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Al-Maktoum Institute for Arabic and Islamic Studies, About Us, Staff and Faculty

Acting Head, Department of the Study of Islam and Muslims

BA (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia) 1995

MA (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia) 1998

PhD (London) 2005

Research Interests

Core sources and approaches in the study of Islam and Muslims, Political Islam, Comparative politics, International relations, political thought, methodologies of tafsir and mufassirin, Islamic thought and matters related to Civilisational dialogue. Living in three Continents.

Background

Perspectives with a pool of expertise from different academic specialisms within humanities and coming from both Political Science and Islamic Studies backgrounds in particular Islamic Thought, my teachings interests include the following:

Core Sources and approaches in the Study of Islam and Muslims
Political Islam
Islam, Politics and International Relations
Postgraduate Research Methods in the study of Islam and Muslims

I previously worked as Lecturer of Human Sciences and Islamic Sciences, International Islamic University Malaysia and was also a Weekly Lecture at Islamic Outreach, Malaysia. Forum for Islamic Understanding). I worked as Member, Curriculum Development committee of the International School project, International Islamic University, Malaysia. I have embarked on translation of conference papers and some academic works from Arabic into English and vice versa. While, I was a full time lecturer at the International Islamic University Malaysia, I was at times assigned to translate some academic papers across a wide range of academic disciplines in human and social sciences.

Publications

1. 'Reflecting on Democratic Values and Principles of Gevernance in Islam' in International Journal of Muslim Unity, Kuala Lumpur, International Islamic University, Vol. 4, No. 1, August, 2006, pp. 11-44.

2. 'Challenges of Islamicjerusalem in Journal of Middle Eastern Geopolitics', Rome, Globe Research and publishing Srl, Vol. II, January - March, 2007, pp. 9-22.

Forthcoming

1. The Fallacy of the Inevitablity of Clash of Civilisations: A Common ground for Mutual Understanding and Co-Existence. it is currently being considered for publication.

2. Qua'anix Discourse on Peace and Plurality.

Getting in touch

Dr Alhagi Manta Drammeh
Al-Maktoum Institute for Arabic and Islamic Studies
124, Blackness Road
Dundee, DD1 5PE
Scotland, UK

Tel: +44 (0)1382 908070
Fax: +44 (0)1382 908077
E-mail: a.drammeh@almi.abdn.ac.uk

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