(Curriculum Vitae)

Dr. Mustafa Abu-Sway

E-Mail: abusway@planet.edu
Al-Quds University, 8 Nur Al-Din Street, Jerusalem, PO BOX 51000
Tel: 972-2-627 4979/80  Fax: 972-2-6277166

Education:

• 1988-93 Boston College (USA) Ph.D./ Philosophy

• 1984-85 Boston College: MA /Philosophy

• 1980-84 Bethlehem University: B.A.: English Literature

• Diploma in Education

Doctoral Dissertation:

• "The Development in Imam Al-Ghazzali’s Epistemology"

  • Directors: Dr. Patrick Byrne (Boston College)

  • Dr. Merlin Swarz (Boston University)

Academic Positions:

• 1996- Associate Professor/ College of Arts/ Al-Quds University/ Jerusalem

• 1995-96 Research Fellow/ International Institute for Islamic Thought and Civilization

• 1993-95 Assistant Professor /Department of Philosophy/ IIUM

• 1990-93 Teaching Fellow/ Department of Eastern and Slavic Languages/ Boston College

• 1989-93 Teaching Fellow/ Department of Philosophy/ Boston College

• 1985-88 Instructor/ Department of Humanities/ Bethlehem University

Honors and Awards:

• 2001 Winner of Science and Religion Course Award, The Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences, Berkeley, CA

Areas of Specialization:

• Islamic Philosophy

• Studies on Al-Ghazzali

• Islamic Epistemology

Areas of Competence:

• Islamic Studies

• Modern and Contemporary Arabic/Islamic Thought

• History of Philosophy

Languages:

• Arabic, English, Hebrew, Italian

• Reading Skills: French and Spanish

Administrative Experience:

• 2000- Director, Islamic Research Center, Al-Quds University / Jerusalem

• 2000- Coordinator, MA Program in Contemporary Islamic Studies, Al-Quds University

• 1994-95 Head, Dept. of Philosophy, International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM)

• 1993-94 Acting Head, Dept. of philosophy (IIUM)

Publications:

I. Books:

1. Studies in Islamic Epistemology: the Case of Al-Ghazzali; Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka: Kuala Lumpur, 1995 (English) (Cover photo)

2. Fatwa Al-Ghazzali (The Religious Rulings of Al-Ghazzali); ISTAC: Kuala Lumpur, 1996 (Arabic)

3. Islam in Focus, By Hammudah Abdulati. Revised and Edited by Shaykh Salih al Husayin and Dr. Mustafa Abu Sway; Amana Publications: Beltsville, Maryland, 1998.

4. Kitab Al-Tarbiyah Al-Islamiyyah (Islamic Education Textbook for Seventh Grade), co-author and coordinator (Palestinian Ministry of Education, 2001)

II. Articles:

1. “The Development in Al-Ghazzalis Epistemology”, Intellectual Discourse vol. 2, 1994, 167-176

2. “Al-Ghazzali’s Spiritual Crisis Reconsidered”, Al-Shajarah (ISTAC) vol. 1, 1996, 77-94

3. “Fiqh Al-Bi’ah fi Al-Islam” (The Jurisprudence of the Environment in Islam) published by Al-Najah University-Nablus, 1997.

4. “Al-Nurisi wa al-Sababiyyah” (Al-Nurisi on Causality) International Institute for Islamic Thought-Amman/ Jordan, 1997

5. “Al-Nursi on the People of the Book” (Istanbul Ilim Ve Kultur Vakf-Istanbul, 1999)

6. “Ibrahim in the Islamic Scriptures”, Abraham in the Three Monotheistic Faiths (PASSIA-Jerusalem, 1998)

7. “Towards an Islamic Jurisprudence of the Environment”, Islam: the Environment and Health (Islamic Medical Association of South Africa: Qualbert, 1999)

8. “An Islamic Perspective on the Palestinian Statehood” (The Palestine-Israel Journal for Politics, Economics and Culture, 1999)

9. “The Holy Land, Jerusalem and Al-Aqsa Mosque in the Islamic Sources”, Journal of the Central Conference of American Rabbis (CCAR) Fall 2000, 60-68

10. “The Image of the Other in Palestinian Islamic Education Books” (To be published by the Latin Patriarchate in Jerusalem )

11. “Towards a New Planetary: The Role of Religion from an Islamic Perspective” (To be published by the International Jacques Maritain Institute, Italy)
    

Conferences and Presentations (Partial List):

• "Islamic Perspectives on the Arab-Israeli Conflict"
  The Episcopal Provincial Convocation Conference on the Middle East
  Holyoke, MA (USA) Nov. 16-17, 1990

• "Jesus Christ in Islamic Scripture"
  Religious Awareness Week- North Eastern University Boston, MA (USA) May 17, 1990

• "Introduction to Islam" The Inter-Cultural Training Resource Center of the Archdiocese of Boston.
  MA (USA) Jan. 17, 1991

• "Religion, Ethics and Homosexuality" - Panel Discussion- Clark University - Worcester, MA (USA) April 22, 1991

• "Introduction to Islam"
  Intensive Course Concurrent with the Finger Lakes Conference
  Geneva, New York (USA) June 23-29, 1991

• “The ‘Nation State’ and Islam”
  26th Annual Conference of the Association of the American Muslim Social Scientists
  Brockport, New York, Nov. 28-30, 1997

• “Religion, Community and Conflict”
  Armagh Conference Armagh, Ireland, Feb. 26-28, 1998

• “On Knowing God in Islam” Convegno Internazionale / Teismo: Storia E Teorsi
  Pontifica Universita Lateranense & Pontifical Institute (Notre Dame of Jerusalem Center) Jerusalem, Palestine, April 16-18, 1998

• “Higher Education in Palestine: Challenges vs. Aspirations” Muslim Leaders’ Forum Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, August 15-25, 1998

• “Nursi on the People of the Book”
  Third International Conference on the Work of Nursi Istanbul, Turkey, September 19-23, 1988

• “Qaradawi on Islamic Medical Ethics”
  Islamic Medical Association Conference
  Durban, South Africa, April 2-5, 1999

• “Islamic Spirituality” Otterbein College
  Columbus, Ohio, USA, May 20, 1999

• “Islamic Spirituality” University of Basel Basel, Switzerland, May 30, 1999

• "The Evolution of Islamic Movements in the Arab World" Panel Discussion-Center for Strategic and International Studies - Washington, DC (USA) April 28th, 2000

• "Woman's Rights in Islam: The Cultural vs. the Religious” Middle-Eastern Council of Churches, Amman, Jordan, 10-12 July, 2000

• “Towards a New Planetary: The Role of Religion from an Islamic Perspective”
  Panel Discussion-Globalization, Cultures and Religions Instituto Internazionale Jacques Maritain Venice and Treviso, Italy, 11-13 February, 2001

• "On the Role of Christian Pilgrims Towards the Holy Land" (Italian)
  Panel Discussion- Pelligrini a Gerusalemme, Portatori di Speranza e di Pace Chiesa Locale, Pellegrinaggio e Traditio Fidei Opera Romana Pellegrinaggi Rome, Italy, February 14th, 2001

• “An Islamic Critique of the Oslo Process” The Israeli-Palestinian Peace Process: Lessons of Oslo Colgate University Hamilton, New York, March 22-24, 2001

• “A Critique of the “Scientific” Exegesis of the Qur’an” Science and Religion: Perspectives of Islamic Civilization University of Malaya 
  Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, September 2-5, 2001

• “On the Validity of Al-Ghazzali’s Works as a Paradigm for Contemporary Islamic Thought” International Conference on Al-Ghazzali’s Legacy: Its Contemporary Relevance International Institute for Islamic Thought and Civilization (ISTAC) Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, October 24-27, 2001

Courses Taught (Selection):

• Islamic Theology (English) Graduate

• Readings in Islamic Theology (Arabic) Graduate

• Philosophy: Al-Kindi to Ibn Rushd (English) Undergraduate

• Al-Ghazzali’s Critique of Muslim Philosophy (English) Undergraduate

• Readings in Al-Ghazzali (Arabic) Graduate

• Modern Muslim Thinkers (Arabic&English) Undergraduate

• Contemporary Islamic Thought (Arabic) Graduate

• History of Western Philosophy (English) Undergraduate

• Islam and the West (Arabic) Graduate

• Islam and the Palestinian Issue (Arabic) Graduate

• Islamic Epistemology (Arabic) Graduate

• Introduction to Islam (Hebrew) Graduate

• Islamic Medical Ethics (Arabic & English) Undergraduate

Societies (membership):

1. American Academy of Religion (2001- )

2. American Philosophical Association (1993-99)

3. Islamic Society of Boston - President (1990-92)

4. Muslim-Christian Council / Jerusalem (1998- 99)

Photograph:

1. The Author in Malaysia.

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