Imtiyaz Yusuf​
​​​Senior Non-Resident Research Fellow

Imtiyaz Yusuf is Professor of Islam and Dialogical Studies at the International Institute of Islamic Thought and Civilisation (ISTAC-IIUM) in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. And a Senior Non-Resident Research Fellow at the Center for Contemporary Islamic World (CICW), Shenandoah University, Leesburg, USA.

Presently, he along with Professor Emeritus Dr. Mohammad Ahmadullah Siddiqi are currently working on a CICW project to produce a Festschrift in honor of the late Professor M. Nejatullah Siddiqi titled: "Celebrating the Life and Legacy of Dr. Mohammad Nejatullah Siddiqi -- The Pioneer of Islamic Economics, Banking and Finance." 

Professor Yusuf’s teaching and research focuses on Islamic Studies, Islam and Buddhism and Religion and Social Sciences.

Professor Yusuf ‘s recent publications are: “The Role of Islamic Education in Building of Islamic Public Value of Multicultural Citizenship in southern Thailand" in Islamic Public Value Theory, Practice, and Administration of Indigenous Cooperative Institutions Drechsler, Wolfgang, Salah Chafik, and Rainer Kattel, eds. (Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2025); A Socially Engaged Global Muslim - Dr Jamal Al-Barzinji Felicitation Volume (Kuala Lumpur: Center for Islam in the Contemporary World at Shenandoah University, USA and Islamic Book Trust, Malaysia, 2023); with Pham Thuy Quynh, “Bridging Tradition and Modernity in Thai Islam: The Political And Religious Roles Of Surin Pitsuwan (Abdul Halim)” Al-Shajarah: Journal of the International Institute of Islamic Thought and Civilization (ISTAC) 28 (2023) 1:119-42; “Nūr Muḥammadī, Muhammadan Light, and Amitābha/Amida Buddha, the Buddha of Infinite Light – A Muslim’s Comparative Theological Perspective” Buddhist-Christian Studies, vol. 42, October 2022, p. 347-358; “Muslims as Thailand’s Largest Religious Minority” in Routledge Handbook of Islam in Southeast Asia edited by Syed Muhammad Khairudin Aljunied (London: Routledge, 2022) pp. 234-249; “Building Muslim-Buddhist Understanding: The Parallels of Taqwa/Allah Consciousness in the Qur’an and Satipatthana/Mindfulness in Anapanasati Sutta” in Overcoming Orientalism – Essays in Honor of John L. Esposito edited by Tamara Sonn (New York: Oxford University Press, 2021) pp. 173-190; “Islamic Theology of Religious Pluralism: Building Islam-Buddhism Understanding” in Pluralism in Islamic Contexts – Ethics, Politics and Modern Challenges edited by Mohammed Hashas, (Springer Nature Switzerland AG, 2021) pp. 201-219; Essential Writings Ismail Al Faruqi (Kuala Lumpur: Center for Islam in the Contemporary World at Shenandoah University, USA and Islamic Book Trust, Malaysia, 2021); “A Muslim’s Reflections on Saddharamapundariksutra—The Lotus Sutra” in Buddhist-Christian Studies 40 (2020) pp. 79 –104.