuwan (Abdul Halim)โ Al-Shajarah: Journal of the International Institute of Islamic Thought and Civilization (ISTAC) 28 (2023) 1:119-42; โNลซr Muแธฅammadฤซ, Muhammadan Light, and Amitฤbha/Amida Buddha, the Buddha of Infinite Light โ A Muslimโs Comparative Theological Perspectiveโ Buddhist-Christian Studies, vol. 42, October 2022, p. 347-358; โMuslims as Thailandโs Largest Religious Minorityโ in Routledge Handbook of Islam in Southeast Asia edited by Syed Muhammad Khairudin Aljunied (London: Routledge, 2022) pp. 234-249; โBuilding Muslim-Buddhist Understanding: The Parallels of Taqwa/Allah Consciousness in the Qurโan and Satipatthana/Mindfulness in Anapanasati Suttaโ in Overcoming Orientalism โ Essays in Honor of John L. Esposito edited by Tamara Sonn (New York: Oxford University Press, 2021) pp. 173-190; โIslamic Theology of Religious Pluralism: Building Islam-Buddhism Understandingโ in Pluralism in Islamic Contexts โ Ethics, Politics and Modern Challenges edited by Mohammed Hashas, (Springer Nature Switzerland AG, 2021) pp. 201-219; Essential Writings Ismail Al Faruqi (Kuala Lumpur: Center for Islam in the Contemporary World at Shenandoah University, USA and Islamic Book Trust, Malaysia, 2021); โA Muslimโs Reflections onย SaddharamapundariksutraโThe Lotus Sutraโ inย Buddhist-Christian Studiesย 40 (2020) pp. 79
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