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Mustafa A. Ahmed, Ph.D.
1860 Montgomery Ave., Villanova, PA 19085
e-mail: mahmed@fiesite.org  _______________________________________________________________________
 

Occupation:

• Director of The Foundation for Islamic Education in Villanova, Pennsylvania.

• Professor of Islamic Studies at FIE, Washington D.C.

Education:

• Ph.D. with Distinction and Honors at The Ohio State University in the field of History of Islamic Jurisprudence.

• M.A. with Distinction and Honors at The Ohio State University in the field of Islamic Studies.

Honors:

• Member of The Ohio State University Chapter of "The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi".

• M.A. and Ph.D. degrees with Distinction and Honors.

• Listed in "The International Executive Guild’s Who’s Who". Inclusion is limited to those individuals who have excelled in their occupation, industry or profession.

• Listed in "National Register's Who’s Who in Executives and Professionals". Edition of the year 2002 (being added now). Inclusion those individuals who have reached a level of recognizable success in their respective field.

Professional Organizations:

• Member of the Fiqh Council of North America

• Member of The American Association for Advancement of Science.

• Member of The New York Academy of Science.

Publications:

• Impact of the Historical Settings of Ibn Taymiyah on his Program of Reform (in English).

• Narrative in the Qur’an and its Relationship to Medieval Arabic Narrative Literature (in English).

• Shaykh-ul-Islam Taqiy-ud-din Ibn Taymiyah wa Mawqifuhu mina at-Tasawwuf (Ibn Taymiyah and His Stand on Sufism) (in Arabic).

• Qur’an and Modern Science, Correlation Studies (co-author), (in English translated into Russian).

• Human Development as Described in the Qur’an and Sunnah: Correlation with modern Embryology (co-author), (in English).

• The Scientific Basis for Determining Qiblah Direction, (in Arabic and English).

• Tahdid awa’il ash-Shuhur al-Qamariyya: Ru’yah ‘ilmiyya shar’iyya. (Determination of Lunar Calendar: Islamic Jurisprudence and Scientific Perspectives). (In Arabic).

• History of Islamic Jurisprudence and the Emergence of the fiqhi Schools. (Under Publication)

Conferences:

• Dr. Ahmed has given presentations in international conferences on Islam and modern science and on Islamic Thought in Bandung (Indonesia), Moscow, Islamabad, Derban (South Africa), Kuwait, Guyana (South America), Dakar (Senegal), and the United States; among other places.

Media Presentations:

• Mustafa also has presented many radio and television talks in the United States, Kuwait and South Africa.

Contact Information:
Phone: 610-520-9624 Ext: 221
Fax: 610-520-9625
Email: mahmed@fiesite.org 


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