Professor Imtiyaz Yusuf

Professor Dr. Imtiyaz Yusuf is Professor of Islam and Dialogical Studies at the International Institute of Islamic Thought and Civilisation, International Islamic University Malaysia (ISTAC-IIUM), Malaysia and a non-Resident Research Fellow at the Center for Contemporary Islamic World (CICW), Shenandoah University, USA. Dr. Yusuf specializes in the study, teaching and research in the areas of Islam and Religion with a focus on Islam and Buddhism And also, Religion and Social Sciences. He taught in multireligious settings for over 30 years at universities and research institutes in the United States, Thailand, Malaysia and Vietnam. Yusuf has published widely on Islamic theology and practice in Southeast Asia, and he is one of very few scholars worldwide who specializes in Islam-Buddhism dialogue. Formerly, he was an Associate Professor and the Coordinator for the Islamization of Knowledge Program and also the Islam and Buddhism Program at the International Institute of Islamic Thought and Civilisation (ISTAC-IIUM) in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. And previously for 30 years in Thailand teaching at different universities viz., Mahidol University, Salaya; Assumption University, Bangkok; Prince of Songkhla University, Pattani Campus and Mahachulalongkorn Buddhist University (Part Time), Wangnoi Ayutthaya. In 2010-2011, he was the Malaysia Chair Professor of Islam in Southeast Asia at the Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding (ACMCU) at Georgetown University, Washington DC. USA. Dr. Yusuf has published widely on Islamic theology and practice in Southeast Asia, and he is one of very few scholars worldwide who specializes in Islamic-Buddhist dialogue. His recent publications are: “Ecological Crisis as Human Self-Destruction Through Destruction of Nature” in Religion, Culture, and Ecological Flourishing in Asian Contexts edited by Anthony Le Duc (Bangkok: The Asian Research Center for Religion and Social Communication, 2025) pp. 18-37; “The Muslim ethno-religiouscape of Thailand can be accommodated peacefully” in Melbourne Asia Review September 2, 2025, Edition 23, 2025; Imtiyaz Yusuf and Arthit Thongin, “The Role of the Faculty of Islamic Sciences at the Prince of Songkla University Building of Islamic Public Value of Multicultural Citizenship in southern Thailand” in Halduskultuur Special issue: Islamic Public Value in Southeast Asia Vol 24 No 1 (2025): 75-101; “The role of Islamic education in building of Islamic public value of multicultural citizenship in southern Thailand" in Islamic Public Value Theory, Practice, and Administration of Indigenous Cooperative Institutions, Drechsler, Wolfgang, Salah Chafik, and Rainer Kattel, eds. (Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2025) pp. 281-307; Entry on, "Mahmoud Ayoub and Christian-Muslim Relations" in Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Religion (2024); A Socially Engaged Global Muslim - Dr Jamal Al-Barzinji Felicitation Volume (Kuala Lumpur: Center for Islam in the Contemporary World at Shenandoah University, USA and Islamic Book Trust, Malaysia, 2023); with Pham Thuy Quynh, “Bridging Tradition and Modernity in Thai Islam: The Political And Religious Roles Of Surin Pitsuwan (Abdul Halim)” Al-Shajarah: Journal of the International Institute of Islamic Thought and Civilization (ISTAC) 28 (2023) 1:119-42; Article “Ismail al-Faruqi” for Encyclopaedia of Islam Three Online (2022); “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; “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.