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PANEL OF SCHOLARS & MODERATORS

A panel of scholars will assess the research papers submitted. This panel consists of senior professors/specialists in respective fields as well as reputed Islamic scholars who have extensively studied Islam either formally or voluntarily. All the panel members have sound credentials which include their writings through research papers, booklets and books on various topics and who have earned respect for their work:

Dr. Mohammad Yaqoob M. Yusuf Aldahlawi:

Dr M Yaqub Aldahlawi is the Dean of Islamic University at Madinah Munawwarah. He has a doctorate in political law and has worked extensively for the past twenty years in Islamic Judicature, comparative jurisprudence, hadith and its terminology to name a few. IFER is deeply honoured to have Dr Aldahlawi on its panel of scholars. Dr Aldahalwi will evaluate research papers relating to Islamic jurisprudence, political and international law.

Dr Aldahalwi has expressed his wish to provide assistance to Muslim researchers who have an authority in Arabic and English languages and wish to translate Arabic works done at the Madinah University into English. Scholarships may be available for candidates seeking such roles as well as for those who are willing to undertake formal Islamic education at the esteem Islamic institution.

(Readers may send their queries to moderator in this regard)

Academic Qualifications

• Graduate from Faculty of Shar’iah
• Post graduate in honors in regulation of Work and Workmen
• Doctorate in Political Law with honors

Professional Background

• Dean of Islamic university of Madinah Munawwarah
• Lecturer in Faculty of Law
• Assistant Professor Faculty of Law 1412H
• Associate Professor in the same Faculty 1419H
• Head of Dept. of Judicature and Political Law 1421H
• Deputy Dean of Faculty of Higher Education
• Agent for deanship of scientific research
• Advisor in admissions committees
• Commenced teaching since 1403H… teaching and studies include comparative jurisprudence, judicature in Islam, Hadith and its terminology to name just a few
• Reviewed several thesis at masters and doctorate level
• Certify and arbitrate a wide range of research
• Contributed towards several worldwide educational programmes

Publications and Research

• HOLY MOSQUE and its self perception from pre-Islam era to the present
• A Comparative Study in Systems Work
• The Executive Power and its Role
• Womens Marital Rights
• Diplomatic Immunities and Privileges
• Adultery by Women

Member

• Quran memorization community- Madinah
• Charity for mosques
• For social responsibility, a charity in Makkah

Dr. Quazi Ashfaq Ahmad:

Dr Ahmad is well known in the Asia pacific as an Islamic activist since his arrival in Australia nearly 40 years ago. He established several Islamic organisations in Australia, including the peak Islamic body Australia Federation of Islamic Council (AFIC). An engineering graduate from Aligarh Muslim University in India, he went on to obtain a doctorate in Engineering from Sydney University. Back in the 1950s, he undertook four years of rigouros studies in Arabic and Islamic Studies from Madrasatul Islah and Sanwi Darsgah in north India. Ever since, he has devoted time and energy to study Islam in depth and actively perform work in this field.

He has extensively written on various Islamic issues in international journals, magazines and newspapers. He has been invited to various international conferences in the US, UK, Middle East, South and South East Asia and the Pacific on community issues. Some of his achievements are listed below:

• Chapter on 'Islam and Muslims in Australia' of the book 'Islam, Muslims and the Modern State' published by the Macmillan Press Ltd. UK and St. Martin Press, USA, June, 1994.
• Assembly member, Council of Parliament of world's Religions (CPWR), USA, 1993 to date.
• Member, Board of Trustees, International Council of Islamic Information (ICII), UK, 1993 to date
• Member of the Association for Indian Muslims (USA), 1992 to date.
• Member Executive committee, Regional Islamic Daawah Council of Southeast Asia and the Pacific (RISEAP) 1982-1990.
• Founder member and Secretary, Islamic Society of Papua New Guinea, 1980-1983
• Chief Organiser of the Multicultural Eid Festival and Fair (MEFF) and Patron of the MEFF Consortium, 1987 to date.
• Chapter on 'Islam and Muslims in Australia' of the book 'Islam, Muslims and the Modern State' published by the Macmillan Press Ltd. UK and St. Martin Press, USA, June, 1994.
• Assembly member, Council of Parliament of world's Religions (CPWR), USA, 1993 to date.
• Member, Board of Trustees, International Council of Islamic Information (ICII), UK, 1993 to date
• Member of the Association for Indian Muslims (USA), 1992 to date.
• Member Executive committee, Regional Islamic Daawah Council of Southeast Asia and the Pacific (RISEAP) 1982-1990.
• Founder member and Secretary, Islamic Society of Papua New Guinea, 1980-1983
• Founder member, MSA (USA & Canada) 1959-1983
• Ameer (President) Jamaat-e-Islami Hind, Aligarh, 1957-1959
• Active worker of Jamaat-e-Islami, Hind (India), 1950-1969
• Active worker for the liberation of India from British Raj under Indian National Congress (1942-1944) and All India Muslim League (1944-1947)
• Award for Services to Islam by Forum for Australian Muslim Professionals (FAMP), 1994
• Founder and Patron of the Islamic Forum for Australian Muslims (IFAM), 1993 to date.
• Founder Member of the Forum for Australian Muslim Professionals (FAMP), 1993 to date.
• Multicultural Marketing Award for Australasian Muslim Times by the Government of New South Wales, 1992
• Founder Member and the Patron of the Aligarh Muslim University Alumni (Australia), 1992 to date.
• Editor-in-Chief, Mulitlingual Australasian Muslim Times, the only Muslim paper published by AMUST Publications Pty Ltd, January 1991 - June 1994.
• Community Service Award in recognition of a valuable contribution to the Bicentenary in 1988.
• Formative member of the 'Staff & Students Committee for Peace Studies' at the Unviersity of Sydney delivering lecture on 'Concept of Peace in Islam', 1987.
• Chief Editor of 'Insight', the Quarterly Journal of Concepts and Ideas, published by the Islamic Foundation for Education & Welfare (IFEW), 1986 to date.
• Founder Member, Patron and Director, Daawah and Education of the Islamic Foundatiion for Education and Welfare (IFEW), 1986 to date
• Founder and Patron of the 'Australian Integrated Family' (AIF) organised to strengthen family ties and bondage within the community, 1986 to date.
• Secretary of the Australian Federation of lslamic Councils (AFIC), 1986-1987
• Founder President of the Australian Federation of Islamic Councils (AFIC), Australia wide national organisation of the Muslim Community, 1976-1978
• Founder Member and Chairman of the Islamic Education Service, 1975-1978
• Founder and Executive Committee Member of the Council of Islamic Affairs of NSW (ICNSW), 1974-1976.
• Editor of the journal Ad-Daawah published by the Australian Islamic Mission, 1973-1974.
• Editor of the journal Iman, published by the Islamic Society of NSW, 1973-1974
• Founder Member and Secretary of the Australian Islamic Mission (Jamaat Daawah Islamia), 1972-1976
• Founder Member and the President of the Sydney University Muslim Students Association (SUMSA), 1972-1974

Insight Articles:

• Book Review: Life, Death and the Life After
• Quranic Insight: Aakhira - The Life Hereafter
• Quranic Insight: The Hypocrites and the Believers
• Islamic Education in Australia
• Quranic Insight: The Insanity of Riba-involvement
• Book Review: A Financial Overview of Islam (A Point-form Summary)
• Quranic Insight: The Paradigm Shift
• Quranic Insight: To Deserve Leadership

Dr Quazi Ashfaq Ahmad has developed keen interest in Islamic philosophy and will evaluate works submitted by reserachers on fundamentals, spirituality and philosophy of Islam.

Dr. Javed Jamil:

Dr Javed Jamil is a medical graduate from renowned King George Medical College, Lucknow in India. Dr Jamil has been recognized for his extensive work on Islam over past 25 years. He has authored over a dozen books such as:

The Essence of the Divine Verses is a humble attempt to understand the message and the system propagated by the Quran, particularly with its unparalleled relevance in the context of the present and the future world. 448 page mammoth work has been foreworded by Saiyid Hamid, Former Vice Chancellor, Aligarh Muslim University.

Islam and Family Planning. The book discussed the subject of Family Welfare from the point of view of Islamic principles and proposed an alternative Indo-Islamic Model consistent with Islamic teachings and Indian cultural values.

Islamic Model for Control of AIDS at the request of Prof. Lalit Mohan Nath, then Director, AIIMS, New Delhi who also foreworded the book. The book gave a comprehensive solution for control of AIDS based on the religious principles of Islam. The book gave a new turn to the subject.

Edited In Search of a Comprehensive Solution for AIDS based on the proceedings of a three-day national seminar on the same subject held at New Delhi. The publication and distribution of the book was sponsored by NACO, Govt. of India.

He has also written extensively on pitfalls of modern economic policies and western culture and has provided solution through Islamic guidelines. His articles and papers on various topics have been published internationally.

Dr Javed jamil will be assessing research papers which relate to medical science, Islamic beliefs and Muslim social & family matters.

MODERATOR:

Zahid Jamil is a critical thinker who has invested his time and effort in understanding of many Islamic and Muslim issues over past few years. A post graduate in engineering from world renowned Indian Institute of Technology, Zahid Jamil has worked in engineering and finance industries over past 30 years. Zahid has been living in Sydney, Australia for 18 years and has been involved in several social organizations locally.

Zahid Jamil has a desire of bringing Muslim scholars in various fields to a platform to develop a fresh understanding of Islam in 21st century. His ambition is to formulate a strategy which would help Muslims in rebuilding themselves on all fronts so as to become an equal partner with other communities in their contribution to the development of the modern world. Eventually Muslims should again lead the world by example. The examplary Muslims will not only be the leaders in the fields of their specialization but will also be the finest example of character, indicative of their faith.

IFER is an attempt not only to inspire Muslims to start doing the right things by themselves but also to clarify their doubts about their religion. IFER will also attempt to bring Muslim scholars and Muslim ideological groups together who generally tend to form one set of opinion and are not willing to listen to or tolerate other opinions. Intra-faith dialogue is extremely important.

This platform is not for discussing international politics. Lot of energies are invested in confronting the current political issues in these difficult times and some ideological groups have successfully brainwashed many young Muslims in trying to take a revenge through means which are totally forbidden in Islam. The aim of IFER is to inspire ordinary Muslims to have a clear vision of Islamic teaching, provide them the methodology to implement Muslim way of life and develop confidence in them to build themselves through education and hard work.

I do not consider myself an Islamic scholar by any measure but have firm opinion that Allah has given the human mind ability to comprehend Quran and an individual can draw his/her own conclusion by seriously studying and contemplating the holy verses. This enables me to express an opinion on certain issues after studying the relevant Quranic verses on a given topic.

My role is mainly to manage the affairs of IFER. The key role will be to become a mediator between the researchers, the scholars and the readers. As operations of IFER grow, it will be seeking more individuals who can act as moderators. A moderator for each area may be useful such as a moderator for belief system, another for scientific issues, another for economics and social sciences etc.

IFER also intends to run projects or cooperate with organisations in various countries to promote education among socially backward and poor sections of Muslim society. One such attempt has begun in the city of Saharanpur in India by Jamia Millia professional society a body of alumni of Delhi based university Jamia Millia Islamia. This body is now running evening tutoring classes for poor Muslim students as well as running campaigns amongst socially backward Muslims to send their children to schools and not to withdraw them in junior classes.

IFER also intends to run a project amongst Muslim youth in Sydney in helping them to improve their performance in school so as to improve their chances of admission in university courses.

Muslim masses need new form of leadership which I believe will come from our better educated and socially sensitive volunteers and Muslim researches and scholars in various fields and not from our kings, presidents and prime Ministers. Once these volunteers are able to bring about this change at the root of the Muslim societies and transform the society, they will be able to produce leadership which will equal the khalifas of the golden age of Islam, Inshallah.

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