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Dr. Anis Ahmad is a social scientist; he specializes in Islamic Studies and is Meritorious Professor of Comparative Religion. He is Vice Chancellor of Riphah International University, Islamabad. He is also Editor-in-Chief of West and Islam, an Academic journal Published from Islamabad.He has held numerous academic leadership positions both nationally and internationally. He is former Vice President of International Islamic University, Islamabad and former Dean, Faculty of Human Sciences, International Islamic University, Malaysia. He writes on contemporary social, political and cultural issues faced by the Muslim Ummah.Education:He carries a Ph.D. from the Temple University, Pennsylvania, USA.Academic Responsibilities Held in Past:

• Dean, Faculty of Islamic Revealed Knowledge & Human Sciences, International Islamic University, Malaysia.
• Vice President, International Islamic University, Islamabad.

• Founder Dean, Faculty of Social Sciences, International Islamic University, Islamabad.

• Founder Dean, Faculty of Usul-al-Din, International Islamic University, Islamabad.

• Founder Director General of the Da’wah Academy of International Islamic University, Islamabad.

• Vice Chairman, Institute of Policy Studies Islamabad.

• President, Association of Muslim Social Scientists, U.S.A

Teacing Experience:

• The Appalachian State University, North Carolina, U.S.A.
• Lanzho University, China
• The Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
• International Islamic University, Malaysia.

• International Islamic University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
• The Karachi University, Karachi, Pakistan.
• National Defense Universities, Islamabad, Pakistan.
• Foreign Service Academy, Islamabad, Pakistan.

• Federal Judicial Academy, Islamabad.
• National Institutes of Public Administration, Pakistan.

• Staff Colleges and War Colleges.
• Shari’ah Academy of the IIU, Islamabad and other academic institutions.

Special awards:

University Fellow (1969–1971), Temple University, Philadelphia

Publications

• Secularism: A pseudo – Religion in Islam and the Secular Mind, Karachi 2008.
• Fundamentalism, Extremism and Islam in Criticism, Islamabad, 2007.
• Family in Pakistan: Challenges and prospects” in Dr Umar caha, Ed..Gunumuzde Aile Istanbul, 2007.
• Theoretical Foundations of Islamic Bio-Medical Ethics, in Journal of Islamic International Medical College, Islamabad, Vol.No.1 2006.
• ’Iran and Future of Peace in the Region’’ The West and Islam vol xi, no 1-2 Islamabad, July 2007.
• Women and Social Justice: An Islamic Paradigm, Islamabad (Pakistan), Institute Of Policy Studies.
• Kaden Ve Sosyal Adalet, Beyan Yayinlari, Istanbul (Turkey).
• Al-nisa al-Muslim at wa al-ta’lim al-ali, Riyadh (Saudi Arabia), Arab Bureau of Education for the Gulf States, (Arabic).
• Muslim Women and Higher Education, Islamabad (Pakistan), Institute of Policy studies,
• Islamic Da’wah Programmes and Prospect, Monograph, Islamabad (Pakistan), International Islamic University.
• Islah-i-Mu’ashrah: Some Ideas For Islamic Social Reform, Monograph, Islamabad (Pakistan), International Islamic University.
• Mashahir-I-Islam, Karachi, Jamiat al-Falah, Tr. Ed.(Urdu).
• “Ramadan”, the Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern Islamic World New York, 1995, Vol. 3.
• “Sayyed Abul A’la Mawdudi: Life and works”, Encyclopedia of Islam, Istanbul, Turkey.
• “Shibli Nu’mani: life and Works,”Encyclopedia of Islam ,Istanbul, Turkey.
• “Family in Pakistan”, Worldwide State of Family, ed. Gordon L. Anderson, St. Paul. Minnesota, PWPA, 1995.
• “Cultural Clash in a New Context”, West and Islam (Quarterly Urdu), Institute of Policy studies (IPS), Islamabad, NO.19, Vol.5, issue 4, October–December 2001.
• “Islam and Muslims from an American Perspective”, West and Islam, IPS, Islamabad No. 18, Vol. 5, Issue 3, July–September 2001.
• “Muslims Countries, Democratic Traditions and Islam”, West and Islam, IPS, Islamabad No. 17. Vol., Issue 2, April–June 2001.
• “A Clash of Civilizations or a Dialogue”, West and Islam IPS, Islamabad No. 16, Vol. 5, Issue 1, January–March 2001.
• “A Century of Islamic Revivalist Movements”, West and Islam IPS, Islamabad No. 13, Vol. 4, Issue 2, April–June 2001.
• “West and Islam: The changing Perspectives”, West and Islam IPS, Vol. 3, Issue 4, October–December 1999.
• “Secularism, Fundamentalism and Development”, West and Islam, IPS, Islamabad, Vol. 3, Issue 3, July September 1999.
• “Modern Movements for Revival and Ijtehad”, West and Islam, IPS, Islamabad. No. 9, Vol. 3, Issue 2, April–June 1999.
• “Modernism, Reform and Revival II’, West and Islam, IPS, Islamabad. No. 8, January–March 1999.
• “Modernism, Reform and Revival II’, West and Islam, IPS, Islamabad. No. 7, October–December 1998.
• “The Muslim Minorities Problems and Prospects”, West and Islam, IPS, Islamabad. No. 6, July–September 1998.
• “Intellectual and Cultural Colonialism”, West and Islam, IPS, Islamabad. No. 5, April–June 1998.
• “Islam and Liberation of Women”, West and Islam, IPS, Islamabad. No. 4, January–March 1998.
• “West and its Political Apprehensions”, West and Islam, IPS, Islamabad. No. 3, October–December 1997.
• “Fundamentalism: An Analysis”, West and Islam, IPS, Islamabad. No. 2, July–September 1997.
• “Political Economy: An Islamic Paradigm”, proceedings in 2nd International Business Forum, Istanbul (Turkey). Nov 96, P1-25.
• “Islamic Philosophy of Education”, proceedings in COMMECS, Karachi (Pakistan) May 1996.
• “Islamic Movements as Agents of Social change: Framework for Analysis”, proceedings in International Conference on Islam & Change, Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia). 1996, P 1-27.
• “Islamization of Laws and Economy: Case Studies on Pakistan”, introduction at Seminar at institute of Policy Studies, Islamabad (Pakistan). 1996, P11-31.
• “Use of Technology for Training of Da’wah”, proceedings in International Conference on Role of University in Da’wah, Al-Azhar University Cairo (Egypt). April 1987.
• “Towards a Long-Term Strategy for Islamic Education”, proceedings in Regional Islamic Education Seminar, PERKIM, Kuala Lumpur. Nov 1986.
• “Pakistan”, Political Handbook of the World, ed. Arthur S. Banks, New York (McGraw-Hill Book Co.).1979.
• “Opinion Formation in Islam”, proceedings in The Association of Muslim Social Scientists, Gray, Indiana. May 1974.
• “Islam and the Oppressed Sex”, al-lttihad (Quarterly journal of Islamic Studies), Plainfield, Indiana. Vol.15, No. 1.
• “The Miracle called Qur’an at the Mercy of Charlatans“, al-lttihad, Plainfield, Indiana. Vol. 15, No. 1.
• “Introducing the Qur’an”, The Voice of Islam, Karachi (Pakistan). June 1968.
• “Personal Liberty In Islam”, paper read at the Fourth All-Pakistan Political Science Conference and published in Proceedings of All-Pakistan Political Science Society. Reproduced by the Al-Muarif (Journal of the Institute of Islamic Culture), Lahore. June 1968.
• “The Concept of Man in the Qur’an”, paper read at the All-Pakistan Philosophical Congress in May, 1966. Published in Fikro-Nazar (Journal of the Central Institute of Islamic Research), Rawalpindi (Pakistan). September 1966.
• “Educational Thought of Ibn-e-Khaldun”, paper read at the Sixteenth All-Pakistan History Conference at Karachi in 1958, published in the Journal of the Pakistan Historical Society, Karachi (Pakistan). Vol. XVI, Parts II & III, 1958.

 Articles

• Encyclopedia of Islam, Istanbul, Turkey.
• The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern Muslim World, N.Y., USA
• The Muslim World Book Review, Leicester, UK.
• The Policy Perspective, Islamabad.Pk.

 Participation in International Conferences

Keynote addresses and talks delivered in International conferences, Seminars and Workshops in: Australia, Bahrain, Canada, Guyana, Hungary, Iran, Japan, Malaysia, Mauritius, Nepal, New Zealand, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Sri Lanks, Turkey, Trinidad and Tobago, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom and the USA among others.