PhD Research Fellow with Lecturing, MF Norwegian School of Theology, Religion and Society
Lectured in BA courses on Qurʾān, Ḥadīth, & Political Authority in Arabia
Lectured in MA course on Ethnography & Muslims
Adjunct Lecturer, International Islamic University of Minnesota
Lectured in PhD course on Uṣūl al-Fiqh (Islamic Legal Theory)
MF CASR: "Beyond Orientalism: Edward Said & Foucauldian Discourse Analysis," 2025.
University of Agder: "From Loot to Libraries: The Provenance of Arabic Manuscripts in Early Modern Europe," 2025.
MF Manuscript Cultures: "Theoretical Perspectives Concerning George Sale’s Reception of Al-Bayḍāwī," 2025.
MF KOM: "Katolsk og protestantisk resepsjon av Koranen i Europa", 2025.
MF Manuscript Cultures: "Beyond Orientalism: George Sale, al-Bayḍāwī, and the European Qurʾān Translation Tradition," 2024.
Ongoing Doctoral Research
PhD in Religious Studies (focusing on Tafsīr/Qurʾānic Studies), 2024-2029, MF Norwegian School of Theology, Religion and Society.
Submitted Doctoral Dissertation (Awaiting Viva)
PhD in Uṣūl al-Fiqh (Islamic Legal Theory), Al-Madinah International University (Malaysia), 2023-2026.
Islamic Studies
Master’s in Uṣūl al-Fiqh (Islamic Legal Theory), Islamic University of Madinah, 2018-2023.
Bachelor’s in Shari'ah (Islamic Law), Islamic University of Madinah, 2014-2018.
Postgraduate Certificate in Muslim Chaplaincy, College of the Prophet’s Mosque, 2016.
1 Year Program in Arabic Language and Linguistics, Qortoba Institute Egypt, 2012-2013.
Other Academic Studies
Coursework in Philosophy, University of Tromsø, 2022-2023.
1 Year Program in The History of Ideas, University of South-Eastern Norway, 2020-2021.
Bachelor’s in Electronic Engineering, Oslo Metropolitan University, 2009-2012.
Coursework in Biomedical Engineering, Michigan Technological University, 2011.
Research Languages
Arabic – Advanced
Aramaic (Syriac, Biblical, Imperial) – Intermediate
Urdu – Intermediate
Biblical Hebrew – Developing
Phoenician – Developing
Latin (Classical, Medieval) – Developing
Research Projects
PhD Dissertation - MF Norwegian School of Theology: "Beyond Orientalism: George Sale, al-Bayḍāwī, and the European Qurʾān Translation Tradition" (Conducted in Association with the ERC-funded project EuQu).
PhD Dissertation - Al-Madinah International University: "The Subkīs Utilization of Legal-Theoretical Distinctions (Furūq Uṣūliyya) Through Their Work “Al-Ibhāj,” in Preliminaries (Muqaddimāt), Legal Rulings (Aḥkām), and Language (Lughāt)".
Master's Thesis - Islamic University of Madinah: "Ṣafī al-Dīn al-Hindī’s Utilization of Legal-Theoretical Distinctions (Furūq Uṣūliyya) Through his Work “Nihāyah al-Wuṣūl fī Dirāyah al-Uṣūl.”"
Bachelor's Thesis - OsloMet: "Use of Wireless Technologies in Home Automation".

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