The Life of Prophet Muhammad S.A.W by Dr Karim Douglas Crow, Associate Professor at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS), Nanyang

" Dr Karim Douglas Crow, Associate Professor at the S. Rajaratnam
School of International Studies (RSIS), Nanyang Technological University, Singapore "

Date: Saturday, June 6, 2009
Time: 10:30am - 1:30pm
Location: Raffles Town Club
Street: Bukit Timah Road
City/Town: Bukit Timah, Singapore (View Map)

About the Speaker :
Dr Karim Douglas Crow is Associate Professor at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS), Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, where he researches and teaches on Contemporary Islam. Born and raised in Beirut of Lebanese-American parentage, Dr Crow received his university education in Beirut and Cairo, and his Doctorate from the Institute of Islamic Studies at McGill University. During 1980-1992 he taught Islamic Studies and Arabic Language and Literature at: Columbia University, New York University, Fordham University, The University of Virginia, and the University of Maryland. In 1999 & 2000-2005, he served as Professor of Islamic Thought, teaching philosophy, theology and intellectual at the International Institute of Islamic Thought and Civilisation (ISTAC) in Kuala Lumpur. He has published articles and book chapters on Islamic metaphysics, contemporary Islamic intellectual and spiritual currents, Islamic peace studies, and values and ethics and an edited volume Facing One Qiblah: Legal and Doctrinal Aspects of Sunni and Shi’a Muslims (Singapore, Pustaka National, 2005). He has conducted research for many years on Islamic understandings of intelligence, reason, and his textual study of tradition history “When God Created Wisdom’: Islamic “Aql Creation Narratives is under consideration by Brill Publishers. He is working on an historical survey of Islam and Rationality, and a monograph on the life and thought of imam Ja’far al-Sadiq (d.148H/765 CE). Dr Crow also serves as an advisor for several non-governmental programs and institutions treating Islamic peace issues in North America, Palestine, the Caucasus, Iran, and Aceh (Indonesia).

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