Dr Mawil Izzi Dien B.A, PhD (Manchester)

Contact Details

School of Theology, Religious Studies and Islamic Studies
Tel: 01570 424 812 (4812)
E-mail: Izzidien@trinitysaintdavid.ac.uk

Location

Sheikh Khalifa Building

Campus

Lampeter Campus

Job Title

Reader in Islamic Studies

Role in the University

  • Lecturing in Islamic Studies at UG level
  • Supervision of Postgraduate Students
  • Departmental  Management

Background

Professional Experience

  • 2010-Present: Reader in Islamic Studies, School of Theology, Religion and Islamic Studies, University of Wales: Trinity Saint David
  • 2005 March- August Visiting professor, Zayid American University department of Islamic Studies and Arabic.
  • 2002 September- 2003 March- Visiting fellow, Oxford Center for Islamic Studies.
  • 2001, January-March-Visiting Professor, Faculty of Shari`a, The University of Kuwait -Department of comparative Fiqh studies.    
  • 2001, March-April- Visiting Professor, Faculty of Shari`a, The Jordanian University-Amman-Department Of Islamic Studies.
  • 1993-1998 President of L`Institut Europeen des Sciences Humaines in Chateau Chinon Saint‑Leger‑de‑Fougeret, France.
  • 1989-2010: Lecturer, Senior Lecturer of Islamic Studies, Department of Theology and Religious Studies, University of Wales, Lampeter
  • 1983-1985: Head of Department of Islamic Studies, King Abd al-Aziz University, Jeddah.
  • 1981‑83: Supervisor Goddard Programme, University of Vermont, USA. I co-supervised various MA theses.
  • 1979‑89:    Assistant Professor, Department of Islamic Studies, King Abd al-Aziz University, Jeddah. 
  • 1978‑79:  Lecturer in Islam, Department of Islamic Studies, Lancaster University.
  • 1976-78:   Part time Arabic lector, Manchester University – Near Eastern Studies Department.
  • 1976-78: Part time Arabic lector, Manchester University – Near Eastern Studies Department.
  • 1976: Temporary, Part‑time Lecturer in Islam, Department of Religious Studies, Lancaster University. This post involved teaching Islamic law Shari’a and Arabic prose and poetry at an undergraduate level.
  • 1971‑73: Practising solicitor, (Islamic and civil Law). This involved preparing cases and presenting them in courts.

Member of

Membership of Editorial Board:

  • Journal of Beliefs and Values- Lampeter
  • The Scottish Journal of Religious Studies- Stirling.
  • Journal of the Faculty of Education; International University of Malaysia.

Membership of Societies:

  1. Member and Ex-Council of The British Society for Middle Eastern Studies (B.R.I.S.M.E.S)
  2. British Society for the study of Religion (B.S.S.R)
  3. Ex-Council Member of The Association of Muslim Researchers (A.M.R)
  4. Founding Member of The Association of Muslim Social Scientists (A.M.S.S)
  5. Executive Member of The Science and Religion Forum. (current)

Academic Interests

  • Islamic Law
  • Islamic Economics
  • Faith and Environment
  • Islamic Theology

Publications

Single authored volumes:

  • 1983 Nisab al‑Ihtisab (published by: Dar al‑Ulum Publishing House-Riyadh) A critical study and edition. This book (Arabic) deals with the supervision and application of morals in society together with the elimination of unseemly behaviour. pp. 303
  • 1991 Three Arabic Manuscripts in the John Rylands Library-Manchester. Arabic-English (published by: Dar al‑Ulum Publishing House-Riyadh). 43 pp.
  • 1995  A critical study of Surat al‑Baqara and al-Fatiha. London, ISBN 18 99055-00-2. 160 pp.
  • 1998 The Theory and the Practice of Market Law in Medieval Islam,This volume is published in the prestigious E. J.W.Gibb Memorial Series.ISBN 0906094 33 X. 247 pp.
  • 2000 The Environmental Dimensions of Islam  (published by : Lutterworth Press; Cambridge)ISBN 0 7188 2960 3. 191 pp.  
  • 2004 Islamic Law, From Historical foundation to contemporary practice,Two world-leading publishers both in UK and USA published this volume. These are Edinburgh University Press: ISBN 0-7486-1459-1 and;The University Notre Dame Press: ISBN 0-268-03174-6. 178 pp.
  • 2005-6 Islamic Law, From Historical foundation to contemporary practice, Atlantic publishers and printers New Delhi: ISBN 81-269-0552-2 (republication).
  • 2010  Currently I have signed a contract with the well known Cambridge based “Lutterworth Publishers” to publish my next book on Islamic theology.
  • 2010 Islamic Economics in the contemporary World; This is a book I am editing with a group of Islamic economic scholars such as Dr Aly Khorshid (Director of Islamic finance Studies Academy UK) and Prof. Saif Taj al Din. (The economic Center of Islamic studies at Markfield - Leicester and Riyadh University). Four of my PhD Students are also contributing to this book. Few chapters have already been drafted. I aim to complete both books before the deadline for next RAE.

Articles: 

  • 1979 "Light on an Unknown Manuscript", Al‑Majallah al‑Arabiyya. August issue109‑110 pp.
  • 1980 "Weights and Measures, A Comparative Study between Islamic and British Law", Journal of the Faculty of Arts, King Abdul Aziz University, Vol 1. 56‑66 pp.
  • 1983 Authorship of a basic paper entitled the Islamic Legal Principles for the Conservation of the Natural Environment (English/Arabic/French). Published by: The International Union for the Conservation of Nature and the Natural Resources (I.U.C.N.) in conjunction with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Meteorology and Environmental Protection Administration (M.E.P.A.). 71 pp. This publication was given a personal letter of acknowledged by HRH Prince Sultan of Saudi Arabia. 
  • 1984 "Islamic Theology and the Environment", Journal of the Faculty of Arts, King Abdul Aziz University, Vol. 4. 35‑43 pp.
  • 1990 "Islamic Legal Ethics & the Environment".  An article contributed to Professor J. R.  Engel's book Ethics of Environment and Development. The book aims to describe different cultural and ethical stands on the Environment. Published by:  Belhaven Press, London.189‑198 pp.
  • 1990 "The Population Issue in Islam", The bulletin of the W.W.F.Network on conservation    and religion. Issue No.16 Oct‑Dec 1990. p 3.
  • 1991 "Computer Software and its Rights in Islamic Law", The Proceedings of the Association of Muslim Researchers First Seminar on Information Technology and Applications 16-23. pp
  • 1991 "The Clear Nahu Arabic", B.R.I.S.M.E.S  Proceedings of the 1991 International Conference on Middle Eastern Studies, 281‑285 pp.
  • 1991 "Islam and Mother Earth", The bulletin of the W.W.F. Network on Conservation and   Religion. Issue 19 May-July p 2.
  • 1991 The Theory of Knowledge according to Ibn Taymiyya, Alyaum no. 6585, 15 June pp 6-7 (Arabic).
  • 1991 "Uyun Lami`a" Alyaum no. 6652 1 September p 11 (Arabic).
  • 1992 The Deadliest Pest, The Bulletin of the W.W.F. Network on Conservation and Religion. Issue 22 Feb‑March p 6.
  • 1992 "Islamic Ethics and Ecology", in Fazlun Khalid & Joan O'Brien (ed.) Islam and    Ecology, Cassel, London 25-36 pp.
  • 1992 "Arabic for the non-Arabs" in Dionisius Agius and Avihai Shivtiel (ed.) Educated Spoken Arabic: What, Why, How? University of Leeds.13- 20 pp.
  • 1992 "Public Awareness in Islam", Bulletin of the Forum for Social Studies, Vol. 4, No.8      (April) 15-6 pp.
  • 1992 "Religion, the State and the Hadatha Movement in Saudi Literature",  Democracy in the Middle East, Proceedings of the 1992 Annual Conference of the British Society for Middle Eastern Studies (B.R.I.S.M.E.S.) 574-582 pp.
  • 1993 "Islam and Pluralism: Pitfalls and Possibilities", Towards a Human Rights Commission in Britain. Conference Report 10-13 pp. (Contribution).
  • 1994  The Islamic entries in The Hutchinson Dictionary of Ideas, Oxford, Helicon.
  • 1994 "Hisba and the Legal Ethics of Islam", Proceedings of the 1994 Annual Conference of the British Society for Middle Eastern Studies (B.R.I.S.M.E.S.) 1-8 pp.
  • 1994 Environmental Protection in Islam, This paper is the second revised edition of the         Islamic Principles for the Conservation of Natural Environment, first published in 1983. In this edition, I was responsible for updating the original basic paper. Published by: IUCN Publication Service-Cambridge and Dieter Muller-Germany in English, French & Arabic. ISBN 2-88032-088-7. 123 pp.
  • 1995 Theology and practice and Textual Interpretation in Islam
  • Published in the Islamic Quarterly issue 1 vol. 49, 9-22 pp.
  • 1994-2006  Entries in The Encyclopaedia of Islam in English and in French in the Encyclopédie de l'Islam Nouvelle édition, (Brill-Leiden)        
  • Safka
  • Sabab
  • Sad al-Dharai`
  • Sahm
  • Sawm
  • Shakhsiyya
  • Sharika
  • Shira`
  • Sukna
  • Shuf`a
  • Sukna
  • Sukut
  • Suftadja
  • Taghrir
  • Tadlis
  • Tarrar
  • Tas`ir
  • Ta`zir
  • Wakala
  • Wadi`a
  • Wilaya
  • `Ukuba
  • 'Umar b. 'Iwad al-Sunami
  • 1996  The Islamic expert choice of books inHutchinson's Best Book Helicon Oxford.     
  • 1996  Islamic Ethics and Environment (Repub.), in Roger S. Gottlieb (ed.), Sacred Earth, Routledge, London, 164-173 pp.
  • 1997 "Islam and Environment, theory and practice", Journal of Beliefs and Values, vol.18, No.1.
  • 1997 The Islamic chronology, Hutchison Encyclopedia, Helicon, Oxford, 11th edition, p588, col. 1 & 2.
  • 1997 Contribution to Religious Education, Revised Model Syllabus, Iqra Trust, London, 1997.
  • 1998 Contribution to Religious Declaration on Parenting, An Islamic view, St. George's House, Windsor.
  • 1998  Multiple entries on Islam in the Hutchinson International and Multimedia  Encyclopedia,Oxford, Helicon.   
  • 1998  Disability in Islamic law, in Robina Shah, Sharing the News, Mental Health Foundation, Manchester 64-71 pp.
  • 1998 Questions and Answers, Newsletter of the association of Muslim Lawyers and the Legal   studies Institute, Vol. 31, Issue 2, October p 12.
  • 1999 Islamic Theology and Conceptual Symbolism, The Journal of the Henry Martyn Institute, Volume 17, No. 2 July-Dec.1998. 5-14 pp.
  • 2000 Maslaha in Islamic law: A source or a concept in, Studies in honour of Clifford Edmund Bosworth, Brill 345-356 pp.
  • 2001"God Theology and Islam" in Journal of the Henry Martyn institute Jan/June 14-25 pp.
  • 2001 A poem of love to my father, Articles in honour of Professor Yousuf Izzidien, Magazine of Arabic literature, Austria-Traun, 2001.
  • 2003 Islam and Environment; in Richard C. Foltz and Fredrick M. Denny, Islam and Ecology a Bestowed Trust, Harvard University press 2003, 108-120 pp.
  • 2004 Multiple entries on Islam in the Hutchinson International and Multimedia Encyclopedia, Oxford, Helicon 2000-4
  • 2005 Theology and Textual Interpretation in Islam, Islamic Quarterly issue 1 vol. 49, 9-22 pp.
  • 2006 53 entries in Curzon Encyclopaedia of Islam, Edited by Prof.  E. Netton (12082 words).          Curzon Press.
  • 2007 Islamic Studies or the study of Islam?: From Parker to Rammell      Journal of beliefs and Value; Carfax.
  • 2007 Towards An Islamic Concept for Sustainable Development: Theory and Practice, The Islamic Quarterly issue, 265-85 pp.
  • 2008 Islamic Concepts of Creation and Environmental Sustainability In Prof. Neil Spurway, Creation and Abrahamic Faiths; Cambridge Social Publishing; Cambridge. 119-135 pp.
  • 2008 Climate change in different faith traditions: A global perspective ; Interfaith Climate Summit Uppsala 28-29 November 2008.
  •  http://www.svenskakyrkan.se/default.aspx?di=171663&ptid=0
  • 2008 Ecological Value; Interfaith Climate Summit  Uppsala 28-29 November 2008.  http://www.svenskakyrkan.se/default.aspx?di=171663&ptid=0
  • 2009  Towards an Islamic eco Labelling, The Foundation for research in Islamic Sciences, Istanbul. 96-106 pp.
  • 2009  Energy & Climate Change in the GCC states, India Office Council Chamber, FCO London 14 May 2009 (pending publication)

Selected  Book Reviews:

  • 1991 The Social Laws of Quran by: Robert Roberts.
  • Journal of Islamic Studies, (OUP) Vol. 3, No 1, January 1992.
  • 1992 Nizam al-Shahr al-Aqari fi al-Shariah al-Islamiyya (The system of real estate registration in Islamic law) by: Jum'a al-Zurayqi. Journal of Islamic Studies (OUP), Vol. 13, No.3.
  • 1993 Muhammad the Perfect Model for Humanity by: Muhammad al-Zarqa. Muslim World, Leicester, Review Vol. 13, No. 4. 
  • 1993 Dawa in the West: the Quranic Paradigm by: A. Nadvi. Muslim World, Leicester, Review Vol. l3, No.4.
  • 1994 A Popular Dictionary of Islam, Ian Netton, Journal of Semitic Studies, Vol. 19, No.1.
  • 1994 The Life of Muhammad, by: Tahia Al-Ismail, Muslim World Review, Leicester, Vol. 14 No. 2 pp 31-2.
  • 1994 Renewal of Islamic Law, Chibli Mallat, Journal of Islamic Studies, (OUP) 
  • 1994 The Role and Responsibilities of Muslims in the West, Sayed Abul Hasan Ali Nadwi, Muslim World Review, Vol. 14, No. 3 pp 20-1.
  • 1995 Chapters on Marriage and Divorce, Susan Spectrosky, Journal of Semitic Studies, Vol.XL, No. 2, pp 369-73.
  • 1995 Minerals Investment under the Shari`a Law, Walid el-Malik, Journal of Islamic Studies, (OUP) Vol. 16, No. 2. pp 257-9.
  • 1995 Ansab al-Ashraf, Ahmad b. Yahya b. Jabir al-Baladhuri,  ed. by: Khalil Athamina (The Hebrew University 1994), Journal of Islamic Studies (OUP) Vol. 6, No.2, pp 248-9.
  • 1996 Islamic Medical Ethics in the Twentieth Century, Vardit Rispler-Chaim, Journal of Islamic Studies Vol. 17, No. 1, pp 111-3.
  • 1996 The Eternal Message of Islam, Abd al-Rahman Azzam, Muslim World Review, Vol.16, No. 2, pp 19-21.
  • 1996 Muhammad (PBUH) Messenger of Allah on Social behaviour, Safdar Hasan Siddiqi, Muslim World Review, Vol.16, No. 2 pp 21-22.
  • 1997 Computers For Churches, A Guide To Planning Computer Systems For Churches. Nigel Hardcastle, Logos, The Welsh Theological Journal. 
  • 1999 Islamic Law of Business Organisation: Partnership, by: Imran Arshad, Journal of Islamic Studies Vol.10, No.3 September, pp 331-2.
  • 2000 Review of “The Literary Structure of Religious Meaning in the Quran”Edited by: Issa J. Aboullata Oxford Journal of Islamic Studies, p70.
  • 2001 Review of “Islamic Finance in the Middle Global Economy”, in the British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies, p 322.
  • 2000 Review of “Islamic Law of Business Organization Corporation”, Part 2 by: Imran Ahsan Khan Niyazee, Oxford Journal of Islamic Studies, pp 331-2

Recent Book Reviews:

  • 2007 Islamic Ecumenism in the 20th Century: The Azhar and Shiism between
  • Rapprochement and Restraint By Rainer Brunner (Leiden: E. J. Brill), 2004 p 435. Journal of Islamic Studies, 18 (2).
  • 2008 A Treatise on Mystical Love By: Abu al- Hasan ‘Ali b. Muhammad al-Daylami Translated by: Joseph Norment Bell and Hassan Mahmood Abdul Latif Al Shafie Edinburgh University Press 2005  Journal of beliefs and values; Carfax, November pp 77- 78.

Additional Information

Legal and Academic Consultations:

I have been acting on various occasions as an expert witness in Islamic law in cases involving the Pakistani community in the British courts. Also submitted expert evidence on Islamic family law to legal firms on cases involving the Pakistani and Bangladeshi communities.

Since 1991 I have been acting as an advisor and contributor in Islam to the Alliance of Religion and Conservation Organization (ARC) which is founded by His Royal Highness the Prince Philip.

Expert Advisor to Manchester metropolitan police in Matters relevant to Islamic Law.

I have attended a very large number of conferences within my areas of interest in Islamic Studies including Islamic law, the environment and Arabic Language.