27 Facts About Anis Ahmad

Anis Ahmad is recipient of award, by Higher Education Commission of Pakistan, awarded fellowship by the University Science Malaysia, earned meritorious professorship at the International Islamic University, Islamabad, Pakistan.

Anis Ahmad was the first Dean of the Faculty of Usul al-din and Faculty of Social Sciences of the IIU at Islamabad.

Anis Ahmad was first Dean of the Faculty of Islamic Revealed Knowledge and Human Sciences of the International Islamic University, Malaysia.

Anis Ahmad was born into an educated and religiously oriented family.

Anis Ahmad was encouraged to study poetry and memorise couplets from Iqbal, Ghalib, Hali and other classical poets.

Anis Ahmad studied at Sindh Madrasatul Islam, in Karachi, which was alma mater of Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the founding father of Pakistan.

Anis Ahmad later joined Sindh Muslim College at Karachi and got his Bachelors in Philosophy and Psychology.

Anis Ahmad represented his college in inter university debates and was editor of Urdu section of college magazine.

Anis Ahmad pursued his Masters in department of Islamic History at the University of Karachi and secured first class in his exams.

Anis Ahmad became a member of Islami Jamiat-e-Talaba during his university studies, further engaging with the student community while pursuing his academic journey.

Anis Ahmad was elected in the student's union of the university; he served as general secretary of Islamic Studies Society and organised intellectual activities.

Anis Ahmad taught Islamic History at Karachi University till 1969, when he was offered scholarship by the Temple University Pennsylvania.

Anis Ahmad taught at Appalachian State University and Temple University till 1981 when he was invited by the International Islamic University, Islamabad to establish faculty of Islamic Learning.

Anis Ahmad joined the university in 1981 as Directory of Department of Da'wah and Qir'at which was re-designated as Kulliyah Usul al-Din in 1983.

Anis Ahmad was appointed as the first dean of the faculty.

Anis Ahmad initiated idea of a continuing education and training centre of the university under the name Da'wah Academy and was appointed its founding Director General in 1984.

Anis Ahmad served as first Vice-President of the International Islamic University Islamabad.

Anis Ahmad introduced comparative religious studies in the faculty of Usul al-Din and taught and supervised research throughout his career as a meritorious professor of comparative religions.

Anis Ahmad organised yearly seminars, conferences, workshops for economists, politicians, sociologists, psychologists, historians, religionists, anthropologists and linguists during his stay of over a decade in the US With a rich background in Islamization of Social Sciences he tried to translate this concept into the curriculum of Human Sciences at International Islamic University Malaysia.

Anis Ahmad introduced a course in integration of Islamic ethical values in social and applied sciences as university requirement in all programs offered by Riphah International University Islamabad.

Anis Ahmad established department of comparative religion for interdisciplinary study of religion and to avoid polemical and theological controversies.

Anis Ahmad was able to attract students from China, Korea, Thailand, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Turkey, Nigeria, Kenya, South Africa, Afghanistan, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Mauritius to study comparative religion.

Anis Ahmad has made monthly contributions in the scholarly journal Tarjuman al-Qur'an offering legal views, based on the Qur'an and hadith in a non-sectarian, educative way.

Anis Ahmad responds to question in social, economic, cultural and religious matters in a weekly live TV program as part of his sciences to community.

Anis Ahmad has contributed articles in Oxford Encyclopedia of the Islamic World, Encyclopedia of Islam, The Muslim World Book Review, the Insights and his controlled contributed chapters in books.

Anis Ahmad writes on contemporary topics such as; fundamentalism, secularism, contemporary juristics, environmental ethics, Jihad, medical ethics, education, family, world religions, and Qur'anic studies.

Anis Ahmad has participated in over 100 international professional conferences, seminars and workshops as resource person and keynote speaker.