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Dr. Dheen Mohamed

Professor of Comparative Religion

Email

dmohammed@hbku.edu.qa

Phone

+974 44546573

Office location

C.02.007

Dr. Dheen Mohamed

Professor of Comparative Religion

Educational Qualifications

PhD in Theology and Philosophy

MA in Theology and Philosophy

Entity

College of Islamic Studies

Program

Master of Arts in Contemporary Islamic Studies

Divison

Muhammad Bin Hamad Al Thani Center for Muslim Contribution to Civilization (CMCC)

Islamic Studies

Biography

Dr. Dheen Mohamed is a Professor of Comparative Religion at CIS. He was previously a Professor and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs in the College of Sharia and Islamic Studies at Qatar University. He has also taught at the International Islamic University in Pakistan, where he was the Dean of the Faculty of Islamic Studies and Head of the Department of Comparative Religion. He is Sri Lankan-born, where he did his initial Islamic studies before enrolling at Al-Azhar University in Cairo and earning his bachelor's and master's degrees, followed by his doctorate in comparative religion.

 

PhD in Theology and Philosophy

Al-Azhar University

1988

MA in Theology and Philosophy

Al-Azhar University

1982

BA (Hons.) in Theology and Philosophy

Al-Azhar University

1978

Maulavi (Aalim)

Eastern Arabic College, Addalachenai, Sri Lanka

1973

  • Comparative Religion
  • Comparative Mysticism
  • Islamic Philosophy
  • Modern Thought
  • Contemporary Islam

Professor of Comparative Religion

Muhammad Bin Hamad Al Thani Center for Muslim Contribution to Civilization (CMCC), CIS, HBKU

2013 – Present

Professor of Comparative Religion

CIS, HBKU

2013 – Present

Professor of Comparative Religion

Department of Dawa and Islamic Culture, College of Shariah and Islamic Studies, Qatar University

2009 – 2013

Associate Professor

Department of Dawa and Islamic Culture, College of Shariah and Islamic Studies, Qatar University

2004 – 2009

Associate Professor

Department of Comparative Religion, Faculty of Usuluddin (Islamic Studies), International Islamic University Islamabad

2001 – 2004

Assistant Professor

Department of Comparative Religion, Faculty of Usuluddin (Islamic Studies), International Islamic University Islamabad

1990 – 2001

Researcher Assistant

Islamic Research Academy, Al-Azhar University, Cairo

1989 – 1990

Lecturer

Department of Cultural Studies, Eastern University, Sri Lanka

1988 – 1989

Teacher

Government Secondary School, Anuradapura, Sri Lanka

1974 – 1976

Teacher

Eastern Arabic College, Addalachenai, Sri Lanka

1973 – 1974

BOOKS
  • Istanbul: Endulus Kitap.
  • Istanbul: Endulus Kitap.
  • Istanbul: Endulus Kitap.
BOOK CHAPTERS
  • In Marshall, D., & Mosher, L. (Eds.), Prayer: Christian and Muslim Perspectives. Washington DC: Georgetown University Press.
  • رابطة الجامعات الإسلامية، في ست مجلدات، الدراسات الإسلامية في الغرب: دراسة نقدية تحليلية
JOURNAL ARTICLES
  • الأفكار (مجلة العقيدة والفكر الإسلامي، قسم العقيدة والفكر الإسلامي، أكاديمية الدراسات الإسلامية في جامعة ملايا، يونيو 2019، المجلد 21، العدد 1. (مفرس في سكوبس)
  • The Muslim World. 107.
  • دينيكا، مجلة الدراسات الإسلامية، مؤسسة أجاما إسلام نيجيري سوكارتا، إندونيسيا، المجلد 2، العدد 3
  • حولية كلية الشريعة والدراسات الإسلامية، العدد 25، 2007م، الدوحة
  • مجلة الدراسات الإسلامية سبتمبر 2008م، المجلد 43، العدد الثالث، مجمع البحوث الإسلامية، إسلام آباد
  • حولية كلية الشريعة والدراسات الإسلامية، العدد 24، 2006م، الدوحة
  • حولية الجامعة الإسلامية العالمية - العدد 13 و14، لعام 2005-2006م
  • Idem. Unholy War: Terror in the Name of Islam. Islamic Studies, 43 (1). Islamabad: Islamic Research Institute.
  • Al-Hawliah, 10. Islamabad: International Islamic University.
  • مجلة الدراسات الإسلامية، مجمع البحوث الإسلامية، الجامعة الإسلامية العالمية بإسلام آباد، المجلة 53، العدد 3
OTHERS
  • Colombo, Sri Lanka.
  • Journal of the Rifaiyyah Arabic College. [Keynote address delivered at the 3rd Convocation of the Rifaiyyah Arabic College]. Sri Lanka.
  • Year Book of Vilegama Arabic College. Sri Lanka.
  • الصيام الإيمان والرؤية الكونية الإسلامية، جريدة الوطن، رمضان 1433
  • الصيام والطريق إلى الاستقامة، جريدة الوطن، رمضان 1433
  • Sri Lanka: Lake House Publications.
  • Kala Magazine. Art Council of Sri Lanka.
  • [In memory of Swami’s historical lecture at the World Parliament of Religions in Chicago in 1894]. Sri Lanka: Vivekananda Malar, Ramakrishna Mission. [In Tamil].