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Dr Mansur Ali
PhD, FHEA
Uwch Ddarlithydd mewn Astudiaethau Islamaidd
Ysgol Hanes, Archaeoleg a Chrefydd
- AliMM1@caerdydd.ac.uk
- +44 29208 76297
- Adeilad John Percival , Ystafell 5.08, Rhodfa Colum, Caerdydd, CF10 3EU
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Research interests
I have two main research interests, one textual and the other practical. I am interested in Hadith studies both Muslim and Orientalist as well as classical and modern. I am also interested in British Muslims and practical theology. How can Muslims have a meaningful religious experience in a predominant secular society? What psychological impact has modernity and the technocratic society has had on the lives of Muslims in the West? An offshoot of this is to look at religious leadership in the British Muslim community. This includes Muslim chaplaincy and its impact on the wider community as well as the influence of Muftis and imams in enhancing the religious experience of British Muslims.
Research projects
Muslim Chaplaincy Project (AHRC/ESRC)
Conference papers
April 2013: Is the British Weather unIslamic? Prayer times, religious representation and technology', Shariah Project conference, Exeter University.
March 2013: Plenary paper on 'Reflections on Islamic Education in Traditional Muslim Seminaries and British Higher Education Institutes', Knowledge Exchange Seminar on Islam and Higher Education, Cardiff University.
September 2012: Friday prayer in prison chaplaincy, Religion and Society conference, Cambridge University, with Sophie Gilliat-Ray and Stephen Pattison.
June 2012: Comparison between UK and USA Higher education chaplains Religion and belief in higher education conference, Derby University.
February 2012: Islamic soteriology Lecture for the Cambridge Theological Federation, Cambridge.
February 2012: Theological paradigms for Muslim chaplaincy in the UK context. Faculty of Divinity research seminar, Cambridge University
January 2012: Understanding Muslim Chaplaincy. Cambridge Muslim College research seminar. CMC, Cambridge.
Cyhoeddiad
2023
- Ali, M. 2023. The human being as the mystery of Kun fa Kān: An engagement with Shoaib Ahmed Malik’s Islam and Evolution: Al-Ghazālī and the Modern Evolutionary Paradigm. Theology and Science (10.1080/14746700.2023.2255954)
- Ali, M. 2023. [Book Review] Rebellious wives, neglectful husbands: controversies in modern Qur’anic commentaries, by Hadia Mubarak (oxford university press, 2022). Muslim World Book Review 43(4), pp. 25-29.
- Ali, M., Maravia, U. and Padela, A. 2023. Religious viewpoints: Sunni Islam. In: Hurst, D. J., Padilla, L. and Paris, W. D. eds. Xenotransplantation: Ethical, Regulatory, and Social Aspects., Vol. 1. Cham: Springer, pp. 163-177., (10.1007/978-3-031-29071-8_14)
- Ali, M. 2023. [Book Review] The Bruce B. Lawrence reader: Islam beyond borders. Edited and with an introduction by Ali Altaf Mian. Muslim World Book Review 43(3), pp. 31-37.
- Ali, M. 2023. Islam and Biomedical Research Ethics by Mehrunisha Suleman (London: Routledge, 2021) [Book Review]. Manchester Journal of Transnational Islamic Law & Practice 19(2), pp. 193-195.
2022
- Ali, M. 2022. Soul-searching: Organ donation, death, and the social construction of the soul. In: Jaffer, M., Padela, A. and Randhawa, G. eds. Organ Donation in Islam: The Interplay of Jurisprudence, Ethics, and Society. London and New York: Lexington Books, pp. 73-98.
- Ali, A., Randhawa, G. and Ali, M. 2022. Transplantation within the Framework of Shariah (Islamic ethics)—Lessons from a public engagement program in the UK. In: Jaffer, M., Padela, A. and Randhawa, G. eds. Organ Donation in Islam: The Interplay of Jurisprudence, Ethics, and Society. London and ew York: Lexington Books, pp. 271-302.
- Ali, M. 2022. Hadith. In: Leaman, O. ed. Routledge Handbook of Islamic Ritual and Practice. London & New York: Routledge Taylor and Francis Group, pp. 38-61., (10.4324/9781003044659-4)
- Ali, M. M. 2022. Can neuroscience aid in establishing an Islamic view of death?. University of St Andrews. Available at: https://www.theo-puzzles.ac.uk/2022/03/15/mali/
2021
- Ali, M. 2021. ORGAN-ised rejection: An Islamic perspective on the dead donor rule in the UK- Revisited. Journal of British Islamic Medical Association 7(3), pp. 12-20.
- Maravia, U., Ali, M., Bekzhanova, Z. and Alibri, R. 2021. British Muslims caught amidst FOGs - A discourse analysis of religious advice and authority. Religions 12(2), article number: 140. (10.3390/rel12020140)
- Padela, A., Ali, M. and Yusuf, A. 2021. Aligning medical and Muslim morality: an Islamic bioethical approach to applying and rationing life sustaining ventilators in the COVID-19 pandemic era. Journal of Islamic Ethics 5, pp. 1-36. (10.1163/24685542-12340061)
- Ali, M. 2021. [Book Review] Modern Hadith studies: continued debates and new approaches. Edited by Belal Abu-Alabbas, Michael Dann and Christopher Melchert. Manchester Journal of Transnational Islamic Law & Practice 17(1), pp. 290-293.
2020
- Chiramel, F. D., Kalavampara, V. S., Ali, M. M. and Singh, B. 2020. The view of major religions of India on brain stem death and organ donation. Amrita Journal of Medicine 16(2), pp. 82=86. (10.4103/AMJM.AMJM_33_20)
- Ali, M. M. and Maravia, U. 2020. Seven faces of a fatwa: organ transplantation and Islam. Religions 11(2), article number: 99. (10.3390/rel11020099)
2019
- Ali, M. 2019. Our bodies belong to God, so what? God’s ownership vs. human rights in the Muslim organ transplantation debate. Journal of Arabic and Islamic Studies 19, pp. 57-80.
- Ahmed, M. and Ali, M. 2019. In search of Sylhet – the Fultoli tradition in Britain. Religions 10(10), article number: 572. (10.3390/rel10100572)
- Ali, M. M. 2019. Three British Muftis understanding of organ transplantation. Journal of the British Islamic Medical Association 2
- Ali, M. M. 2019. Organ donation: ‘Redressing the reality’. Journal of the British Islamic Medical Association 2(1)
2018
- Ali, M. M. 2018. Muslim chaplaincy as a model for Imamship: From liminality to immanent spirituality. In: Hashas, M., De Ruiter, J. J. and Vinding, N. eds. Imams in Western Europe: Developments, Transformations, and Institutional Challenges. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, pp. 295-315.
2017
- Ali, M. M. 2017. Shifting discourse in the Muslim debate on organ transplanting. Presented at: Research Seminar, Al-Mahdi Institute, Birmingham, UK, 27 April 2017.
2016
- Ali, M. M. 2016. Transplanting Fatwa: Fatwa on organ donation. Presented at: Markfield Institute of Higher Education: Research Seminar, Markfield, UK, October 2016.
- Ali, M. M. 2016. Our bodies belong to God: The Human Transplantation Act and Cardiff Muslims’ response to it. Presented at: Seminar on Death and Dying, University of Bath, Bath, UK, October 2016.
- Ali, M. 2016. Immaculate Conception: Islam. In: Thomas, D. et al. eds. Encyclopedia of the Bible and Its Reception Online., Vol. 12. Berlin: De Gruyter, pp. 970-971.
2015
- Ali, M. M. 2015. Is the British weather anti-Islamic? Prayer times, the Ulama and application of the Shari'a. Contemporary Islam 9(2), pp. 171-187. (10.1007/s11562-014-0318-7)
- Ali, M. M. 2015. Muslim minorities and citizenship: authority, communities and Islamic Law by Sean Oliver-Dee [Book Review]. Islam and Christian–Muslim Relations 26(1), pp. 111-113. (10.1080/09596410.2014.964038)
2014
- Ali, M. 2014. Perspectives on drug addiction in Islamic history and theology. Religions 5(3), pp. 912-928. (10.3390/rel5030912)
2013
- Gilliat-Ray, S., Ali, M. M. and Pattison, S. 2013. Understanding Muslim chaplaincy. Ashgate AHRC/ESRC Religion and Society Series. Farnham: Ashgate.
2012
- Ali, M. M. and Gilliat-Ray, S. 2012. Muslim chaplains: working at the interface of 'public' and 'private'. In: Ahmad, W. I. U. and Sardar, Z. eds. Muslims in Britain: Making Social and Political Space. Abingdon: Routledge, pp. 84-100.
Articles
- Ali, M. 2023. The human being as the mystery of Kun fa Kān: An engagement with Shoaib Ahmed Malik’s Islam and Evolution: Al-Ghazālī and the Modern Evolutionary Paradigm. Theology and Science (10.1080/14746700.2023.2255954)
- Ali, M. 2023. [Book Review] Rebellious wives, neglectful husbands: controversies in modern Qur’anic commentaries, by Hadia Mubarak (oxford university press, 2022). Muslim World Book Review 43(4), pp. 25-29.
- Ali, M. 2023. [Book Review] The Bruce B. Lawrence reader: Islam beyond borders. Edited and with an introduction by Ali Altaf Mian. Muslim World Book Review 43(3), pp. 31-37.
- Ali, M. 2023. Islam and Biomedical Research Ethics by Mehrunisha Suleman (London: Routledge, 2021) [Book Review]. Manchester Journal of Transnational Islamic Law & Practice 19(2), pp. 193-195.
- Ali, M. 2021. ORGAN-ised rejection: An Islamic perspective on the dead donor rule in the UK- Revisited. Journal of British Islamic Medical Association 7(3), pp. 12-20.
- Maravia, U., Ali, M., Bekzhanova, Z. and Alibri, R. 2021. British Muslims caught amidst FOGs - A discourse analysis of religious advice and authority. Religions 12(2), article number: 140. (10.3390/rel12020140)
- Padela, A., Ali, M. and Yusuf, A. 2021. Aligning medical and Muslim morality: an Islamic bioethical approach to applying and rationing life sustaining ventilators in the COVID-19 pandemic era. Journal of Islamic Ethics 5, pp. 1-36. (10.1163/24685542-12340061)
- Ali, M. 2021. [Book Review] Modern Hadith studies: continued debates and new approaches. Edited by Belal Abu-Alabbas, Michael Dann and Christopher Melchert. Manchester Journal of Transnational Islamic Law & Practice 17(1), pp. 290-293.
- Chiramel, F. D., Kalavampara, V. S., Ali, M. M. and Singh, B. 2020. The view of major religions of India on brain stem death and organ donation. Amrita Journal of Medicine 16(2), pp. 82=86. (10.4103/AMJM.AMJM_33_20)
- Ali, M. M. and Maravia, U. 2020. Seven faces of a fatwa: organ transplantation and Islam. Religions 11(2), article number: 99. (10.3390/rel11020099)
- Ali, M. 2019. Our bodies belong to God, so what? God’s ownership vs. human rights in the Muslim organ transplantation debate. Journal of Arabic and Islamic Studies 19, pp. 57-80.
- Ahmed, M. and Ali, M. 2019. In search of Sylhet – the Fultoli tradition in Britain. Religions 10(10), article number: 572. (10.3390/rel10100572)
- Ali, M. M. 2019. Three British Muftis understanding of organ transplantation. Journal of the British Islamic Medical Association 2
- Ali, M. M. 2019. Organ donation: ‘Redressing the reality’. Journal of the British Islamic Medical Association 2(1)
- Ali, M. M. 2015. Is the British weather anti-Islamic? Prayer times, the Ulama and application of the Shari'a. Contemporary Islam 9(2), pp. 171-187. (10.1007/s11562-014-0318-7)
- Ali, M. M. 2015. Muslim minorities and citizenship: authority, communities and Islamic Law by Sean Oliver-Dee [Book Review]. Islam and Christian–Muslim Relations 26(1), pp. 111-113. (10.1080/09596410.2014.964038)
- Ali, M. 2014. Perspectives on drug addiction in Islamic history and theology. Religions 5(3), pp. 912-928. (10.3390/rel5030912)
Book sections
- Ali, M., Maravia, U. and Padela, A. 2023. Religious viewpoints: Sunni Islam. In: Hurst, D. J., Padilla, L. and Paris, W. D. eds. Xenotransplantation: Ethical, Regulatory, and Social Aspects., Vol. 1. Cham: Springer, pp. 163-177., (10.1007/978-3-031-29071-8_14)
- Ali, M. 2022. Soul-searching: Organ donation, death, and the social construction of the soul. In: Jaffer, M., Padela, A. and Randhawa, G. eds. Organ Donation in Islam: The Interplay of Jurisprudence, Ethics, and Society. London and New York: Lexington Books, pp. 73-98.
- Ali, A., Randhawa, G. and Ali, M. 2022. Transplantation within the Framework of Shariah (Islamic ethics)—Lessons from a public engagement program in the UK. In: Jaffer, M., Padela, A. and Randhawa, G. eds. Organ Donation in Islam: The Interplay of Jurisprudence, Ethics, and Society. London and ew York: Lexington Books, pp. 271-302.
- Ali, M. 2022. Hadith. In: Leaman, O. ed. Routledge Handbook of Islamic Ritual and Practice. London & New York: Routledge Taylor and Francis Group, pp. 38-61., (10.4324/9781003044659-4)
- Ali, M. M. 2018. Muslim chaplaincy as a model for Imamship: From liminality to immanent spirituality. In: Hashas, M., De Ruiter, J. J. and Vinding, N. eds. Imams in Western Europe: Developments, Transformations, and Institutional Challenges. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, pp. 295-315.
- Ali, M. 2016. Immaculate Conception: Islam. In: Thomas, D. et al. eds. Encyclopedia of the Bible and Its Reception Online., Vol. 12. Berlin: De Gruyter, pp. 970-971.
- Ali, M. M. and Gilliat-Ray, S. 2012. Muslim chaplains: working at the interface of 'public' and 'private'. In: Ahmad, W. I. U. and Sardar, Z. eds. Muslims in Britain: Making Social and Political Space. Abingdon: Routledge, pp. 84-100.
Books
- Gilliat-Ray, S., Ali, M. M. and Pattison, S. 2013. Understanding Muslim chaplaincy. Ashgate AHRC/ESRC Religion and Society Series. Farnham: Ashgate.
Conferences
- Ali, M. M. 2017. Shifting discourse in the Muslim debate on organ transplanting. Presented at: Research Seminar, Al-Mahdi Institute, Birmingham, UK, 27 April 2017.
- Ali, M. M. 2016. Transplanting Fatwa: Fatwa on organ donation. Presented at: Markfield Institute of Higher Education: Research Seminar, Markfield, UK, October 2016.
- Ali, M. M. 2016. Our bodies belong to God: The Human Transplantation Act and Cardiff Muslims’ response to it. Presented at: Seminar on Death and Dying, University of Bath, Bath, UK, October 2016.
Monographs
- Ali, M. M. 2022. Can neuroscience aid in establishing an Islamic view of death?. University of St Andrews. Available at: https://www.theo-puzzles.ac.uk/2022/03/15/mali/
Ymchwil
Current Research:
- Medical fatwas
- Organ transplantation and Islam
- Islamic Bioethics
Addysgu
Rwy'n addysgu'n bennaf ym maes Islam a moeseg, ac Astudiaethau Mwslimaidd Prydain. Rwy'n addysgu ym mhob blwyddyn israddedig yn ogystal ag ar yr MA Islam ym Mhrydain Gyfoes.
Myfyrwyr PhD cyfredol
- Laiqah Osman (Menywod Mwslimaidd ym Mhrydain ac awdurdod cynnwys Islamaidd ar-lein). Ariannwyd ysgoloriaeth Jameel.
- Moammer Khalayleh (Ash'ari responses to new atheism)
- Arwa Abahussain (diwygiad Hermenutical o Khaled Abou El-Fadl
- Afsan Redwan (Dehongli'r Qur'an yn Saesneg: dulliau hermeneutical yn Muhammad asad, yusuf ali a abdul majid gwaith darybadi)
- Fatima Khan (Mwslimiaid ym Mhrydain ac Anableddau: archwiliad o brofiadau, agweddau a dylanwadau diwylliannol nam ar y golwg ymhlith Mwslimiaid De Asiaidd Prydain). Ariannwyd ysgoloriaeth Jameel.
- Andreas Tzortzis (A yw'r Qur'an Scientific: asesiad o 'ijāz al-'ilmī a dull lluosrwydd darlleniadau).
- Feyza Goren (Hadith yn al-Mabsut) al-Sarakhsi.
Myfyrwyr PhD blaenorol
- Dr Riyaz Timol: 2012-2016
- Dr Haroon Sidat: 2015-2018
- Dr Ayesha Khan: 2016-2020
Bywgraffiad
Astudiodd Dr Mansur Ali astudiaethau Islamaidd clasurol ac Arabeg yn Darul Uloom Bury, y DU a Phrifysgol Al-Azhar Cairo, yr Aifft. Yna cwblhaodd ei astudiaethau ôl-raddedig mewn Astudiaethau Dwyrain Canol (astudiaethau Hadith) ym Mhrifysgol Manceinion gan ymchwilio am draethawd hir PhD ar 'Bwysigrwydd yr Isnad yn Sunan Al-Tirmidhi'. Mae ganddo ddiddordeb mewn astudiaethau Hadith yn ogystal â diwinyddiaeth a moeseg Islamaidd gymhwysol. Mae wedi ysgrifennu nifer o lyfrau ac erthyglau cyfnodolion academaidd ar bwnc Hadith, caplaniaeth, dibyniaeth ar gyffuriau a diwinyddiaeth Islamaidd, a diwinyddiaeth ymarferol. Mae'n Gymrawd yr Academi Addysg Uwch ac yn Khatib ym Mosg Darul Isra, Caerdydd, y DU. Mae hefyd wedi derbyn gwobrau BISCA 2015.
Addysg a chymwysterau
2014: Tystysgrif Ôl-raddedig mewn Addysgu a Dysgu Prifysgol (PCUTL), Prifysgol Caerdydd.
2005-2009 PhD Astudiaethau Dwyrain Canol (Islamaidd), "Al-Tirmidhi a Rôl yr Isnad yn Ei Sunan", Prifysgol Manceinion, dan oruchwyliaeth Dr Ronald P. Buckley. Ariannwyd gan 'Wobr Cymrodoriaeth Addysgu Graddedigion' Prifysgol Manceinion.
2004-2005 MA Astudiaethau Dwyrain Canol (Islamaidd), "Methodoleg Ysgolheigion Gorllewinol yn Astudiaeth Llenyddiaeth Hadith", Prifysgol Manceinion, dan oruchwyliaeth Dr Andreas Christmann.
2002-2004 BA Diwinyddiaeth Islamaidd, Prifysgol Al-Azhar, Cairo Yr Aifft.
1990-2000 Tystysgrif Uwch mewn Astudiaethau Islamaidd ac Arabeg Clasurol. Darul Uloom Al-Arabiyyya Al-Islamiyyya Bury, UK.
Trosolwg gyrfa
2021 - Yn bresennol: Uwch Ddarlithydd mewn Astudiaethau Islamaidd
2015- 2021: Darlithydd mewn Astudiaethau Islamaidd, Prifysgol Caerdydd
2012-2015: Cymrawd Jameel ôl-ddoethurol mewn Astudiaethau Islamaidd, Prifysgol Caerdydd
2011-2012: Cymrawd ôl-ddoethurol, Coleg Mwslimaidd Caergrawnt
2010 – 2011: Cydymaith ymchwil, Prifysgol Caerdydd
2007-2010: Caplan Mwslimaidd, Ysbyty Diogelwch Uchel Ashworth, Lerpwl
2005-2008: Cymrawd addysgu graddedigion, Prifysgol Manceinion.
Gweithgareddau academaidd eraill
Adolygydd ar gyfer nifer o gyfnodolion academaidd
Anrhydeddau a dyfarniadau
BISCA 2015 (British Imams and Scholars Contribution Award) for best contribution in teaching and research. 2015 (http://www.biscaawards.org/bisca-2015-awardees-2/)
Aelodaethau proffesiynol
- Muslims in Britain Research Network (MBRN)
- Islamic Studies Network (HEFCE)
- Society of Contemporary Thought and the Islamicate World (SCTIW)
- Muslim Institute
Pwyllgorau ac adolygu
- 2020- Present: Director of Postgraduate Taught Studies - SHARE.
- 2015- 2017: Religious and Theological Studies, years 2 and 3 Senior tutor
- 2012- 2017: School of History, Archaeology and Religion Equality and Diversity Committee
External Committees
- 2015: Leeds University External examiner for Arabic and Islamic Studies (Life Long Learning Centre)
Meysydd goruchwyliaeth
I am interested in supervising PhD students in the areas of:
1. Islam and organ transplantation
2. Islam and bioethics
3. Muslim chaplaincy
4. Hadith studies
5. Usul al-Fiqh and ilm al-kalam
7. Qur'an and tafsir studies
8. Contemporary fatwas
Goruchwyliaeth gyfredol
Fatima Khan
Myfyriwr ymchwil
Andreas Tzortzis
Myfyriwr ymchwil
Prosiectau'r gorffennol
- Dr Riyaz Timol: 2012-2016
- Dr Haroon Sidat: 2015-2018
- Dr Ayesha Khan: 2016-2020
