Prof. Hamidullah Marazi
Head of the Department
Department of Religious Studies
Central University of Kashmir
India
Biography
Prof. Hamidullah Marazi is a Professor of Islam and Comparative Religions. He is presently the Head of the Department of Religious Studies. He has taught at JNU, Kashmir University and Central University Kashmir for the 30 years. To deliver lectures on Comparative Religions, Islam and inter religious dialogue, Islamisation of Philosophy, epistemology, religious disciplines etc. he has visited more than 100 universities and academic institutions of India and the world. He is the Academic convener of the Committee for Philosophy IOS New Delhi, Youth convener and governing body member of World Fellowship of Interreligious Councils (WFIRC) Kerala. He was the Core Group Member of International Center for Religion and Diplomacy (ICRD) Washington USA, Honorary Director of Islamic Relief and Research Trust (IRRT) Kashmir and Governing Committee Member of All India Milli Council. He has written 40 books on Islamic Philosophy, Epistemology, World Religious and Inter Religious Dialogue, Peace and Islamic contributions to civilization, science and technology. He was the resource person in several workshops conducted by IIIT Malaysia at Malaysian and Indonesian Universities from 2014 to 2015. He is an expert on Nursian thought and has delivered several key note lectures on Nursi, at Turkey, India and Malaysia. He is writing an encyclopaedic Tafsir of the Qur’an, two volumes of which have already been published.
Research Interest
Comparative Religions, Islam and inter religious dialogue, Islamisation of Philosophy, epistemology, religious disciplines