Mohammad Hashim Kamali محمد هاشم کمالي | |
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Born |
Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan | 7 February 1944
Occupation | Islamic scholar |
Mohammad Hashim Kamali ( Pashto/ Dari: محمد هاشم کمالي ; born 7 February 1944) is an Afghan Islamic scholar and former professor of law at the International Islamic University of Malaysia. He taught Islamic law and jurisprudence between 1985 and 2004. [1] One author has described him as "the most widely read living author on Islamic law in the English language." [2]
Kamali studied his BA at University of Kabul and completed his LL.M.. in comparative law from The London School of Economics and Political Science, and a PhD in Islamic and Middle Eastern law at the University of London, 1969–1976. [1]
Kamali served as Professor of Islamic law and jurisprudence at the International Islamic University Malaysia, and also as Dean of the International Institute of Islamic Thought & Civilisation (ISTAC) from 1985 to 2007. [3] He currently is the chairman of the Institute for Law and Society (ILSAF). [4]
Mohammad Hashim Kamali محمد هاشم کمالي | |
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Born |
Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan | 7 February 1944
Occupation | Islamic scholar |
Mohammad Hashim Kamali ( Pashto/ Dari: محمد هاشم کمالي ; born 7 February 1944) is an Afghan Islamic scholar and former professor of law at the International Islamic University of Malaysia. He taught Islamic law and jurisprudence between 1985 and 2004. [1] One author has described him as "the most widely read living author on Islamic law in the English language." [2]
Kamali studied his BA at University of Kabul and completed his LL.M.. in comparative law from The London School of Economics and Political Science, and a PhD in Islamic and Middle Eastern law at the University of London, 1969–1976. [1]
Kamali served as Professor of Islamic law and jurisprudence at the International Islamic University Malaysia, and also as Dean of the International Institute of Islamic Thought & Civilisation (ISTAC) from 1985 to 2007. [3] He currently is the chairman of the Institute for Law and Society (ILSAF). [4]