Professor of Islam & Biomedical Ethics, HBKU · Director @CILE_Center · President, IIBA · Co-Chair, GAAIE · Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Islamic Ethics

Research Center for Islamic Legislation …
Joined October 2018
Call for papers: what can the Islamic tradition of adab and tarbiya contribute to moral education in modern schools? @CILE_Center (@HBKU_CIS, @HBKU) invites abstracts by 15 November 2026 for a research seminar in Doha, 20–22 April 2027.
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How did classical Muslim jurists think about disability before "disability" was a legal category? My chapter is forthcoming in Philosophical Foundations of Disability Law (@OUPAcademic). Proofs just returned; more on publication. global.oup.com/academic/prod… #IslamicEthics
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Sunday 25 Oct, 16:20 CET, Room G9-10, #EMNLP2026: I will speak on “Silent Until Asked to Speak: Al-Jahiz (d. 869), the Written Word and Trust in Generative AI”. For al-Jahiz, the book stays silent until asked, never flatters and never forgets. Does generative AI?
#NLProc Attending EMNLP 2026 in Budapest? Join us for a session we are organizing: Culturally Grounded and Trustworthy NLP: Perspectives from Islamic Media Ethics We’ll discuss how culture and ethical perspectives shape language technologies, with talks on trust in generative AI, Islamic knowledge, cultural and personal alignment, cross-cultural reasoning, and multilingual, multimodal question answering. Our speakers include: • Mohammed Ghaly - College of Islamic Studies, Hamad Bin Khalifa University • Gagan Bhatia - University of Technology Nuremberg • Angana Borah - University of Michigan • Md Mohsinul Kabir - University of Manchester 📅 October 25, 2026 ⏰ 16:00–17:30 CET 📍 Room G9-10, HUNGEXPO Budapest Congress & Exhibition Center Come along to hear recent research, share your perspectives, and explore opportunities for collaboration. Everyone interested in the topic is welcome, no prior expertise in Islamic studies is needed. Looking forward to seeing you in Budapest! #EMNLP2026 #TrustworthyAI #CulturalNLP #AIEthics
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A new run of my @edXOnline course, Islamic Bioethics (@HBKU), the first and currently only edX course on the subject, opens today. Self-paced, free to audit until 9 Jan 2027: from assisted reproduction to brain death and palliative care. edx.org/learn/ethics/hamad-b… #IslamicBioethics
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A jobless utopia on universal income? Such questions need critical engagement from the religions that inspire billions, not only from secular ethics. My study of Islamic perspectives finds that work has value in itself, beyond income. link.springer.com/article/10… #AIEthics
Former Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon (@hilbertspaess) and Jon Stewart discuss AI, jobs disappearing, universal income, and whether tech CEOs are creating a dystopian future
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دعوة إلى تقديم أوراق بحثية: كيف تُسهم المدرسة الحديثة في التكوين الأخلاقي، وما الذي تقدّمه مفاهيم الأدب والتربية والتأديب في التراث الإسلامي؟ يدعوكم @CILE_Center إلى المشاركة في ندوة بحثية حول التربية الأخلاقية في نظم التعليم الحديثة. @HBKU_CIS @HBKU
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والمجلة والسلسلة مفتوحتا الوصول(open access)، وهما المنصّتان الوحيدتان المفهرستان في سكوبس (Scopus-Indexed) والمتخصصتان في الأخلاق الإسلامية اللتان تنشران بالإنجليزية والعربية. ويغطي المركز تكاليف السفر والإقامة وجميع تكاليف النشر المفتوح.
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Both are open access, and they are the only Scopus-indexed journal and book series specialised in Islamic ethics that publish in English and Arabic. CILE covers travel, accommodation and all open-access publication costs.
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🗓️ Abstracts due 15 November 2026; notification 30 November; full papers (7,000–10,000 words) 15 February 2027; revised papers 20 May 2027. Call: cilecenter.org/public-outrea…: forms.gle/UeZP6iS52Tz3sWw4A #IslamicEthics #MoralEducation
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Interested in how the Islamic ethical tradition engages biomedicine and artificial intelligence? Join us at @CILE_Center, @HBKU_CIS, @HBKU, in Doha, as a Research Fellow from Spring 2027. hbku.edu.qa/en/careers/resea… Full description: cilecenter.org/public-outrea…
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🎓 Who we are looking for • A Master's in Islamic studies, ethics, bioethics, philosophy, the social sciences or a related field, with 3–5 years of relevant full-time experience • A proven research record • Excellent academic English; Arabic is an advantage
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🗓️ Rolling review; closing date 27 December 2026. Only applications submitted through the official HBKU portal will be considered: hbku.edu.qa/en/careers/resea… Full description: cilecenter.org/public-outrea… #IslamicEthics #AIEthics
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