Professor Khurshid Ahmad
Chair of the MIHE Board of Directors

A renowned scholar, economist and Islamic activist. He is the founder chair of the Institute of Policy Studies, Islamabad, Pakistan. [read more]

Dr. M. Manazir Ahsan
MBE
Rector of MIHE

Born in 1946, Dr Manazir Ahsan began his education with traditional Islamic schooling, which he completed very successfully in 1964, attaining Mumtaz al-Muhaddithin, the highest academic degree in Islamic theological learning in Bangladesh. [read more]

Dr. Seif Tag El Dinl
BSc (Hons), MSc, PhD (University of Edinburgh)
Head of Islamic Banking, Finance and Management

Obtained his PhD from the University of Edinburgh in Economics. He taught in Khartoum University and King Abdelaziz University in Saudi Arabia.[read more]

Dr. Ataullah Siddiqui
BA (Hons), PhD (University of Birmingham)
Academic Director and Reader, MIHE

Obtained his PhD in Theology from the University of Birmingham. [read more]

Dr. Abdullah Sahin
BA, PGCE, MEd, PhD (University of Birmingham)
Head of Research

Educated at the Universities of Ankara and Birmingham, comes from an Islamic and Educational Studies background and is interested in exploring diverse issues informing learning and teaching of Islam in mainly secular, culturally and religiously plural contemporary societies in Europe. [read more]

Shaikh Faizal Ahmad Manjoo
Lecturer, MIHE

Obtained his B A (Honours) in Islamic Studies, LLB, Diploma in Advanced Labour Law and Diploma in Advanced Banking Law from the University of Johannesburg (ex Rand Afrikaans University). [read more]

Ms. Fozia Bora
Lecturer, MIHE

Ms. Fozia Bora is Lecturer in Islamic History at MIHE and is in the final stages of completing her DPhil at the University of Oxford's Oriental Institute, where she is researching the genesis of Arabic historiography from its early stages through to Mamluk times. [read more]

 Professor Mohammad Nejatullah Siddiqi

Professor John Presley  

 Professor John Presley B.A., PhD, Emeritus Professor of Economics

John Presley was formerly Professor of Economics and Head of the Economics Department (1991-1996) at Loughborough University. He is a member and former member of several Government and semi-government committees relating to the Middle East and Arab Gulf and has been adviser to the Saudi Arabian Government, World Bank, IMF (et al.) in recent years. His research interests include Islamic and Middle East economics. He founded The Saudi Arabian Business Information and Economic Research Centre (SABIERC) in 1994 which advices campanies on business matters in the Arab Gulf. He has published numerous academic journals papers, authored and edited over 15 books on Middle East and Islamic Economics and Banking, is on the editorial board of seven academic journals relating to Middle East and Islamic Studies and is adviser/assessor to several Middle East/Asian universities. John was awarded the Islamic Development Prize in Islamic Finance in 2002 for his contribution to the development of Islamic Economics and Finance.

John is a Visiting Professor and member of the Academic Board of MIHE

Dr. M. Fahim Khan

With Master’s degrees in Political Economy and Statistics and Ph.D in Economics, 39 years experience in economic policy & planning, in teaching and training, in institutional capacity building, in research and in advising and consulting. [read more]