Khaleel Mohammed
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Khaleel Mohammed is a professor of Religion at San Diego State University, and a core faculty member of the university's Center for Islamic and Arabic Studies. His research interests include Islamic Law (Classical and Modern), Comparative Religion, Jewish/Christian/Islamic encounter, Qur'anic exegesis (Classical and Modern), Hadith, Gender/Sex Issues and Sexuality in Islam, Terrorism, Anti-Semitism in Islamic/Islamist Material Arab-Israeli Relations, Reform in Islam.
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[edit] Biography
Mohammed was born in Guyana, South America. He was awarded a Ph.D. in Islamic law from McGill University.
[edit] Publications
[edit] Referenced Journal Articles
- “Assessing English Translations of the Qur’an,” Middle East Quarterly, Spring 2005, Volume XII (2): 59-72.
- “Revisiting Tyan on the issue of the Early Islamic Judicature” Islamic Studies, Autumn 2004 (3): 447-455.
- “Muslim Exegesis, the Hadith and the Jews” Judaism, #209/210 (53) Winter-Spring 2004: 3-11.
- “A Muslim Perspective on Human Rights,” Social Science and Modern Society (Volume 41, #2), January/February 2004: 29-35.
- “Probing the Identity of the Sacrificial Son in the Qur’an,” Journal of Religion and Culture (13), 1999, Concordia University: 125-138.
- “The Foundations of the Muslim Prayer.” Medieval Encounters (5), March 1999, E.J.Brill: 17-28.
- “Demonizing the Jew: Examining the Antichrist Traditions in the Sahihayn.” Co-author: Professor Kadir Baksh. Journal of Religion and Culture (12) 1998, Concordia University: 151-164.
- “Abraham Geiger and Heinrich Graetz: A Comparison of their Different Perspectives on Jewish History,” Journal of Religion and Culture (11) 1997, Concordia University: 141-160.
- “The Concept of Abrogation in the Qur’an.” Published under pseudonym, Abu Yousuf al-Corentini. Journal of Religion and Culture (10) 1996, Concordia University: 63-76.
[edit] Chapter in Book
- “The Identity of the Qur’an’s Ahl al-Dhikr,” in Coming to Terms with the Qur’an. Ed. by Andrew Rippin and Khaleel Mohammed. Under review. McGill University Press.
- “Islam and Human Rights,” in Religion and Human Rights, ed. Adam Seligman. Interreligious Center on Public Life, Hollis Publishing: 2004: 55-68.
- “Al-Rida's Argumentation Against the Leaders of the People of the Book, the Magians, the Sabeans and Others (excerpted from Al-Istibsar). Translated as chapter for Theology of Shi‘ism: A Debate Between Imam Ali Rida and People of Other Beliefs. Ed. By Saeed Argomand. Global Publications, State University of New York, Binghamton, 1999.
[edit] Translations
- World of Our Youth. Translation of Husayn Fadlallah’s Duniya al-Shabab. Montreal, Damascus and Beirut: Organization for Advancement of Islamic Knowledge, Montreal, 1998.
