Dr Jabal Muhammad Buaben
Dr Jabal Muhammad Buaben
Research Scholar of Contemporary Islamic Thoughts
Email: j.buaben@Ibnrushdcentre.org
Education
PhD in Islamic Studies: Centre for the Study of Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations, Department of Theology and Religion, College of Arts and Law, University of Birmingham, United Kingdom.
M.A. in Theology: Centre for the Study of Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations, Department of Theology and Religion, College of Arts and Law, University of Birmingham, United Kingdom
B.A. [Hons.] Dip.Ed. in Religious Studies [Islamic Studies Major], Ghanaian Language University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana.
Career History
Associate Professor of Islamic History and Civilisation: Sultan Omar ‘Ali Saifuddien Centre for Islamic Studies [SOASCIS], Universiti Brunei Darussalam [UBD]; Brunei Darussalam.
Lecturer in Islamic Studies: Centre for the Study of Interreligious Relations, School of
Philosophy, Theology and Religion; College of Arts and Law, University of Birmingham, United Kingdom.
Director, Centre for the Study of Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations, Department of
Theology and Religion, University of Birmingham, United Kingdom.
Assistant Professor of Islamic Studies, International Islamic University, Malaysia.
Acting Head of Department, Kulliyyah of Islamic Revealed Knowledge and Heritage, International Islamic University, Malaysia.
Lecturer in Islamic Studies, Kulliyyah of Islamic Revealed Knowledge and Heritage
International Islamic University, Malaysia.
Teaching Interest
Islamic Civilisation and the Modern World
Classical Islamic Religious Thought
Modern Islamic Religious Thought
Qur’ānic Themes
Sciences of the Qur’an [Qur’anic Studies].
Principles of Islamic Thought
Islamic History
Islam in Africa
Islam in Contemporary Sub-Saharan Africa
Islam in West Africa
Principles of Islamic Jurisprudence
Islam & the Interfaith Relations/Inter-Civilizational Dialogue.
Islamic Akhlaq [Ethics]
The Life of the Prophet Muhammad [Sirah] in Western Scholarship
Research Method
AREAS OF RESEARCH INTEREST
The Sirah
Inter-faith & Inter-Civilizational Dialogue
Islamic Religious Thought – Both Classical and Modern
Islam in Sub-Saharan Africa
Islam in Southeast Asia [with special reference to the Malay World];
African Traditional Religions
CURRENT RESEARCH PLANS
- Islamic Da‘wah – The Mission of Islam in a Plural World.
Publication Status: In preparation; soon to complete.
Possible Publisher: The KUBE Publications, Islamic Foundation, UK.
- Beyond The Stereotype: A Muslim Perspective of Christian-Muslim Relations.
Publication Status: In the process of revising.
[Paper originally presented at a Conference on Christian-Muslim Relations at the University of Gloucestershire].
- ‘Is there such a thing as ‘Islamic Science?’
Publication Status: In the process of revising.
Possible Publishers: Islamic Studies; Journal or American Journal of Islamic Social Sciences.
[Paper originally presented at Seminars on ‘Science and Religion in
Context’ at the University of Birmingham and the University of Leeds].
- ‘Nature and the Global Environment – An Islamic Perspective.’ Publication Status: In the process of revising.
[Paper originally presented at the Graduate Seminar, Department of Theology and Religion, University of Birmingham].
ONGOING RESEARCH
- ‘The Role of the Sunnah in Islam in Light of Muslim Understanding with
Special Reference to Three Muslim Modernists.’
Status: In the process of editing and preparing for submission to a Refereed Journal.
[Paper jointly written with Belal Abo-Al-Abbas, a Lecturer at the University of Exeter].
- ‘Islamic Da‘wah among the Indigenous People of Brunei Darussalam: A
Historical Exploration.’
This is a Research Project on the Books to explore the Historical Development of Da‘wah in Brunei focussing on the Indigenous People seeking to understand how this has been carried out over the years assessing the viability of the methods and how they could be improved.
- ‘Islamic Da‘wah among the Indigenous People of the Malay World: A
Comparative Study of Selected Ethnic Groups in Brunei Darussalam and Malaysia.’
This is a Project under Discussion as a joint Research with Professor Datuk Prof. Dr. Osman Bakar, Former Chair Professor, SOASCIS, UBD and now Distinguished Professor at ISTAC, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
- Youth Aspirations: Factors that Influence Bruneian Youth Life Goals. –A Proposal for the SOASCIS Research Thrust Area submitted to the University
Brunei Darussalam.
PUBLICATIONS
Peer Reviewed Journal Articles
‘Orientalism and Contemporary Islamic Studies – Some Reflections on the Current European Scene’ http://conferences.ju.edu.jo/Sites/Islamic2019/Hpome.aspx]
‘Interest – Free Banking and Finance in Brunei Darussalam: Present and Future Prospects’ [Joint Publication with Jibrail Bin Yusuf, Hassan Shakeel Shah and Mohammad Ayaz]. In: Journal of Islamic Thought and Civilisation. Vol. 8 No 2 [Fall 2018] Also published in: Journal of Islamic Finance [JIF], IIUM, Vol. 8 [2019]: Special Issue; 18-6-2019; [076-089]
Books
Islam Beyond The Stereotype: Collected Essays (Cambridge, UK: Mandelbachtal, 2000).
Image of the Prophet Muhammad in the West – A Study of Muir, Margoliouth and Watt (Leicester, UK: The Islamic Foundation, 1996), xix+394pp.
Book Review:
Kamali, Mohammad: The Middle Path of Moderation in Islam – The
Qur’ānic Principle of Wasatiyyah- Foreword by Tariq Ramadan, New York, Oxford
University Press, 2015
‘The Numbers Game: A Muslim Perspective on Immigration and Integration in Britain and its Impact on Interfaith Relations’. [The Adyan Journal Published by the Georgetown University, Qatar]
‘An Intercultural Dialogue from within Muslim Communities: A Global View’ [co-authored with Dr Osman Bakar, Dr Norhazlin Muhammad, Dr Azmi Mohamad] in: Agree to Differ, London: UNESCO Publishing/Tudor House, 2015, pp.91-96.