Ongoing Doctoral Research

• PhD in Religious Studies (focusing on Orientalism, Tafsīr & Qurʾānic Studies), 2024-2029, MF Norwegian School of Theology, Religion and Society.

Islamic Studies

• PhD in Uṣūl al-Fiqh (Islamic Legal Theory), Al-Madinah International University (Malaysia), 2023-2026.

• Master’s in Uṣūl al-Fiqh (Islamic Legal Theory), Islamic University of Madinah, 2018-2023.

• Bachelor’s in Shariʿah (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 – The Arctic University of Norway, 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.

• Oslo Cathedral School Library: "From Obscurity to Identity: Reframing a Qurʾān Manuscript in the London Archives," 2026

• The Kristiansand Interfaith Dialogue 2026: "How Is the Public Image of Religion Shaped in the Media?," 2026.

• The Kristiansand Conversations (MEET): "Research on Islam Under Attack: From France to Norway," 2026.

• The Kristiansand Conversations (MEET): "The State of our Democratic Society: What it’s Like to be a Muslim in a Democratic Europe?" 2026.

• 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.

• Doctoral 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)

• Arabic – Full professional proficiency

• Urdu – Professional working proficiency

• Syriac – Professional working proficiency

• Aramaic (Biblical, Imperial) – Limited working proficiency

• Biblical Hebrew – Limited working proficiency

• Phoenician – Limited working proficiency

• Ugaritic – Limited working proficiency

• Latin (Classical, Medieval) – Limited working proficiency

• 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 “Nihāya al-Wuṣūl fī Dirāya al-Uṣūl”

• Bachelor's Thesis - OsloMet: Use of Wireless Technologies in Home Automation