Curriculum Vitae Personal Information Name Father s Name Dr. Nazeer Ahmad Ab. Majeed Assistant Professor of Qur anic Studies, A. M. U. Aligarh : Dr. Nazeer Ahmad Ab. Majeed : (Late) Abdul Majeed Date of Birth : 01.10.1964 Sex/Marital Status Nationality Religion Address : Male/ Married : Indian : Muslim : C-11, Duplex Quarters (Old), S.S. Nagar, : AMU, Aligarh-202002, U.P., INDIA Mobile : +91 8881050166 Email : nazeermajeed@gmail.com Educational Qualifications Exam Passed University/ Board Year of Passing Division % of Marks M. A. (Philosophy) V.B.S. Purvanchal University, Jaunpur 2010 I 62.90 Ph. D (Arabic) AMU, Aligarh 1998 M. Phil (Arabic) AMU, Aligarh 1995 I 76.00 M.A. (Arabic) AMU, Aligarh 1989 I 72.80 Fazil (Arabic,Hadith, Darul Uloom, Deoband 1987 II 78.40 Tafsir, Fiqh etc) S.S.C. M.S.B.S.H.S.E. Pune 1980 I 61.7 1
Work Experience (Previous Academic and Literary Assignments) Worked as a research fellow at the Islami Academy, Aligarh from August, 2010 to June 2011 Worked as a Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Qur an and Comparative Religion at Al-Jamia Al- Islamiya, Santhapuram, Kerala from July, 2007 to July, 2010. Worked as Research Fellow at the Islami Academy, New Delhi, India from Oct. 2005 to June 2007 Worked as Research Fellow at the Centre for Religious Studies and Guidance, Aligarh, September 2003- September 2005 Worked with Prof. Iqbal A. Ansari as sub-editor of the Human Rights Today Quarterly, New Delhi, Sep. 2004- Sep.2005 Research Assistant on the U.G.C. Project on Sir Syed Ahmad Khan Religious Thought, Department of Philosophy, A.M.U., Aligarh from March 2000 to May 2003 Worked as Literary-Cum-Administrative Assistant to Prof. Iqbal A. Ansari, Editor, Human Rights Today quarterly, New Delhi from December 1999 to December2000 Worked as Lecturer in Arabic at Mohamed Sathak Collect of Arts & Science, Sholinganallur, Chennai-119 from August 1996 to May 1997 Worked with the Islamic Computing Centre, 73-St. Thomas s Road, London, N4 2QR U.K. from December 1993 to March 1994 Research Papers/Conferences/Seminars i. The Balkan War and the Fall of the Ottoman Caliphate: Islamic Responses from the Indian Sub- Continent (Presented at the World Conference on Bosnia organised by The Muslim Institute, London, November 13-14, 1993. ii. iii. iv. Dr. Aishah Bint-al-Shati s impressions of India and Indians presented in the National Seminar on India and Indians in Arabic Literature held in the University of Delhi on 3-4 March, 1998. Diwan fi Naat-i-Sayyidil - Akwan: Introduction and evaluation of a manuscript authored by Allama Mohammad Baqir Agah presented at the All India Seminar on Arabic Literary Manuscripts of Indian Scholars, conducted by the Department of Arabic, A.M.U., Aligarh on February 18-19, 1999 The Impact of Allama Iqbal s poetry and thought on Maulana Abu al-hasan Ali Nadwi s Arabic masterpiece Maza Khasiral-Alam... (Eng. version entitled Islam and the World ), presented at the 2
All India Seminar on Shaikh Abu al-hasan All al-nadwi and his contribution to the development of Arabic and Islamic Literature in India, conducted by the Department of Arabic, A.M.U., Aligarh on February 23-24, 2000 v. Shibli s ai-faruq: A valuable contribution of the Aligarh Movement, presented at the National Seminar on Shibli s al-faruq, conducted by the Department/Institute of Islamic Studies, A.M.U., Aligarh on November 18-19, 2000. vi. Shah Wali-Allah s Argument for Prophecy, presented at the International Seminar on Shah Wali- AIIah s Thought (as contained in Hujjat-Allah al-balighah) conducted by Shah Wali-Allah Dehlavi Research Cell of the Institute of Islamic Studies, A.M.U., Aligarh on February 20-22, 2001. vii. Muslim Pluralism: A study of sectarian diversity and pluralism in Islam with special reference to Shahrestani s al-milal wan-nihal, presented at the National Seminar on Muslims in Plural Society: Challenges and Prospects organized by the Department of Islamic Studies, A.M.U., Aligarh on February 14-15, 2002. viii. Wahdatul-Wujud and Shah Wali-Allah, presented at the International Seminar on Shah Wali-Allah s Tasawwuf, organized by the Department of Islamic Studies, A.M.U., Aligarh on March 21-23, 2002. ix. Dr. Aisha Bint al-shati and Prof. Abdul Aziz al-memoni: A comparative study of their writings on Abul Ala al-ma arri presented at the National Seminar on Abdul Aziz Al-Memoni: Life and works, organized by the Department of Arabic, A.M.U., Aligarh on February 24-25, 2003. x. Ruba iyat Wadi a al-bustani; A study in the movement for Arabic rendition of the world masterpieces in modern Arabic poetry, presented at National Seminar on New Trends in Contemporary Arabic Poetry, organized by the Department of Arabic, AMU, Aligarh on March 10-11, 2004 Published Articles a) Published In Journals English: i. Analyzing the Indo-Zionist Alliance, Crescent International, Canada, July 1-15, 1993. ii. Parliament of World s Religions, December, 1999 to give call to the Guiding Institutions Human Rights Today Quarterly, New Delhi, Autumn 1999 (with the editor, Iqbal A. Ansari, as co-author). iii. Planned Segregation (Book Review), Human Rights Today Quarterly, New Delhi, V. 1, No. 2, December 1998. iv. International Seminar on Shah Wali-Allah s Thought, American Journal of Islamic Social Sciences, IIIT, Herndon VA, USA, V.18, summer 2001, Number 3(Also published in Islamic Studies Quarterly Islamic Research Institute, Islamabad, Pakistan, V. 40, Summer 2001, Number 2). 3
v. The Argument for Prophecy: A study of Shah Wall-Allah s Hujjat-Allah al Balighah, published in The Aligarh Journal of Islamic Philosophy, Department of Philosophy, A.M.U., Aligarh, No. 8, January 2003. vi. A Gandhian with a difference Communalism Combat Mumbai Jan 2010 vii. A demanding ethics of secularism and human rights Indian Journal of Secularism Mumbai Apr-June 2010 viii. Urdu: Shahrastani and the Contemporary Debate of Religious Pluralism, Aligarh Journal of Islamic Philosophy, 2011 i. Hikmate-Moasharat, Tahzibul-Akhlaq, Aligarh, September, 1998. ii. Mansab-e-Nubuwwat aur uski Hujjiyat in Hujjat-Allah al-balighah : Ek Tajziyati Mutala a, Prof. M. Yasin Mazhar Siddiqui (ed), Shah Wali-Allah Dehlavi Research Cell, Institute of Islamic Studies, A.M.U., Aligarh, March 2002. iii. Al-Faruq: Aligarh Tehreek Ka Ek Atiya published in Al-Faruq: Ek Mutala ah, ed. Prof. Yasin Mazhar Siddiqui, the Institute of Islamic Studies, A.M.U., Aligarh, March 2002. iv. Dr. Aisha Bint al-shati and Prof. Abdul Aziz al-memoni: A study of their writings on Abul Ala al- Ma arri, published in the proceedings of the national seminar on New Trends in contemporary Arabic Poetry published by Department of Arabic, AMU, Aligarh 2003. v. Islam Ki Dakhili Ta addudiyat ki ek Tafhim : Shahristani ke Hawale se (A Study of the Muslim Sectarian Pluralism with special reference to Shahrestani s al-milal wa al-nihal) in Majallah Ulum Islamiyah, Institute of Islamic Studies, A.M.U., Aligarh, Vol. 23, No. 1-2, 2002-2003. vi. Maqasidul-Qur an, in the special issue (Qur an Number) of Tahzibul Akhlaq, May 2012 Arabic: i. Dauratun Tarbawiyah Li Tansheeti Talimi Arabia" in Al- Baas-el-Islami, Lucknow, April, 1998. ii. iii. "Ra yun fi al-intiqadat hawl al-dukturah Aishah Bint al-shati wa Tafsiriha li Kalimatim min al-quran wa Ayat" in the Journal of the Indian Academy of Arabic, Department of Arabic, A.M.U., Aligarh, Vol. XX1, No. 3, 2002 Ruba iyat Wadi a al-bustani; Dirasatun fi harakat-i-taarib fi as shi r al Arabi al-hadith (A study in the movement for Arabic rendition of the world masterpieces in modern Arabic poetry) published in the proceedings of the national seminar on New Trends in contemporary Arabic Poetry published by Department of Arabic, AMU, Aligarh 2005. 4
b) Published in Newspapers i. Civil Code Muddle (Counterview) The Times of India, New Delhi, July 31, 1996. ii. Sharai Adalaton Ke Liye Quwwate-Nafizah Ki Zarurat (Urdu), Qaumi Awaz, New Delhi, January 20, 1994 iii. End of Order and the Last Wife, Radiance Viewsweekly, New Delhi, 31 May - 6 June, 1998. iv. Women s Participation in Mosque Services, published in Radiance Viewsweekly 8-14 Jan. 2006. v. Women s Empowerment: The Egalitarian Model of Islam, published in Radiance Viewsweekly 16-22 July 2006. vi. Is the West up to Reviving Medieval Prejudices? published in Radiance Viewsweekly 22-28 Oct. 2006. vii. Religious Tolerance: The Prophetic Resources, published in Radiance Viewsweekly 8-15 April 2007. Date: Place: ( Nazeer Ahmad Ab. Majeed) 5