Deputy Dean
Department : FACULTY OF ISLAMIC DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT

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Associate Professor Dr Anis Malik Thoha

Profile Summary

Academic Qualifications

  • 2001, PhD, (Comparative Religion), International Islamic University Islamabad (IIUI), Pakistan
  • 1994, M.A., (Comparative Religion), International Islamic University Islamabad (IIUI), Pakistan
  • 1992, M.A., (Islamic Studies), University of the Punjab, Pakistan
  • 1988, B.A., (Da’wah & Usuluddin), Islamic University of Medina, K.S.A.

Area of Expertise

  • Kalām, Islamic Thought, Usuluddin
  • Comparative Religion, Philosophy of Religion, Religious Pluralism

Administrative Duties

  • Deputy Dean, Faculty of Islamic Development Management, UNISSA, 01 July 2020 – Present
  • Member, URLGC (University Research and Leave Grant Committee), UNISSA, 2020 – Present
  • Member, Senate, UNISSA, 2020 – Present
  • Member, Felo Penyelidik, Pusat Penyelidikan Mazhab Shafi’i, UNISSA, 2020 – Present
  • Member, Publication Committe, UNISSA, 2021 – Present
  • Editor-in-Chief, International Journal of Umranic Studies, UNISSA, 2021 – Present

Teaching Responsibilities

  • Aqidah Ahl Al-Sunnah wa Al-Jama’ah, BA Level, Sem 2
  • Al-Nazariyyat Al-Siyasiyyah Al-Islamiyyah, BA Level, Sem 2
  • Aliran Pemikiran Kontemporari, HND, Sem 1
  • Ulama in the Malay World, BA Level, Sem 1
  • Harakat Al-Islah wa Al-Tajdid, BA Level, Sem 1
  • Al-Da’wah Al-Islamiyyah fi Al-Asr Al-Hadith, M.A. Level, Sem 2

Publications

Journal:
  • Anis Malik Thoha, “Seyyed Hossein Nasr Mengusung Tradisionalisme, Membangun Pluralisme Agama,” in ISLAMIA, Thn. I, No. 3, September- November 2004, pp. 19-28.
  • Anis Malik Thoha, “Konsep Teologi Global dan Teologi Dunia,” in ISLAMIA, Thn. I, No. 4, January-March 2005, pp. 48-60.
  • Anis Malik Thoha, “Problem Agama dan Sains di Dunia Kristen dan Barat,” in ISLAMIA, Thn. II, No. 5, April-Juni 2005, pp. 21-26.
  • Anis Malik Thoha, “Discourse of Religious Pluralism in Indonesia,” in Journal of Islam in Asia, Vol. 2, No. 2, December 2005, pp. 111-130.
  • Anis Malik Thoha, “Religionswissenschaft antara Obyektivitas dan Subyektivitas Praktisinya: Catatan tentang Kritik Orientalis terhadap Karya-Karya Ulama Islam Klassik,” in ISLAMIA, Vol. 3, No. I, April 2006, pp. 13-22.
  • Anis Malik Thoha, “Conflicting Religious Truth-Claims: An Islamic Approach,” in Journal of Islam in Asia, Vol. 3, No. 2, December 2006, pp. 111-132.
  • Anis Malik Thoha, “Objectivity in the Scientific Study of Religion,” in Intellectual Discourse, 17, No. 1, June 2009, pp. 83-92.
  • Anis Malik Thoha, “Ḥiwār al-Adyān Bayna Binā’ Jusūr al-Tafāhum Wa Ḥifẓ al-Huwiyyah” (Inter-religious Dialogue between Building the Bridges for Mutual Understanding and Preserving the Identity), in Al-Tajdīd, Vol. 14, No. 27, 1431/2010, pp.133-163.
  • Seri Ramizah Matussin and Anis Malik Thoha, “Pendekatan Dakwah Dalam Surah An-Nahl Ke Atas Remaja Bermasalah Sosial Di Kompleks Rumah Kebajikan (KRK) Kampong Belimbing Subok, Negara Brunei Darussalam,” in Journal of Islamic, Social, Economics and Development (JISED), 6(39), 2021, 32-40.
  • Seri Ramizah Matussin and Anis Malik Thoha, “Program Agama Bahagian Pemulihan Di Kompleks Rumah Kebajikan Kampung Belimbing Subok Negara Brunei Darussalam,” in Jurnal Penyelidikan Islam dan Kontemporari (JOIRC), 4(9), 2021, 25-37.
  • Shofwan Anwar Abdul Rauf and Anis Malik Thoha, “Online Digital Transactions as a Solution for National Economic Recovery During the Covid-19 Pandemic,” Jurnal Multidisipliner Bharasa, 1 No. 1 (2022), 10-19.
Books/Monographs:
  • Anis Malik Thoha, Tren Pluralisme Agama: Tinjauan Kritis (Jakarta: Perspektif [Gema Insani Press], 2005).
  • Anīs Mālik Ṭāhā, Al-Taʽaddudiyyah al-Dīniyyah: Ru’yah Islāmiyyah (Kuala Lumpur: IIUM, 2005).
  • Anīs Mālik Ṭāhā, Al-Taʽaddudiyyah al-Dīniyyah: Ru’yah Islāmiyyah (Second Edition), (Aleppo: Dār al-Multaqā wa al-Jāmi‘at al-Islāmiyyah al-‘Ālamiyyah bi-Mālīziyā, 2011).
  • Anis Malik Thoha, Tren Pluralisme Agama: Tinjauan Kritis (Second Edition), (Jakarta: INSISTS Press, 2021).
  • Anis Malik Thoha, Khiṭāb al-Tajdῑd fῑ Niẓām Indūnῑsiyā al-Jadῑd wa Taḥqῑq Mā fῑhi min Fik Aṣῑl wa Gharbῑ Wāfid (forthcoming).
Chapter in book:
  • Anīs Mālik Ṭāhā, “Al-Lāhūt al-ʽAwlamī: Dirāsah Taḫlīliyyah Naqdiyyah li Uṭrūḥat Wilfred Cantwell Smith wa John Hick al-Taʽaddudiyyah”, in Manāhij al-ʽulūm al-Islāmiyyah Bayn al-Taqlīd wa al-Tajdīd (Cairo: Kulliyyah Dār al-ʽUlūm, 2005), 596-633.
  • Anis Malik Thoha, “Izutsu’s Approach to the Comparative Study of Religions: An Assessment of His Sufism and Taoism,” in Anis Malik Thoha (ed.), Japanese Contribution to Islamic Studies: The Legacy of Toshihiko Izutsu Interpreted (Kuala Lumpur: IIUM Press and Japan Foundation, 2010), 181-190.
  • Anis Malik Thoha, “Meneliti Doktrin dan Ciri-ciri Fahaman Pluralisme Agama,” in Ismail Mina Ahmad (ed.), Pluralisme Agama (Kuala Lumpur: MUAFAKAT, 2012).
  • Anis Malik Thoha, “Al-Taṣawwuf fī Indūnīsiyā,” in Markaz al-Misbār li al-Dirāsāt wa al-Baḥth, Indūnīsiyā: Al-Islāmiyyūn – al-Shī‘ah – al-Ṣūfiyyah (Dubai: Almesbar Studies & Research Centre, 2013), 147-179.
  • Anis Malik Thoha, “Wacana Pluralisme Agama Di Indonesia,” in Farid Shahran, Pluralisme Agama: Satu Penelitian Islami (Kuala Lumpur: IKIM, 2014), 117-151.
  • Anis Malik Thoha, “Fenomena Universal Wahyu,” in Dr. Ayub Rohadi, M.Phil., Konsep Wahyu antara Islam dan Barat (Bogor: HHN Press, 2020), pp. vii – xvii.
  • Anis Malik Thoha, “Strategi Membangun Kembali Peradaban Islam,” in Muhammad Faqih Nidzom and Muhammad Taqiyuddin. (eds.), Hamid Fahmy Zarkasyi Di Mata Guru, Sahabat dan Murid (Gontor: UNIDA Gontor Press, 2021), pp. 23-35.
  • Anis Malik Thoha, “Korelasi Identitas Keislaman dan keindonesiaan,” in Hamid Fahmy Zarkasyi and Muhammad Syam’un Salim, eds., Rasional Tanpa Menjadi Liberal: Menjawab Tantangan Liberalisasi Islam (Jakarta: INSISTS Press, 2021), 203-208.
  • Anis Malik Thoha, “Perenialisme: Kajian Kritis,” in Hamid Fahmy Zarkasyi and Muhammad Syam’un Salim, eds., Rasional Tanpa Menjadi Liberal: Menjawab Tantangan Liberalisasi Islam (Jakarta: INSISTS Press, 2021), 169-175.
  • Anis Malik Thoha, “Pluralisme: Kerancuan Istilah dan Pemahaman,” in Hamid Fahmy Zarkasyi and Muhammad Syam’un Salim, eds., Rasional Tanpa Menjadi Liberal: Menjawab Tantangan Liberalisasi Islam (Jakarta: INSISTS Press, 2021), 124-130.
Proceedings:
  • Anis Malik Thoha, “Eylül Sonrasi Dinleri Öğretme-Öğrenme İslami Örneklerin Bir Ön Değerlendirmesi,” (Teaching-Learning Religions after 9/11: A Preliminary Assessment of Islamic Cases), in Bildiriler ve Tartişmalar (Proceeding of the Symposium and Discussion) (Ankara: Eğitim-Bir-Sen, 2010), pp. 172-8.
  • Anis Malik Thoha, “Rethinking Peaceful Coexistence in the Framework of Raḥmatan Lil-‛Ālamīn, in E-Proceeding of the International Conference on Aqidah, Religions & Social Sciences (SIGMA-10), (Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia: Akidah and Religion Studies Programme, FKP, USIM, 2020), pp. 334-340.
  • Anis Malik Thoha, “The Citizens’ Health Protection in Brunei Darussalam (Expectations and Reality),” in 1st Proceeding of International Webinar: Constitutional Protection of Citizens in the Health Sector, Volume 1, 2021, Semarang, July 2021, pp. 10-21.
Other publications: Editing:
  • Member of Editorial Board, IIUM at 25: The Path Travelled & The Way Forward, Ed. By Syed Arabi Idid (Kuala Lumpur: IIUM Press, 2009).
  • Anis Malik Thoha (ed.), Japanese Contribution to Islamic Studies: The Legacy of Toshihiko Izutsu Interpreted (Kuala Lumpur: IIUM Press and Japan Foundation, 2010).
Translation:
  • Al-Aʽẓamī, Muḫammad Muṣṭafā, The History of the Qur’ānic Text from Revelation to Compilation: A Comparative Study with the Old and New Testament (Leicester: UK Islamic Academy, 2003). Translated into Bahasa Indonesia by Sohirin M. Solihin, Anis Malik Thoha, Ugi Suharto, Lili Yulyadi, and co-published by IIUM and Gema Insani Press, 2005.
  • Abdullah Bin Abdul Aziz al-Mushlih, Mukjizat Ilmiah dalam al-Qur’an dan Sunnah: Sejarah dan Batasan-Batasannya (الإعجاز العلمي في القرآن والسنة: تاريخه وضوابطه) (Komisi Internasional untuk Kajian Mu’jizat Ilmiah dalam al-Qur’an dan Sunnah, Rabitah Alam Islami) (forthcoming).
  • Dr. Sadiq Al-Hilali and Dr. Hasan Ridwan Sulaiman Al-Lubaidi, Mukjizat Ilmiah dalam Ayat-Ayat Pendengaran dan Penglihatan Dalam Al-Qur’an Al-Karim (الإعجاز العلمي في آيات السمع والبصر في القرآن الكريم) (Komisi Internasional untuk Kajian Mu’jizat Ilmiah dalam al-Qur’an dan Sunnah, Rabitah Alam Islami) (forthcoming).
  • Dr. Muhammad Abu al-Fath al-Beyanouni, Konsep Ahlussunnah Waljama’ah Antara Pelonggaran Dan Penyempitan (مفهوم أهل السنة والجماعة بين التوسيع والتضييق), INSISTS, 2022.

Paper Presented

  • Invited Speaker, “Wacana Kebenaran Agama dalam Perspektif Islam,” at Seminar Nasional Pemikiran Islam Muhammadiyah: Respon Terhadap Fenomena Liberalisme Islam, 1-2 March 2004, Universitas Muhammadiyah Surakarta, Indonesia.
  • Paper Presenter, “Al-Lāhūt al-ʽAwlamī: Dirāsah Taḫlīliyyah Naqdiyyah li Uṭrūḫat Wilfred Cantwell Smith wa John Hick al-Taʽaddudiyyah”, at 9th International Conference of Islamic Philosophy, 20-21 April 2004, University of Cairo, Egypt.
  • Invited Speaker, “Menengarai Implikasi Gagasan Pluralisme Agama”, at Workshop dan Seminar Merespon Pemikiran Islam Liberal, 27-29 May 2004, Institut Studi Islam Darussalam, Gontor, Indonesia.
  • Invited Speaker, “Pluralisme Agama: Agama Baru”, at Seminar Sehari Tentang Islam dan Sekularisme, 6 June 2004, Universitas Muhammadiyah Malang, Indonesia.
  • Paper Presenter, “Discourse of Religious Pluralism in Indonesia”, at 19th World Congress of the International Association for the History of Religion (IAHR 2005), 24-30 March 2005, Tokyo, Japan.
  • Invited Speaker, “Pluralisme Agama Versus Agama-Agama”, at Workshop Upaya Merespon Sekularisasi dan Liberalisasi Pemikiran Islam, 6 April 2005, Universitas Muhammadiyah Malang, Indonesia.
  • Discussant, Regional Seminar on “Islam: Region of Peace, Progress and Harmony – Bangladesh: Model of A Moderate Muslim Nation,” 22-24 September 2005, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
  • Discussant, Symposium on Salvation and Messianic Movements in Monotheistic Religions: Contemporary Implications, 4 March 2006, Pan Pacific Hotel, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
  • Paper Presenter, “Conflicting Religious Truth-Claims: An Islamic Solution”, at World’s Religions after September 11, A Global Congress, 11-15 September 2006, Palais des Congres de Montreal, Canada.
  • Paper Presenter, “Religionswissenschaft between the Objectivity and Subjectivity of Its Practitioners,” at European Conference on Plurality and Representation: Religion in Education, Culture and Society, at Universität Bremen, Germany, 23-27 September 2007.
  • Invited Speaker, “Islam, Masalah Kemajemukan Dan Toleransi”, at One Day Seminar and Workshop on Pemikiran Islam Kontemporer, Medan, Indonesia, 18 March 2008.
  • Invited Speaker, “Islam Liberal: Pengalaman Indonesia”, c 23-24 August 2008.
  • Invited Speaker, “Teaching-Learning Religions after 9/11: A Preliminary Assessment of Islamic Cases”, at International Congress on Philosophy of Education: Philosophical Dimension of Educational Problems in Globalization Process, Ankara, Turkey, 6-8 March 2009.
  • Invited Speaker, “Merespon Islam Liberal”, at one day seminar on Pemantapan Akidah, JAKIM, Hulu Selangor, 28 March 2009.
  • Invited Speaker, “Gerakan Sufisme Kontemporer dan Peransertanya Dalam Upaya Menciptakan Tata Kehidupan Yang Damai dan Sejahtera,” at Internasional Seminar on Peran Sufisme Dalam Rangka Pengembangan Wisata Ziarah di Indonesia dan Asia Tenggara, jointly organized by Jaringan Prakarsa Masyarakat Madani (JPMM) and Departemen Kebudayaan dan Pariwisata RI, at Hotel Nagoya Plaza, Batam, Indonesia, on 6 Juli 2009.
  • Invited Speaker, “Fahaman Pluralisme Agama Merosakkan Akidah,” at Seminar Pemurnian Akidah 2009, Pejabat Mufti Wilayah Persekutuan, Kuala Lumpur, 20 August 2009.
  • Invited Speaker, “Konsep Wahyu dan Nabi Dalam Islam,” at International Workshop on Islamic Epistemology and Education Reform, jointly organized by IIIT Jakarta and UIN Sultan Syarif Kasim of Riau, in Pekanbaru, Riau, on 27 March 2010.
  • Invited Speaker, “Ciri-ciri Fahaman Pluralisme Agama,” at Simposium Wacana Fahaman Pluralisme Agama dan Implikasinya Terhadap Masyarakat Islam, jointly organized by Pertubuhan Muafakat Sejahtera Masyarakat Malaysia (MUAFAKAT) and Himpunan Keilmuan Muda (HAKIM) in collaboration with Jabatan Agama Islam Selangor (JAIS), Saturday, 1 Mei 2010, Conference Hall, KENMS, IIUM, Gombak, Malaysia.
  • Invited Speaker, “Mencermati Doktrin dan Ciri-ciri Fahaman Pluralisme Agama,” at Simposium Wacana Pemikiran dan Pembinaan Ummah 2 Peringkat Kebangsaan, on “Gerakan Pluralisme Agama dan Pemurtadan Ummah,” jointly organized by Pertubuhan Muafakat Sejahtera Masyarakat Malaysia (MUAFAKAT) and Himpunan Keilmuan Muda (HAKIM) in collaboration with Jabatan Agama Islam Selangor (JAIS), Saturday, 15 December 2010, at Masjid Wilayah Persekutuan, Jalan Duta, Kuala Lumpur.
  • Invited Speaker, “Mencermati Doktrin dan Ciri-ciri Fahaman Pluralisme Agama,” at Wacana Isu-Isu Semasa Aqidah: Pluralisme Agama, on “Membanteras Gerakan Pluralisme Agama dan Pemurtadan Ummah,” jointly organized by Jabatan Hal Ehwal Agama Terengganu (JHEAT), Jabatan Kemajuan Islam Malaysia (JAKIM), Yayasan Taqwa (YT), Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin (UnisZA), University Malaysia Terengganu (UMT), and Pertubuhan Muafakat Sejahtera Masyarakat Malaysia (MUAFAKAT), 15 January 2011, Dewan Sultan Mizan, University Malaysia Terengganu (UMT), Terengganu.
  • Invited Speaker, “Urgency of the Integration of Religion and Knowledge for the Development of Muslim Character,” at the International Seminar on Islamization of Higher Education: Models and Experience of the Muslim World, organized by Universitas Ibnu Khaldun, Bogor, Indonesia, from 18 – 19 May 2011.
  • Invited Speaker, “Pluralisme Agama: Kerancuan Istilah dan Pemahaman,” at Seminar Nasional tentang Problem Epistemologi Pluralisme Agama, organized by Sekolah Tinggi Agama Islam Negeri (STAIN), Ponorogo, Indonesia, 4 July 2011.
  • Invited Speaker, “Pluralisme Agama dan Pengalaman Indonesia,” at Seminar Al-Qur’an dan Cabaran Pluralisme Agama: Pengajaran Masa Lalu, Keperihalan Semasa dan Hala Tuju Masa Depan, organized by IKIM, Kuala Lumpur, 19-20 July 2011.
  • Panelist, Wacana Peradaban: Pluralisme Agama & Ancamannya Terhadap Jatidiri Melayu Muslim, Ikatan Muslimin Malaysia (ISMA), UKM, Bangi, 11 October 2011.
  • Panelist, Seratus Tahun Peran Serta Perguruan Islam Mathali’ul Falah Dalam Kancah Pendidikan Nasional, Perguruan Islam Mathali’ul Falah, Pati, Indonesia, 6 December 2011.
  • Invited Speaker, “Islam in southeast Asia,” at A Visit from John Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies, United States of America, International Cooperation and Exchange Office, IIUM, at RMC, IIUM, 9 January 2012.
  • Panelist, “Masa Depan Agenda Islam Di Dalam Menghadapi Cabaran Semasa Di Malaysia Dan Antarabangsa,” Ikatan Muslimin Malaysia (ISMA) in collaboration with MUAFAKAT, on Sunday, 26 February 2012 M., at Dewan Cempaka Sari, Presint 2, Putrajaya.
  • Invited Speaker, “Model Pendidikan Tinggi Islam Ideal,” at Seminar Pendidikan Kemana Arah Pendidikan Tinggi Islam di Indonesia?, co-organized by PCINU, PPI-IIUM, ISEFID, on Thursday, 29 March 2012, at IIUM, Kuala Lumpur.
  • Invited Speaker, “Optimalisasi Bacaan Inggris,” Inaugural Posgraduate Lecture, STAIN Kudus, 30 September 2013, Kudus, Indonesia.
  • Invited Speaker, “Pluralisme Agama dan Pengalaman Hidup Beragama Masyarakat Majmuk di Indonesia,” Muzakarah Pakar “Pengalaman Hidup Beragama Masyarakat Majmuk Di Malaysia: Muhibah Atau Pluralisme Agama?” anjuran IKIM, Pada 17 September 2013.
  • Presenter, “Between Wilfred C. Smith and Isma’il R. al-Faruqi on Religion and Religious Experience,” the 2nd International Conference on Contemporary Scholarship on Islam: Legacy of Islama’il Raji Al-Faruqi, organized by the Department of Usuluddin and Comparative Religion, KIRKHS, International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM), in Kuala Lumpur, from 22-23 October 2013.
  • Co-Presenter with Mohamed Mihlar, “The Monotheistic concept of God in Inayat Khan’s and Ismail Raji al-Faruqi’s Ontology: A Comparative Study,” the 2nd International Conference on Contemporary Scholarship on Islam: Legacy of Islama’il Raji Al-Faruqi, organized by the Department of Usuluddin and Comparative Religion, KIRKHS, International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM), in Kuala Lumpur, from 22-23 October 2013.
  • Co-Presenter with Sekou Toure and Sabah Alorfi, “النظرة التوحيدية في كتابات الفاروقي وقطب: دراسة مقارنة بين كتاب التوحيد؛ مضامينه على الفكر والحياة، وبين كتاب مقومات التصور الإسلامي,” the 2nd International Conference on Contemporary Scholarship on Islam: Legacy of Islama’il Raji Al-Faruqi, organized by the Department of Usuluddin and Comparative Religion, KIRKHS, International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM), in Kuala Lumpur, from 22-23 October 2013.
  • Invited presenter, “Membanteras Penyelewengan Agama: Kes Ahmadiyyah (Qadianiyah) Indonesia,” Simposium Serantau Ahli Sunnah wal Jamaah (ASWJ) 2013, anjuran Jabatan Agama Islam Selangor, di Uniten, Bangi, Selangor, pada 19-20 November 2013.
  • Keynote speaker, “The Importance of Ethics and Integrity,” in International Young Scholar Conference 2016, co-organized by Kulliyyah of Languange and Management, IIUM, Malaysia, Faculty of Languages, UNISSULA, Indonesia and Prince of Songkla University, Thailand, on 23 January 2016.
  • Invited speaker, “Nusantara-Ottoman scholarship: an Indonesian experience in the search of national identity,” in International Roundtable Conference on Ottoman and Malay World Studies, co-organized by Fateh Sultan Mehmet Vakif University, Turkey, and IIUM, on 11-12 April 2016.
  • Invited speaker, “Multiculturalism, Nationalism and Islam: An Indonesian Experience,” at International Seminar on Multiculturalism, Nationalism and Islam: Indonesia, Turkey, and Azerbaijan,” organized by Center for Research and Community Service, LP2M IAIN Surakarta, Indonesia, on 21 September 2016.
  • Keynote speaker, “Meta-historical dialogue: Izutsu’s alternative in the interfaith engagement,” at International Conference on Toshihiko Izutsu and Religious Studies, held in Tenri University, Nara, Japan, on 15-16 October 2016.
  • Invited Plenary speaker, “The Integration of Health Care and Practices and Islamic Ideals in Sultan Agung Islamic University (Unissula), Semarang, Indonesia,” at 2nd World Congress on Integration and Islamicisation of Knowledge: Focus on Medical and Health Care Sciences 2016, organized by International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) Kuantan Campus in collaboration with the Centre for Islamisation (CENTRIS) and Majlis Ugama Islam & Adat Resam Melayu Negeri Pahang (MUIP), Kuantan, Malaysia, 21-23 October 2016.
  • Keynote speaker, “Islamic Education and Linguistic Issues: Indonesian Experience,” at The Development of Language and Education toward Asean Economic Community” (ELIC 2017), organized by Centre of International Language Development, Unissula, Semarang, Indonesia, 10-11 January 2017.
  • Keynote Speaker, “Memahami Konsep Islam Ramatan Lil-‘Ālamīn Dalam Konteks Indonesia,” at Simposium Siasah Syar’iyyah: Konsep Islam Rahmatun Lil Alamin antara Kesesatan Tafsiran Hermeneutika Liberal dan Kefahaman Sebenar Syarak, organized by Majlis Ulama ISMA, Malaysia, 18 November 2017.
  • Paper presenter, “Discourses on the Relation of Science and Religion: An Islamic Paradigm of Education,” at 16th Asian University Presidents Forum (AUPF) 2017 Annual Meeting and Conference, organized by Philippine Normal University (PNU), Manila, The Philippines, 21-23 November 2017.
  • Invited Speaker, Workshop on “Proposals and Projects on the Sīrah: Best practices and future trends,” organized by the College of Islamic Studies (CIS) at Hamad bin Khalifa University (HBKU), Doha, Qatar, 2-3 May 2018.
  • Invited session chairman at Third Arab-ASEAN International Conference on Re-Designing Higher Education, IIUM, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 25-26 June 2018.
  • Invited speaker, “Islamisasi Ilmu Pengetahuan: Pengalaman IIUM,” at Internal University Forum for Islamic Epistemology and Civilization, organized by IIIT ESEA and UIN Imam Bonjol, in UIN Imam Bonjol, Padang, 11 April 2019.
  • Invited speaker, “Islamisasi Ilmu Pengetahuan: Pengalaman IIUM,” at Seminar on Islamic Epistemology towards Integration of Knowledge, and an Islamic Worldview, organized by IIIT ESEA and Universitas Tadulako (UNTAD), Palu, 27 July 2019.
  • Paper presenter: “Islamic Higher Education in the Era of Industrial Revolution 4.0: Switching the Challenges into Opportunities,” at The 6th Regional Seminar on Islamic High Education (SeIPTI 2019), 9-10 Rabi’ulawal 1441H / 6-7 November 2019M, UNISSA, Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei Darussalam, co-organized by UNISSA, UNIDA Gontor, USIM.
  • Paper presenter: “Confluence of Knowledge and Action in the Faruqian Epistemology,” at Konferensi Antarabangsa Islam Borneo Ke-12 (KAIB 12), 14-15 Rabi’ulakhir 1441H / 11-12 December 2019M, International Convention Centre, Berakas, Brunei Darussalam, co-organized by KUPU-SB, UiTM Serawak, UiTM Sabah, IAIN Pontianak, UNISSA, UNMUL, UNLAM, IAIN Samarida, UIN Antasari, IAIN Palangkaraya.
  • Invited speaker at Webinar: Konsep Toleransi dan Kebebasan Beragama dalam Islam dan Agama lain, organized by Pimpinan Cabang Ikatan Sarjana Nahdlatul Ulama Kabupaten Indragiri Hilir, Riau, 22 June 2020.
  • Invited speaker, “Aspek-Aspek Epistemologikal Pemikiran Raja Ali Haji Dalam Membangun Tradisi Keilmuan Islam Melayu,” delivered at Pusat Pengkajian Borneo (penBorneo), Pusat Sejarah Brunei Darussalam, Bekerjasama dengan UNISSA, 10 Muharram 1442H./29 Ogos 2020.
  • Invited speaker, “University and Sustainability Worldview: An Islamic Soteriological Account,” at International Symposium on Creativity, Values & Sustainability, organized by KIRKHS, IIUM, Malaysia, 09 September 2020.
  • Invited speaker, “Narasi Radikalisasi-Moderatisasi Agama: Sebuah Refleksi,” in Webinar Internasional Kajian Islami under the theme: AKADEMISI ISLAM BICARA: PLURALISME, RADIKALISME, DAN INTOLERANSI, co-organized by PPSN (Pusat Pengkajian Strategi Nusantara) and Universitas YARSI, Jakarta, Indonesia, on 21 September 2020.
  • Invited Speaker, “Kajian Islam Di Indonesia, Quo Vadis?, in Webinar Peningkatan Kompetensi Keilmuan Pascasarjana UIN Sultan Syarif Kasim, Riau 05 Oktober 2020.
  • Keynote Speaker, “Rethinking Peaceful Coexistence in the Framework of Ramatan Lil-‘Ālamīn,” in International Conference on Aqidah, Religions and Social Sciences (SIGMA 10), organized by USIM, Malaysia, 4 November 2020.
  • Invited Speaker, “Smart Leadership, Entrepreneurship, and Business Essentials,” in Entrepreneurship and Leadership Camp (ELC) 25 – 27 February, 2021, FE Unissula, Indonesia.
  • Invited Speaker, “Ahl al-Sunnah Wa al-Jamā’ah dalam Perlembagaan Negara Brunei Darussalam dan Penguatkuasaannya: Satu Model Islamisasi,” dalam International Webinar “Development of Islamic Thought in Indonesia & Brunei Darussalam,” 09 March 2021, co-organized by Unwahas, Semarang – Indonesia, and UNISSA, NBD.
  • Invited Speaker, “Perlindungan Kesehatan Warga Negara Di Brunei Darussalam,” International Webinar on Constitutional Protection of Citizens in the Health Sector, Fakultas Hukum, UNISSULA, Semarang, Indonesia, 03 July 2021.
  • Invited Speaker, “Prospect of Islamic Knowledge in the Constellation of Global Education,” in Seminar Internasional “Masa Depan Paradigma Keilmuan Islam di Perguruan Tinggi Global (The Future of Islamic Scientific Paradigm in Global Universities),” organized by UIN Surakarta (Solo), 6 October 2021.
  • Invited speaker, “Trajectory of the Contemporary Indonesian Islamic Thought in the Plural Society Context,” at 3rd International Conference on Muslim Society and Thought (IC-MUST) organized by UINSA, Indonesia, 13-14 October 2021.
  • Invited speaker, “فتنة العَلْمَنَة في الخطاب التجديدي الإندونيسي المعاصر: قراءة ومراجعة” (Enchantment of Secularization in the Contemporary Indonesian Renewal Discourse: Reading and Review), in المؤتمر الحادي عشر للعلوم القرآنية – المنهج الإسلامي في مواجهة الفتن والمحن: بين حتمية الواقع والتطلعات organized by University of Baghdad, Iraq, 2 December 2021.
  • Invited speaker (with the Hon. Rector of UNISSA, Dr. Norarfan bin Haji Zaenal), “University Governance: UNISSA’s Competence and the Way Forward,” in The 5th International Seminar and Conference on Global Issues 2021 – “University President Forum: Building Good University Governance Towards a World University”, co-organized by Unwahas, Semarang – Indonesia, and UNISSA, NBD, 18 December 2021.
  • Invited speaker (Orasi Ilmiah), “Integrasi Al-Qur’an dan Ilmu Pengetahuan,” at Wisuda Santri & Mahasantri Pondok Pesantren Tahfizhul Qur’an Ibnu Abbas 2021/2022, Klaten, Jawa Tengah, Indonesia, 18 June 2022.
  • Invited speaker, “Aqidah and Its Implication for thought and Life,” at General Lecture, Universitas Muhammadiyah Surakarta (UMS), 23 June 2022.

Award & Recognition

  • Isma’il Al-Faruqi Publications Award, International Islamic University Malaysia (2006)
  • Islamic Book Fair 2007 Jakarta (2007)
  • PHD Degree with Distinction, International Islamic University Islamabad, Pakistan (2005)