Our People

Executive

Mohammed Rustom

Director (Carleton Centre for the Study of Islam), Professor of Islamic Thought & Global Philosophy (College of Humanities)

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International Board of Advisors

Asma Afsaruddin

Professor of Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures (Indiana University Bloomington)

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Lejla Demiri

Professor of Islamic Doctrine at the Centre for Islamic Theology (University of Tübingen)

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Muhammad Faruque

Inayat Malik Associate Professor of Islamic and Cross-Cultural Philosophy (University of Cincinnati)

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Mohammad Hassan Khalil

Professor of Religious Studies, Adjunct Professor of Law, and Director of the Muslim Studies Program (Michigan State University)

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Atif Khalil

Associate Professor in the Department of Religious Studies (University of Lethbridge)

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Matthew Melvin-Koushki

Associate Professor and McCausland Fellow of History (University of South Carolina)

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Nadeem Memon

Senior Lecturer, Centre for Islamic Thought and Education (University of South Australia)

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Hadia Mubarak

Assistant Professor of Religion (Queens University of Charlotte)

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Seyyed Hossein Nasr

University Professor of Islamic Studies (The George Washington University)

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Sofia Noori

Assistant Professor of Education (University of British Columbia)

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Oludamini Ogunnaike

Associate Professor of African Religious Thought and Democracy (University of Virginia)

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Bilal Orfali

Sheikh Zayed Chair for Arabic and Islamic Studies (American University of Beirut)

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Nevin Reda

Associate Professor of Muslim Studies (Emmanuel College of Victoria University in the University of Toronto)

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Mona Siddiqui

Professor of Islamic and Interreligious Studies, Assistant Principal for Religion and Society (University of Edinburgh)

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Asima Vezina

President and Vice-Chancellor (Algoma University)

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Shafique N. Virani

Professor of Islamic Studies (University of Toronto)

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Remi Warner

Executive Director, Human Rights Legal Support Centre

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Cyrus Ali Zargar

Al-Ghazali Distinguished Professor of Islamic Studies (University of Central Florida)

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Affiliated Carleton Faculty

Melanie Adrian

Carleton Chair in Teaching Innovation, Associate Professor, Department of Law and Legal Studies

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Atiya Husain

Assistant Professor, Department of Law and Legal Studies

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Gül Kale

Assistant Professor of History and Theory of Architecture

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Carolyn Ramzy

Associate Professor, Department of Sociology and Anthropology

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Ozayr Saloojee

Associate Professor, Azrieli School of Architecture and Urbanism

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Masud Taj

Adjunct Professor, Azreili School of Architecture & Urbanism

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Past CCSI Directors

Karim Karim

Full Professor, School of Journalism and Communication

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Farhang Rajaee

Professor Emeritus, Department of Political Science

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CCSI Research Fellows

M. Fariduddin Attar

CCSI Research Fellow in Islamic Thought

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Roshan Jahangeer

CCSI Research Fellow in Islamophobia Studies

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Noah H. Taj

CCSI Research Fellow in Islamic Thought

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