Assoc. Pro Imtiyaz Yusuf
Associate Professor
ISTAC-IIUM
Islam and Buddhism Dialogue, Islam in Thailand and Southeast Asia, Buddhism
Dr. Imtiyaz Yusuf is Associate Professor and the Coordinator for the Islamization of Knowledge Programme and also Islam and Buddhism Programme at the International Institute of Islamic Thought and Civilisation (ISTAC-IIUM) in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Dr. Yusuf is currently non-Resident Research Fellow at the Center for Contemporary Islamic World (CICW), Shenandoh University, Leesburg, USA and former Senior Fellow at the Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding, (ACMCU) Georgetown University, Washington D.C., USA. He is also the former Director of the Center for Buddhist-Muslim Understanding in the College of Religious Studies at Mahidol University in Thailand.
He specializes in the study of Religion with a focus on Muslim-Buddhist dialogue, Islam in Thailandmore...
Dr. Imtiyaz Yusuf is Associate Professor and the Coordinator for the Islamization of Knowledge Programme and also Islam and Buddhism Programme at the International Institute of Islamic Thought and Civilisation (ISTAC-IIUM) in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Dr. Yusuf is currently non-Resident Research Fellow at the Center for Contemporary Islamic World (CICW), Shenandoh University, Leesburg, USA and former Senior Fellow at the Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding, (ACMCU) Georgetown University, Washington D.C., USA. He is also the former Director of the Center for Buddhist-Muslim Understanding in the College of Religious Studies at Mahidol University in Thailand.
He specializes in the study of Religion with a focus on Muslim-Buddhist dialogue, Islam in Thailand and Southeast Asia.
Dr. Yusuf‘s most recent publications are: "Nūr Muḥammadī, Muhammadan Light, and Amitābha/Amida Buddha, the Buddha of Infinite Light - A Muslim's Comparative Theological Perspective." Buddhist-Christian Studies, vol. 42, October 2022, p. 347-358(Scopus and Web of Science (WOS) Indexed); “Muslims as Thailand's Largest Religious Minority” in Routledge Handbook of Islam in Southeast Asia edited by Syed Muhammad Khairudin Aljunied (London: Routledge, 2022) pp. 234-249; “Building Muslim-Buddhist Understanding: The Parallels of Taqwa/Allah Consciousness in the Qur'an and Satipatthana/Mindfulness in Anapanasati Sutta” in Overcoming Orientalism - Essays in Honor of John L. Esposito edited by Tamara Sonn (New York: Oxford University Press, 2021) pp. 173-190; “Islamic Theology of Religious Pluralism: Building Islam-Buddhism Understanding” in Pluralism in Islamic Contexts - 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); “A Muslim’s Reflections on Saddharamapundariksutra—The Lotus Sutra” in Buddhist-Christian Studies 40 (2020) pp. 79 –104 (Scopus and Web of Science (WOS) Indexed)..
BA - Politics, Pune University, India.
MA - Islamic Studies, Aligarh Muslim University, India
MA = Religion, Temple University, Philadelphia, USA..
Ph. D. - Religion, Temple University, Philadelphia, USA.
Latest Additions
- Ali Yusuf, Imtiaz Ahmed Shaukat, ed. (2012) Islam: religion, practice, culture & world order. International Institute of Islamic Thought (IIIT), Virginia, USA. ISBN 978–1–56564–587–5
- Ali Yusuf, Imtiaz Ahmed Shaukat, ed. (2012) Islam and knowledge: Al Faruqi's concept of religion in Islamic thought: essays in Honor of Isma'il Al Faruqi. I.B. Tauris, London. ISBN 978 1 78076 068 1
- Ali Yusuf, Imtiaz Ahmed Shaukat (2019) Ismail al Faruqi: the link between Tudor and the Muslim world. In: Breakthrough to Dialogue: The Story of Temple University Department of Religion. iPub Global Connection, LLC, Arizona, US, pp. 179-199. ISBN 9781948575225
- Nasir, Muhammad Sulaiman and Yusuf, Imtiyaz (2020) Sanctity of human life, corpse’s reverence and abortion in Islam and Buddhism: comparative study. Research Journal ĪQĀN, 02. pp. 27-38. ISSN 2617-3336 E-ISSN 2617-3700
- Md Ali, Muhammad Syahir and Ali Yusuf, Imtiaz Ahmed Shaukat (2021) Parti Islam Se-Malaysia (PAS) in Malaysia politics: a history of Tuan Guru Nik Aziz’s scholarship and leadership in establishing an Islamic state in Kelantan. Ulumuna: Journal of Islamic Studies, 25 (1). pp. 108-136. ISSN 1411-3457 E-ISSN 2355-7648
- Yusuf, Imtiyaz (2022) Ismail Raji al-Faruqi. In: The Encyclopaedia of Islam: Three. The Encyclopaedia of Islam, 2022-6 (Three). Brill, Leiden, The Netherlands, pp. 37-41. ISBN 978-90-04-46463-6
- Yusuf, Imtiyaz (2022) Nūr Muḥammadī, Muhammadan light, and Amitābha/Amida Buddha, the Buddha of infinite light - a muslim's comparative theological perspective. Buddhist-Christian Studies, 42 (Annual one issue per year). pp. 347-358. ISSN 0882-0945 E-ISSN 1527-9472
- Yusuf, Imtiaz Ahmed Shaukat (2022) Muslims as Thailand’s largest religious minority. In: Routledge Handbook of Islam in Southeast Asia. Routledge, New York, NY:, pp. 234-249. ISBN 9780367225377
- Yusuf, Imtiyaz (2021) Building Muslim-Buddhist understanding: the parallels of Taqwa/Allah consciousness in the Qur'an and satipatthana/mindfulness in Anapanasati Sutta. In: Overcoming orientalism essays in honor of John L. Esposito. Oxford University Press, New York, pp. 173-190. ISBN 978-0-19-005415-1
- Yusuf, Imtiyaz (2021) Islamic theology of religious pluralism: building Islam-Buddhism understanding. In: Pluralism in Islamic contexts - ethics, politics and modern challenges. Springer, Cham, Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021, pp. 210-219. ISBN 978-3-030-66088-8
- Yusuf, Imtiyaz, ed. (2021) Essential writings Ismail al Faruqi. Center for Islam in Contemporary World Shenandoah University, Kuala Lumpur. ISBN 9789670526928
- Yusuf, Imtiaz (2020) Shaykh Ahmadou Bamba: a peacemaker for our time. Al-Shajarah, 25 (1). pp. 210-214. ISSN 1394-6870
- Yusuf, Imtiyaz (2020) Globalization and Islam-Buddhist relations in Nusantara. In: Islam, Globalization and Human Sustainability, 19 November 2020, Manado, Indonesia. (Unpublished)
- Yusuf, Imtiyaz (2019) Strengthening Buddhist-Muslim Relations in Southeast Asia: Islam and Buddhism as unifying forces for peace and harmony in ASEAN region. In: International Buddhist Conference Indonesia: International Conference on Strengthening Buddhist-Muslim Relations in Southeast Asia, 4-7 November 2019, Batu, Indonesia. (Unpublished)
- Yusuf, Imtiyaz (2020) A Muslim’s Reflections on Saddharamapundariksutra—The Lotus Sutra. In: 24th Annual International Lotus Sutra “Illuminating One Another in Dialogue: Interreligious Perspectives through the Prism of the Lotus Sutra”, 12-16 June 2019, Tokyo, Japan.
- Yusuf, Imtiyaz (2019) Progressive Islam in the Asian context: need for building Islam and Buddhism relations. In: International Conference on Islamic Studies (ICIS), 23 April 2019, Yogyakarta, Indonesia. (Unpublished)
- Yusuf, Imtiyaz (2020) A Muslim’s reflections on Saddharamapundariksutra: the Lotus Sutra. Buddhist-Christian Studies, 40 (Annual (2020)). pp. 79-104. ISSN 0882-0945 E-ISSN 1527-9472
- Yusuf, Imtiyaz (2019) Perjumpaan Islam & Buddhisme. Kertarajasa Buddhist College, Batu Malang, Indonesia. (2020), Batu Malang. ISBN 9786239200008
- Yusuf, Imtiyaz (2019) Book Review - Charles Fletcher. Muslim-Christian engagement in the twentieth century: the principles of Inter-faith dialogue and the work of Ismail al-Faruqi.(London: I. B. Tauris, 2015.). Islamic Studies, 58 (1). pp. 155-158. ISSN 0578-8072
- Yusuf, Imtiyaz (2019) The nabi-rasul in Arabian/semitic religious tradition: Qur’anic monotheism, Prophet Muhammad and the shaping of Muslim world view. Islamic Studies, 58 (4). pp. 519-533. ISSN 0578-8072