Hyderabad, Jan 3:
Islamic scholar Prof. Muhammad Mumtaz Ali has been conferred with Malaysia’s National Book Award 2023 for his book titled ‘Islamic Research: Theory, Methodology and Thesis’.
Currently head of the Department of Usool-e-Diniyat at International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM), Prof Mumtaz Ali received the award and certificate recently.
The certificate carries the signatures of Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim and Minister for Higher Education Zambry Abdul Kadir.
This is the third award for the scholar from Hyderabad. He had earlier received the awards in 2014 and 2016.
Born in Hyderabad in 1955, Mumtaz Ali is a Doctor of Philosophy in Islamic studies from Aligarh Muslim University. After receiving Bachelor’s Degree on Modern Western Political Thought from Osmania University, he did masters in Islamic studies at Aligarh Muslim University. He also holds a masters’ degree in modern political theory.
Prof. Ali started his career as an Assistant Professor in IIUM in 1987. Since then, he has been serving in the same University.
Currently, he is in the Department of Usul al-Din and Comparative Religion, Abdulhamid Abusulayman Kulliyyah of Islamic Revealed Knowledge and Human Sciences.
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