: Head of Department of Sharia, Zanzibar University.

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1 Abdulkadir Hashim (Phd) Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies University of Nairobi P.O. Box 2779, Nairobi 00100, Kenya Cell: Fax: or Personal Data Date and place of birth Nationality Marital status Languages 10 th September 1965, Malindi, Kenya. Kenyan Married Proficiency in English, Arabic and Kiswahili Educational Qualifications LL.D (Doctor of Laws), University of the Western Cape, South Africa LL.M (Master of Laws), The London School of Economics, University of London LL.B. (Bachelor of Laws) in Sharia & Law, Omdurman Islamic University, Sudan National Secondary School Certificate, African Islamic Centre, Sudan Preparatory Education Certificate, Al Azhar Islamic Mission, Egypt Kenya Certificate of Education, Malindi High School Kenya Certificate of Primary Education, Panju Primary School, Malindi. Legal Training Kenya School of Law Legal internship, Ali & Associates, Nairobi. Administrative Experience : Muslim Chaplain, University of Nairobi : Head of Department of Sharia, Zanzibar University : Director of Students Affairs, Zanzibar University : Member of the University Senate, Zanzibar University Served in Several AD HOC committees in Zanzibar University, such as: Construction Committee Students Disciplinary Committee 1

2 Teaching Experience Lecturer, Department of Philosophy & Religious Studies, University of Nairobi Teaching undergraduate and postgraduate students in various Islamic disciplines including successful supervision of MA students Co-ordinated students projects and supervision of specific postgraduate projects Member of Curriculum Committee Part-time lecturer, Thika College for Sharia and Islamic Studies Teaching undergraduate students in various Islamic law disciplines Lecturer, Faculty of Law and Sharia, Zanzibar University, Teaching undergraduate students in various Islamic law and Common law disciplines Designed and taught Islamic Legal System in East Africa course Chaired Department of Sharia and curriculum committees Senate representative Zanzibar University Supervised undergraduate LL.B dissertations Coordinated students seminars and projects Part-time Lecturer, University College of Education, Zanzibar Teaching undergraduate students in various Islamic law disciplines. Research Experience : Doctoral Research University of Western Cape, South Africa Reforming and Retreating: British Policies on the transformation of Islamic Law institutions in the Busa idi Sultanate Supervisors: Prof. Francois De Villiers, Prof. Najma Moosa, Prof. Anne K. Bang Country co-ordinator (Tanzania) for a project on Islamic Law in Africa, University of Bayreuth. Postgraduate Supervision Unmasking the inner meanings of Quranic lexicons: A permutative approach with special reference to the noun ismun (name) and the adjective arabiyah (Arabic)., Mr. Mohammed Mahfudh Jeizan (2007). 2

3 LIST OF PUBLICATIONS Publications in Refereed Journals 1. Hashim, A, Administration of Waqf Institutions in the Kenyan Coast: Problems and Prospects", Awqaf Journal, No. 18 Vol.10, May 2010, 57-66, Kuwait Awqaf Public Foundation, Kuwait. 2. Hashim, A, Scholars of the Circles: Role of Qādīs in Training and Transmission of Islamic Learning along the East African coast between mid nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Journal for Islamic Studies, 29, 2009, Hashim, A, Coping with Conflicts: Colonial Policy towards Muslim Personal Law in Kenya and Post-independent Court Practice, in Richard Roberts, Shamil Jeppie and Ibrahim Moosa, (eds.) Muslim Family Law in Colonial and Postcolonial Sub-Saharan Africa, Amsterdam: University of Amsterdam Publishers, 2009, Hashim, A, Servants of Sharia: Kadhis and the Politics of Accommodation in East Africa, Sudanic Africa, 16, 2005, Hashim, A, Tradition and Innovation: Muslim Personal Law in Kenya and Tanzania, Journal of Muslim Minority Affairs, Vol. 25, No.3, December 2005, Lecture Series 6. Course Module CRS 207: Introduction to Islam, University of Nairobi Press, Publications in Bulletins and Review Journals 7. Hashim, A, Muslim-State Relations in Kenya after the Referendum on the Constitution, African Association for the Study of Religions Bulletin, No.24 November 2005, Hashim, A, Searching for Religious Authority (marji iya): Muslims and Religious Leadership in Kenya, Annual Review of Islam in South Africa (ARISA) 2005 Vol. 8, , Centre for Contemporary Islam, University of Cape Town, South Africa. Publications in Conferences and Symposiums 9. Hashim, A, Reform and Resistance: Fatwa Institutions in Kenya between Traditional Trends and Modern Needs, Proceedings of International Conference on Ijtihad & Ifta in the 21 st Century: Challenges and Prospects, International Islamic University Malaysia, th August 2008, Vol.1, Hashim, A, Unity within Diversity: Codification and Unification of Muslim Law of Personal Status in East Africa, Proceedings of the Academic Conference, January 2006, Research Papers published by International University of Africa, Khartoum, Vol.1,

4 11. Hashim, A, Kadhis Intellectual legacy in the East African Coast: The contributions of Al-Amin Al-Mazrui, Muhammad Kassim Al-Mazrui and Abdulla Saleh Farsy, Proceedings of the International Symposium on Islamic Civilisation in Eastern Africa published Research Centre for Islamic History, Art and culture (IRCICA), Istanbul, 2006, Hashim, A, Judges and Jurists: Role of Kadhis in Promoting Islamic Scholarship in the East African Coast," Proceedings of the International Symposium 26th & 27th November 2006, International University of Africa, Khartoum, Vol.9, Presentations at Conferences and Workshops 13. Hashim, A, The Shaping of the Sharia Courts: British Policies on Transforming Courts in Colonial Zanzibar, The Indian Ocean as Visionary Area: Post-Multiculturalist Approaches to the Study of Culture and Globalisation Zanzibar, 26 to 29 May Hashim, A, Reflections on the dynamics preoccupying the Muslim community in the East African coast, ICRC Global Affairs 2011, Severin Sea Lodge, Mombasa, 4 th April Hashim, A, Status of Non-combatants in Islam, Seminar on International Humanitarian Law and Islamic Sharia, Organized by the International Committee Red Cross in collaboration with the Islamic University In Uganda (IUIU), Mbale 31st March and 1st April Hashim, A, British policies towards Islamic education in the East African coast, Workshop on Islamic Education in Africa organized by Uni Global University of Bergen, Lamu 22 nd - 24 July Hashim, A, Women as Kadhis?: Opinions of Muslim Scholars on the appointment of female judges, Deliberations by Muslim Scholars on whether Islam permits female kadhis organized by Muslim Human Rights, Mombasa, Castle hotel, 31st March Hashim, A, Administration of Wakf Institutions in the Kenya coast: Problems and Prospects, Wakf Training Course organized by the National Awqaf Foundation of South Africa, Pretoria, 4 th -6 th December Hashim, A, The Forgotten Script: Revisiting Swahili Materials Written in Arabic Script in Coastal Kenya, Islamic University in Uganda, Mbale, 16 th -18 th November Hashim, A, The Role of Faith Based Organisations in Reconciling Kenyans: an Islamic Perspective, Inter-Religious Council of Kenya Workshop, Emmaus Centre, Nairobi, July

5 21. Hashim, A, Significance of Qadis and Islamic law in East African coast, organized by Department of History, University of Bergen, 7th October Hashim, A, Qadis and Islamic Legal Practice in Coastal Kenya, workshop on Islam in Africa organized by Nordic Network, Bergen, Norway, 18th-19th September Hashim, A, Reform and Resistance: Fatwa Institutions in Kenya between Traditional Trends and Modern Needs, International Conference on Ijtihad & Ifta in the 21st Century: Challenges and Prospects, International Islamic University Malaysia, 12-14th August Hashim, A, Foundations of Islamic Law, Fifteenth Commonwealth Law Conference, organized by Commonwealth Lawyers Association, KICC, Nairobi, 9th-13th September Hashim, A, Judges and Jurists: Role of Kadhis in Promoting Islamic Scholarship in the East African Coast, International Symposium organized by the International University of Africa, Khartoum. 26th & 27th November Hashim, A, Crown and Crescent: Competing Policies on the Administration of Islamic Law in the East African Coast International Symposium on Islamic Civilization in Southern Africa, University of Johannesburg, South Africa, 1-3 September Hashim, A, Kadhis and their courts in the East African courts, Workshop on Sharia Debates and its Perception by Muslims and Christians in Selected African Countries organized by University of Bayreuth, Germany at the University of Cape Town from 10th to 13th February Hashim, A, Unity within Diversity: Codification and Unification of Muslim Law of Personal Status in East Africa, Academic Conference, International University of Africa, Khartoum, 15th -17th January Hashim, A, Servants of Sharia: Kadhis and the Politics of Accommodation in East Africa, workshop on Sharia Debates and its Perception by Muslims and Christians in Selected African Countries, St. Paul s United Theological College, Limuru, Kenya, 15th -20 July, Hashim, A, Kadhis Intellectual legacy in the East African Coast: The contributions of Al-Amin Al-Mazrui, Muhammad Kassim Al-Mazrui and Abdulla Saleh Farsy, International Symposium on Islamic Civilisation in Eastern Africa, Islamic University in Uganda, 15th 17th December Hashim, A, Application of Muslim Personal law in the Kenyan courts: Is there a case of Conflict?, organized by the Centre of Contemporary Islam, University of Cape Town, held in Dar es Salaam, 21st -23rd July

6 Media Presentations 32. Hashim, A, Mwangaza wa Dini ya Kiislamu, weekly Kiswahili Radio programme at the Kenya Broadcast Corporation. 33. Hashim, A, The Roundtable on the Draft Constitution, studio guest, Crosstalk, Family TV, 7th December Hashim, A, Polygamy: An Islamic Perspective, studio guest Woman show Citizen TV, 12th November Hashim, A, The way for clerics to solve the Kadhi issue, The Star, Saturday, August 22, 2009, p.15. Voluntary Activities and Community Service 36. Hashim, A, Compilation of Faith for Life booklet, organized by Inter-Religious Council of Kenya and funded by UNICEF, Green Gardens hotel, Athi River, 12 th -14 th April Hashim, A, Developing position paper on the Kadhi Courts, Supreme Council of Kenya Muslims, Nairobi, 31 st November Hashim, A, Taskforce Member of the Kenya Thabiti Taskforce 2008 on post-election violence organized by the Inter-Religious Forum, June 2008, Ufungamano House, Nairobi. 39. Hashim, A, A talk on The Status of Women in Islam, Jamia Mosque Multipurpose Hall, 20th April Hashim, A, Drafting a paper on the Gender Related Bills: the Marriage Bill, 2007; the Matrimonial Property Bill, 2007; the Domestic Violence (Family Protection) Bill, 2007 and the Equal Opportunities Bill, 2007, The Supreme Council of Kenya Muslims, Nairobi, 13 th August Organizing workshop/symposium 41. Chief facilitator, International Quran Symposium, held by the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies in collaboration with the Cultural Council of the Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran, University of Nairobi, 4 th -5 th June Convener for a training workshop on using computer in writing East African languages in the Quranic script, sponsored by the Islamic Scientific Educational and Cultural Organization (ISESCO), Munadhamat al-dawa al-islamiyya & the Thika College for Sharia & Islamic Studies held at the Kenya Institute of Education, Nairobi, 8 th -12 th November

7 Guest Researcher 43. Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, 3 rd December rd January Department of History, University of Bergen, 1 st September -31 st October