Professor Shaykh Mustafa Abu Sway |
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Mustafa Abu Sway was appointed as the first holder of the Integral Chair for the Study of Imam Ghazali’s Work at the Holy Al-Aqsa Mosque and at Al-Quds University in 2012 (King Abdullah II Endowment). He was also Dean, College of Da`wah and Usul Al-Din, and College of the Qur'an and Islamic Studies, Al-Quds University (2014-2019).
He has been Professor of Philosophy and Islamic Studies at Al-Quds University in Jerusalem, Palestine, since 1996. He taught at the International Islamic University in Malaysia including a year at the Institute for Islamic Thought and Civilization-ISTAC (1993-96) and was a visiting Fulbright Scholar-in-Residence at the Wilkes Honors College at Florida Atlantic University (2003-4), as well as a visiting professor at Bard College, New York (2008-2010).
Prof. Abu Sway earned his Ph.D. from Boston College (1993), dissertation title: “The Development of Al-Ghazzaliyy's Genetic Epistemology". He is author of three books on Imam Al-Ghazali: “Islamic Epistemology: The Case of Al-Ghazali”, Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, Kuala Lumpur, 1995; “Fatawa Al-Ghazali” (ISTAC, Kuala Lumpur, 1996); and “A Treasury of Al-Ghazali” (Kube, London, 2017). He was editor of “Islamic Culture” and contributed to several publications on prophets published by PASSIA, Jerusalem. He also published a booklet on “The Holy Land, Jerusalem, and Al-Aqsa Mosque in the Islamic Sources” (AphorismA, Berlin) in English, German, French, Italian, and Greek.
Prof. Abu Sway is a member of the Hashemite Fund for the Restoration of Al-Aqsa Mosque and the Dome of the Rock, and the Islamic Waqf Council in Jerusalem.
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