Shaykh Mohamed-Riaz Walji completed his seminary education at the Al-Mahdi Institute and went on to complete an MA in Islam in Contemporary Societies at the University of Warwick in 2010. Since graduating, he has worked as a Tutor in Islamic Studies at AMI where he runs tutorials for students in Islamic ethics, theology, and philosophy. He also works closely with Shaykh Arif Abdul Hussain in developing the latter’s legal methodology and philosophical approach known as the ‘existential framework.’ In addition to these research interests, he is also working on the legal theory of al-Sayyid Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr.  

Publications 

• With Arif Abdul Hussain. “An Examination of the Authenticity and Sharia Status of the Third Segment of Ziyāra ʿĀshūraʾ al-Mashhūra.”