Shaykh Ali Raza Khaki
Lecturer in Islamic Studies
Shaykh Ali Raza Khaki completed a BEng in Biomedical Engineering and a MSc in Computer Science at the University of Birmingham before beginning his seminary studies at the Al-Mahdi Institute. Upon graduating from AMI, he went on to complete an MA in Islamic Studies at the University of Birmingham in 2020. Â
At AMI, Shaykh Ali Raza is the Lecturer in Islamic History and also teaches courses on legal theory and legal maxims. In addition to his teaching, he is also heavily involved in the running of the Centre for Intra-Muslim Studies and lectures to Muslim communities around the world. His current research interests include legal theory and hermeneutics, and Islamic history. Â
Other Members
Shaykh Arif Abdul Hussain
Senior Lecturer in Islamic Studies & Director of AMI
Ayatollah Professor Rahim Nobahar
Professor of Islamic Legal Studies
Professor Seyed Mohammad Ghari S Fatemi
Professor of Comparative Human Rights and Islamic Studies & Head of the Department of Quranic Studies
Professor Ali Fanaei
Professor of Islamic Studies
Dr Haidar Hobballah
Senior Lecturer in Islamic Studies & Head of the Department of Hadith and History
Dr Sayyid Jaafar Fadlallah
Lecturer in Islamic Legal Studies
Dr Hashim Bata
Lecturer in Islamic Legal Studies, Head of the Department of Islamic Legal Studies & Managing Director
Dr Ali Reza Bhojani
Associate Research Fellow
Nazmina Dhanji
Associate Lecturer in Islamic Studies
Dr Wahid Amin
Lecturer in Islamic Philosophy, Head of the Department of Philosophy and Theology & Head of Publications at AMI Press
Dr Muhammed Reza Tajri
Lecturer in Arabic & Head of the department of the Study of Comparative Religions
Shaykh Mohamed-Riaz Walji
Tutor in Islamic Studies
Mahdiyah Jaffer
Tutor in Islamic Studies
Dr Zoheir Ali Esmail
Lecturer in Islamic Mysticism & Head of the Department of Mysticism and Spirituality
Dr Mostafa Movahedifar
Associate Research Fellow
Dr Laurens de Rooij
Associate Lecturer in the Sociology of Islam