Dr. Abdulhamid Zaroum
Associate Professor
Department of Fiqh and Usul al-Fiqh
AbdulHamid AbuSulayman Kulliyyah of Islamic Revealed Knowledge and Human Sciences
International Relations, Al-Alaqat Al-Dawliyyah Fi A-Islam, Quranic Studies, Contemporary Issues in Islamic Jurisprudence, Peace & War Studies, Cooperation of Civilizations
Biography: Dr.Abdulhamid Mohamed Ali Zaroum is an Associate Professor at the Kulliyah of Islamic Revealed Knowledge at International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM). He has taught more than 24 courses at both undergraduate as well as postgraduate levels. and actively engaged in research. He was a lecturer of Quranic Studies, Faculty of Quranic & Sunnah Studies, USIM (2011), a Political Analyst and Translator, Embassy of the State of Qatar, Malaysia (2009-2011), a teacher of Arabic Language, International Modern Arab School Malaysia (IMAS) (2008), teacher of Islamic Studies and Arabic Language, International Islamic School Malaysia (2002-2007), a teacher of Islamic Studies and Arabic Language, Integrated Islamic College (IIC) Malaysia (1999-2001). Currently, he is a course coordinator anmore...
Biography: Dr.Abdulhamid Mohamed Ali Zaroum is an Associate Professor at the Kulliyah of Islamic Revealed Knowledge at International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM). He has taught more than 24 courses at both undergraduate as well as postgraduate levels. and actively engaged in research. He was a lecturer of Quranic Studies, Faculty of Quranic & Sunnah Studies, USIM (2011), a Political Analyst and Translator, Embassy of the State of Qatar, Malaysia (2009-2011), a teacher of Arabic Language, International Modern Arab School Malaysia (IMAS) (2008), teacher of Islamic Studies and Arabic Language, International Islamic School Malaysia (2002-2007), a teacher of Islamic Studies and Arabic Language, Integrated Islamic College (IIC) Malaysia (1999-2001). Currently, he is a course coordinator and a member of several committees at the departmental level. Before this, he was the Head of the Department of Students Activities, International Modern Arab School Malaysia (IMAS) (2008) and Head, Department of Islamic Revealed Knowledge, International Islamic School Malaysia (2006-2007) during which he initiated and subsequently, was appointed as the coordinator of the first Quran Memorization Competition among local and international Islamic Schools in Malaysia (2005) and the coordinator of first Tilawah Competition (2006). Abdulhamid has published articles and poems in Eritrea, Sudan, Tunisia, Saudi Arabia Japan, and Malaysia. He has also presented papers in many local, regional, and international conferences, seminars, and workshops in Japan, Libya, Indonesia, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Brunei, and Malaysia. Abdulhamid is a reviewer of many international journals, supervised and examined tens of Ph.D. and Master Theses. He is a member of the Shura Council, Eritrean Ulama' League ( UK), and currently serving as its Secretary of Education Secretariat. He is a member of several academic and professional bodies including the International League of Islamic Literature (currently serving as the Information Secretary of the League, Malaysian Office), the International Union of Arab Academics ( Denmark), Eritrean Academics ( Malaysia), the Founder and first President of Eritrean Students League Malaysia ( 1996) the Founder and first President of Ma'had Anseba Islamic Institute Friends League ( 2007).
Qualifications: PhD in Sīyāsah Sharīʿiyyah (Islamic Political Science), Universiti Malaya; Master’s in Islamic Revealed Knowledge & Heritage (Qur’an & Sunnah Studies), IIUM; Bachelor’s in Human Sciences (Political Science), IIUM; Bachelor’s in IRKH (Qur’an & Sunnah Studies), IIUM; Certificate in Teaching Proficiency, Kulliyyah of Education, IIUM.
Latest Additions
- Fadlelseed, Munzir Mohieldin Fadlelmula and Zaroum, Abdulhamid Mohamed Ali (2025) دور الفقه في تحقيق أهداف التنمية المستدامة (SDGs) المناهضة للتمييز العنصري = The role of Islamic jurisprudence in achieving the anti-racial discrimination goals of Sustainable Development (SDGS). AL-ITQĀN: Journal of Islamic Sciences and Comparative Studies, 10 (1). pp. 20-41. E-ISSN 2600-8432
- Awad Jama, Deqa and Zaroum, Abdulhamid Mohamed Ali (2025) العادات الصومالية في الزواج: دراسة فقهيه تقويمية = Somali customs in marriage: a juristic evaluative study. In: القوامة في مواجهة التحديات الأسرية: التحديات والحلول. Islamic Book Trust Kuala Lumpur (IBT) & Contemporary Fiqh Research Unit (CFRU), IIUM, Kuala Lunpur, pp. 269-305.
- Hasin, Abdul Wasi and Zaroum, AbdulHamid Mohamed Ali (2025) Contemporary jurisprudential analysis of modern transportation's impact on rulings concerning unaccompanied female travel. In: القوامة في مواجهة التحديات الأسرية: التحديات والحلول. Islamic Book Trust Kuala Lumpur (IBT) & Contemporary Fiqh Research Unit (CFRU), IIUM, Kuala Lunpur, pp. 240-268.
- Zaroum, AbdulHamid Mohamed Ali and Salhab, Belal B.S. and Jiffry, Arafath Kareem (2024) الجهاد بين حروب الصلاح والإصلاح وحروب المطامع والمصالح: نحو بناء سلام عالمي في ضوء السياسة الشرعية = Al-Jihād between righteousness, reform, and wars of ambitions and interests: towards building global peace in light of Islamic political jurisprudence. Al-Itqān: Journal of Islamic Sciences and Comparative Studies, 9 (1). pp. 15-24. E-ISSN 26008432
- Zaroum, Abdulhamid Mohamed Ali and Salhab, Belal B.S. and Mohammed Jiffry, Arafath Careem (2024) تحديات العولمة الغربية للتعايش الحضاري والعلاقات الدولية: مقاربة إسلامية = Challenges of western globalization to civilizational coexistence and international relations: an Islamic approach. Al-Risalah: Journal of Islamic Revealed Knowledge and Human Sciences, 7 (2). pp. 226-257. E-ISSN 2600-8394
- Jiffry, Mohammed Arafath Careem Mohammed and Zaroum, AbdulHamid Mohamed Ali and Amanullah, Muhammad and Rahmani, Ataollah (2023) Why do Zakah institutions in Sri Lanka underperform? Journal of Islamic Economics and Finance Studies (JIEFeS), 4 (2). pp. 145-164. ISSN 2723 - 6749
- Hasin, Abdul Wasi and Zaroum, AbdulHamid Mohamed Ali (2022) الآثار الفقهية والنفسية لغياب أحد الزوجين على الحقوق الزوجية: دراسة تحليلية / The jurisprudential and psychological effects of the absence of one of the spouses on marital rights: an analytical study. Al-Hikmah: International Journal of Islamic Studies and Human Sciences, 5 (6). 428- 471. E-ISSN 2637-0581
- Qassim, Ahmed Waheed Ahmed and Zaroum, AbdulHamid Mohamed Ali (2022) مقاربات نقدية في موقف محمد شحرور من الإجماع الشرعي والقياس الأصولي = Critical Analysis of Muhammad Shahrour's Position on Sharia Consensus and Analogical Reasoning. Journal of Islamic Shariah, 2 (1). 63- 83. E-ISSN 2773-5915
- Shihan, Mohammad and Zaroum, Abdul Hamid Mohamed Ali (2022) Applying the Islamic law from the viewpoint of maqashid al-shariah: analyzing legal opinions of Sri Lankan muslim scholars. Asy-Syari'ah, 24 (1). pp. 1-18. ISSN 2086-9029 E-ISSN 2654-5675
- Jiffr, Mohammed Arafath Careem Mohammed and Zaroum, AbdulHamid Mohamed Ali and Awang, Abdul Bari (2022) توريث الطفل المتبنى في قانون الميراث الخاص بمسلمي سريلانكا: دراسة فقهية تحليلية = Inheritance of adopted child in Muslim intestate succession law of Sri Lanka: an analytical juristic study. Al Hikmah International Journal for Islamic Studies & Human Sciences, 5 (2). pp. 252-283. E-ISSN 2637 - 0581
- Idris, Idris Mahmoud and Elfatih, Abdelsalam Abdullahi and Zaroum, AbdulHamid Mohamed Ali (2021) The failure of former African liberation movements to transition to democracy after ascension to power: a descriptive analysis of eritrean people's liberation front. IIUM Journal of Human Sciences, 3 (2). pp. 68-77. ISSN 2682-8731
- Qassim, Ahmed Waheed Ahmed and Zaroum, AbdulHamid Mohamed Ali (2021) دعوى التجديد الديني الحداثي في الفقه الإسلامي: نظرات تحليلية في فكر محمد شحرور = The modernist religious renewal claim in Islamic jurisprudence: analytical insights into the thought of Muhammad Shahrour. Al-Risalah Journal of Islamic Revealed Knowledge and Human Sciences (ARJIHS), 5 (4). pp. 102-142. E-ISSN 2600-8394
- Shihan, Mohammad Shihan and Zaroum, AbdulHamid Mohamed Ali and Amanullah, Muhammad (2021) Universal maqäsid al-sharrah and their modern application: towards ensuring a peaceful and secured environment. Al-Hikmah International Journal for Islamic Studies & Human Sciences, 4 (4). pp. 466-495. E-ISSN 2637-0581
- Mahmoud Idris, Idris and Abdel Salam, El Fatih Abdullahi and Zaroum, AbdulHamid Mohamed Ali (2021) The role of political institutions in Africa in building democratic governments. Al - Hikmah International Journal for Islamic Studies & Human Sciences, 4 (3). pp. 436-451. E-ISSN 2637 - 0581
- Almabrok Husien, Ayoub Anwar and Abdel Salam, El Fatih Abdullahi and Zaroum, AbdulHamid Mohamed Ali (2021) إسهامات المجتمع الدولي في مكافحة ظاهرة الهجرة غير الشرعية = Contributions of the international community in combating the phenomenon of Illegal Immigration. Al - Hikmah International Journal for Islamic Studies & Human Sciences, 4 (3). pp. 360-388. E-ISSN 2637 - 0581
- Mohammad Shihan, Mohammad and Zaroum, AbdulHamid Mohamed Ali (2021) Family financial management: organizing the financial aspects of the family-based on Maqasid al-Shariah. In: Family Fiqh in Malaysia An Analysis of the Selected Issues. Contemporary Fiqh Research Unit (CFRU) & Islamic Book Ttust Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur, pp. 183-202. ISBN 978-967-0526-83-6
- Dabbous, Nasser Abdullatif Rasheed and Zaroum, AbdulHamid Mohamed Ali (2021) الوساطة والتحكيم في المفاوضات السياسية: دراسة مقارنة بين الفقه الإسلامي والقانون الدولي = Mediation and arbitration in political negotiations: A comparative study between Islamic Jurisprudence and International Law. Studies Social & Humanities for University Open Quds-Al of Journal, 3 (58). pp. 25-41. ISSN 2616-9835 E-ISSN 2616-9843
- Zaroum, AbdulHamid Mohamed Ali and ‘Abduhu ‘Amir, ‘Abdul Wahab Mahyub Murshid (2020) القضية الكردية بين الحقوق المشروعة والتسامح المأمول: دراسة تحليلية The Kurdish issue between legitimate rights and hoped- for tolerance: analytical study. Research in Islamic Studies ( RIS), Vol. 5 (No. 3). pp. 105-114. E-ISSN 2289-6821
- Zaroum, AbdulHamid Mohamed Ali and Rashid, Nasir Abdullatif (2020) الرؤية الإسلامية المقاصدية للمفاوضات السياسية: دراسة تحليلية للمفاهيم النظرية العامة = Political negotiations from the maqasidi perspective: an analytical study of general theoretical concepts = Perundingan politik dari perspektif Maqasid: kajian analitik dalam konsep teori umum. Journal of Islam in Asia, 17 (1). pp. 172-221. ISSN 1823-0907 E-ISSN 2289-8077
- Zaroum, AbdulHamid Mohamed Ali and Drammeh, Alghagi Manta (2020) دور الحرية في نهضة الأمة عند مالك بن نبي: دراسة تحليلية = The role of freedom in the rise of the nation by Malik Bennabi: an analytical study = Peranan kebebasan dalam kebangkitan Ummah oleh Malik Bennabi: satu kajian analisis. Al-Tajdid, 24 (47). pp. 189-210. ISSN 1823-1922 E-ISSN 2600-9609