CONFIRMATION OF PROBATIONARY APPOINTMENT 1 CURICULLUM VITAE I. (a) Name: Ibrahim Olatunde Uthman (b) Date of Birth: 27 June 1970 (c) Department: Arabic and Islamic Studies (d) Faculty: Arts (e) College: Not Applicable II. (a) First Academic Appointment: 18 May 2008 (b) Present Post [With date]: Lecturer I, May, 2008 (c) Date of last promotion: Not Applicable (d) Date last put up for promotion: Not Applicable III. University Education [with dates]: (a) University of Ibadan 1988-1993 (b) Obafemi Awolowo University 1997-2001 (c) International Islamic University, Malaysia 2003-2005 IV. Academic Qualification [with dates and granting bodies] (a). B. A. Arabic and Islamic studies [University of Ibadan, Ibadan] 1994 (b) M.A. Islamic Studies & Comparative Religious Studies [Obafemi Awolowo University] 2001 (c) Ph. D Islamic Studies & Comparative Religion [International Islamic University, Malaysia] 2006 V. Professional Qualification with dates Nil VI. Scholarships, Fellowship and Prizes [with dates] in respect of Undergraduate and Postgraduate works only. (a) International Islamic University, Malaysia Scholarship 2003-2005. (b) International Islamic University Special loan for Outstanding Students 2003-2005 VII. Honours, Distinctions and Membership of Learned societies.
2 (a) Member, National Association of Teachers of Arabic and Islamic Studies, [NATAIS] Nigeria. (b) Member, International Society for African Philosophy and Studies (ISAPS). (c) Member, National Association for the Study of Religion and Education [NASRED]. (d) Managing Editor [Islamic studies] Anyigba Journal of Arabic and Islamic Studies Kogi State University (formerly Prince Abubakar Audu University), 2003 (e) Language Editor, Journal of Islam in Asia, International Islamic University, 2005 (f) Consultant, Mapping The Global Muslim Population: A Report on the Size and Distribution of the World s Muslim Population [Washington D.C: The Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life Pew Research Centre, Oct. 2009]. VIII Details of Teaching Experience at University level. (a) Courses Taught at undergraduate and postgraduate levels: ISS 104 Studies on Hadith I ISS 106 Introduction to Islamic Philosophy ISS 207 Islamic Civilization under the Khulafa al-rashidun up to Abbasids ISS 208 Islamic Family Law ISS 301 Advanced Islamic Theology ISS 302 History and Creed of Ahlul-Sunnah and the Shia ah ISS 303 Moral Philosophy in Islam ISS 306 Shariah III: Al- Uqubat (Penal Codes) ISS 308 Islamic Civilization in the Medieval Period ISS 313 Islam in Africa ISS 409 Islam in Nigeria ISS 412 Islam s Contribution to Civilization ISS 413 Heretical Movements According to Islam ISS 701 Reason and Revelation in Islam ISS 706 Philosophy: Al-Ghazali versus Ibn Rushd ISS 711 Advance Hadith Studies ISS 751 Islam in the Modern World ISS 756 Studies in Islamic Institutions
ISS 758 Islamic Movements in West Africa 3 (b) I have supervised 12 Long Essays, 7 M. A. Projects, examined 1 Ph.D. Thesis and am currently supervising 1 Ph. D candidate. Administrative Responsibilities (i) Coordinator, Postgraduate, Department of Arabic and Islamic and representative, Faculty of Arts Postgraduate Committee, 2008 date (ii) Member, Faculty Finance Committee, July 2009 till June 2010 (iii) Member, Departmental Finance Committee, January 2009 December 2010 (iv) Member of Senate, representing Congregation, April 2010- date (v) (vi) Coordinator, Postgraduate Seminar, Department of Arabic and Islamic Studies January 2011-date Chairman, Department of Arabic and Islamic Studies Committee on Developing the Curriculum for B.A. in Islamic Law, March 2011-date
4 X: Research (a) Completed i. Da wah Approaches & Contributions of Sayyid Qutb & the Muslim Brotherhood (b) (i) (ii) (iii) (c) In progress The Application and Practice of the Principles of Da wah in the Age of Modernity and globalization- This paper explores how the principles of Da wah can intersect with multiculturalism and pluralism to build a more peaceful global society. The Application of Al-Uqubat (Penal Code in Islam) in Contemporary Society: A Case Study of Nigeria- This paper written together with a senior colleague and teacher, Dr. K.K. Oloso focuses on the complexity of the implementation of the Islamic criminal law with particular reference to the abuse of human rights in Nigeria. The Appropriation of Islam in Zaynab Al-Ghazzālī s Representations of the Muslim Sisters of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt- This paper focuses on Ayyām min Hayātī, the autobiographical text of the Egyptian Islamist activist, Zaynab al-ghazzālī al-jubaylī (1918 2009) in order to examine how using the Muslim brotherhood s struggles, she was able to give Islamist endorsement to female agency. Dissertation and Thesis (i) Uthman I. O [2001] A re- Investigation of the Status of Muslim Women in Ibadan and its Environs M.A. Thesis Department of Religious Studies Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, 2001. (ii) Uthman I. O [2005] The Socio-religious Status of Muslim Women in Yoruba land With Reference to the Work of Shaykh Al-Albani. Ph. D Thesis Dept of Usuludin and Comparative Religion, International Islamic University Malaysia, 2005 X. Publications (a) Books already published:
1. Uthman 1.O. [2001] Feminism and the Contemporary society. [Nigeriria: Al-Mubasheer Publications] ISBN no: 978-35785-0-2, pp. 1-106. 2. Uthman 1.O. [2008] Muslim Women of Nigeria and the Feminist Discourse of Shaykh al- Albānī, [Malaysia: International Islamic University Press, First Edition], ISBN no: 983-3855-33-9, pp.1-261. 3. Uthman 1.O. [2009] Feminist Insiders-Outsiders, Muslim Women in Nigeria and Contemporary Feminist Movement, [UK: Cambridge Scholars Publishing First Edition], ISBN no (10): 1-4438-1350-8, (13): 978-1-4438-1350-1, pp.1-243.http://www.c-s- p.org/flyers/feminist-insiders-outsiders--muslim-women-in- Nigeria-and-the-Contemporary Feminist-Movement1-4438-1350-8.htm (b) Chapters in books already published: 4. Uthman 1.O. [2006]. Muslim Women in Nigeria between Postmodern Feminism and Religious Fanaticism: the case of the Islamic Law. In M. A. Folorunsho et al [Ed.] Religion and Modernity, [Nigeria: National Association for the Study of Religion and Education] ISBN no: 978-33971-4, pp. 60-70. 5. Uthman 1.O. and Adesina-Uthman G. A. [2009] Niqāb: Issues and Implications in L. O. Abbas et al [ed.], Women and current Issues in National Development a book in honour of Dr. Lateefah Durosinmi, an activist, distinguished Academic and the former National Amirah of FOMWAN, [Nigeria: Obafemi Awolowo University Press], ISBN no: 978-136-169-7, pp.131-161 (Percentage contributed 80%) 6. Uthman 1.O. [2010] Muslim Women and Domestic Violence in Nigeria: The Position of the Shari ah in AbdulRazaq Kilani [ed.], Beyond the Veil: Muslim Women in Sub Saharan Africa, [Nigeria: Global Da wah Communications], ISBN no: 978-36049-0-2, pp.50-96. 7. Uthman 1.O. [2010] Muslim Women Organization and Islamic Activism in sub Saharan Africa: A Case Study of FOMWAN in Abdul Razaq Kilani [ed.], Beyond the Veil: Muslim Women in Sub Saharan Africa, [Nigeria: Global Da wah Communications], ISBN no: 978-36049-0-2, pp. 152-194. 5
(c) Articles that have already appeared in refereed Conference Proceedings: 8. Uthman, I.O. [2005] A Critical Evaluation of Ghazzalian and Kantian Notions of Mysticism. In Hamidreza Ayatollahy [ed.], Papers of International Conference on Two hundred Years After Kant [Iran: Allame Tabataba i University] ISBN no: 964-8415-30-7, pp. 267-281. 9. Uthman, I.O. [2006] Muslims and Contemporary Philosophical Issues in Postmodernism. In Ali Naqi Baqershahi [ed.], Islamic Philosophy and Western Philosophies: The Papers Presented at the second World Congress on Mulla Sadra [iran: Sadra Islamic Philosophy Research Institute] ISBN no: 964-7472-63-3, pp. 361-381 (d) Patents: Nil. (e) Articles that have already appeared in learned Journals 10. Uthman, I. O. [2000] "The Problems of Child Abuse and Islamic Solutions" Journal of Religion and Culture [Nigeria], vol. 1 pp. 81-87. 11. Uthman, I. O. [2001] The Purdah Saga and the Muslim Woman in Contemporary Society" Journal of Religion and Culture, [Nigeria], vol. 2 No. 2 pp. 47-62.. 12. Uthman, I. O. [2002] "The Roles of Arabic & Islamic Studies in a Secular Society" NATAIS: Journal of the Nigerian Association of Teachers of Arabic and Islamic Studies [Nigeria] vol. 6, no. 2 pp. 80-86. 13. Uthman, I. O. [2005] "Feminism in postmodern society: an Islamic Perspective" Journal of Islam in Asia, [Malaysia] vol. 2 no. 2, pp. 131-150. 14. Uthman, I.O. [2006] "Muslim Women and the Islamic State Between Political Activism and the Islamic Law: An Analysis of the Jilbāb al- Mar ah al-muslimah fī Al-kitāb wa al-sunnah of Shaykh al- Albānī" IKIM Journal of Islam and International Affairs, [Malaysia], vol. 2, no. 1, pp. 117-145. 6
15. Uthman, I. O. [2009] Muslim Women in Nigeria: the Position of FOMWAN and Lessons from Islamic Malaysia JOAS, Journal of African and Asian Studies, [Greece] vol. 18, pp. 245-265. 16. Uthman, I. O. [2010] "Muslim and Science: Contributions of Islamic Universities to Professional Ethics" AJISS: American Journal of Islamic Social Sciences [USA] vol. 27, no. 1, pp. 54-73. 17. Uthman, I. O. [2010] "Muslim and Contemporary Philosophical Issues in Postmodernism" Ife Journal of Religious Studies, [Nigeria], vol. 6 no. 2, pp. 187-198. 18. Uthman, I. O. [2010] A Triadic Re-Reading of Zaynab al-ghazali and the Feminist Movement in Islam Islamic Studies [Pakistan], vol. 49 no. 1, 65-79. 19. Uthman, I. O. [2010] "A comparative study of Academic Teaching of Islam in Nigerian Universities" Al-Ijtihad, Journal of Islamization of knowledge and Contemporary Issues [Nigeria], vol. 8, no. 1, pp. 30-47. 20. Uthman I.O. [2010] The Muslim women Elites in Yoruba land, the Islamic law and Lessons from Islamic Malaysia Journal of social sciences, [Pakistan], vol. 4, No.1, pp. 165-189 (f) Chapter in Book already accepted for Publication 21. Uthman I.O. [2010] Muslim/Christian Encounter in Nigeria and Yoruba Muslim Educational Jihād in Prof. Akinade Akintunde [ed.], Sacred Rumblings: Perspectives on Christian-Muslim Relations in Contemporary Nigeria, [USA: Peter Lang]. (g) Technical Reports/Monographs 22. Uthman I.O. Islam, Politics & Wealth [Nigeria: University of Agriculture Muslim Alumna Lecture Series 1], pp.1-21 7
8 XI. Major Conferences attended and papers read in the last three years (1) International conference on Islamic Education organized by Kolej Universiti Islam, Selangor, Malaysia in collaboration with others, 29 th November-1st December 2010. Paper read and Published in CD Proceedings: Teaching Islam in Nigeria: Between the Orientalist and Islamist Approaches at the University Level. (2) International Conference on Islam in Nigeria since independence organized by Department of Arabic and Islamic Studies, University of Ibadan, June 22-23, 2010. Paper read: The Role of Haj in the Economic Prosperity of Muslims in Nigeria. (3) The International Conference on the Islamic Banking and finance Cross Border Practices and litigations organized by the Islamic Law Dept, IIUM Malaysia in Collaboration with University of Wisconsin, USA, May 2010. Paper read and Published in CD Proceedings: The role of Hajj in the growth of the Islamic banking and Finance: A Case Study of Tabung Haji. (4) International conference on Islamic Banking and finance organized by Islamic Research and training Institute, a member of Islamic development Bank, Saudi Arabia and Department of Islamic University, University of Ilorin, 6-8 October 2009. Paper read: The Global Economic Crises and the Role of Zakah and Waqf in the Alleviation of poverty in Nigeria. (5) International Conference on Islamic Professional ethics and Education 2008 [ICEPEE 08] organized by Kulliyyah of Engineering, International Islamic University Malaysia, from 13-15, May 2008. Paper read and Published: Contributions of Islamic Universities to Professional Ethics: A Case Study of International Islamic University Malaysia and Crescent University Abeokuta in Conference Proceedings of International Conference on Islamic Professional ethics and Education 2008), pp. 250-255.
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