1. RESUME
Prof. Ali Mohammad Naqvi
CONTACT INFORMATION:
Office Address: Director Centre for Interfaith Understanding
4, Nazeer Ahmad Road Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh
Office Phone: +91-935-825-2345
Office Fax:
Home Address: 19, National Colony, Ameer Nishan, Aligarh, India
Home Phone: +91-9690988386
E-Mail: alinaqavi@yahoo.com
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND:
B. Th. ( Islamic Theology), Aligarh Muslim University, India, 1971
M.A. ( English), Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, 1971
M.Th. (Master of Theology), Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, 1973
Higher Religious Studies from Qom Semianary, and Tehran University, Iran
PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND AND AFFILIATIONS:
Positions :
Professor of Shia Theology (2006-2017)
Dean, Faculty of Theology (two terms )
Chairman, Department of Shia Theology (3 Terms)
Director Dara Shikoh Centre of Interfaith Understanding, AMU ( 2017- )
Director, Sir Syed Academy , AMU (2018- )
Director AMU Publication Division 2018- )
Adjunct Professor, Tehran University, Iran (2021 for 3 Years)
Member of AMU Executive Council (2 Times)
Member of AMU Academic Council(3 Times)
Member of AMU Court (3 Times)
Professional Affiliations:
Founder General Secretary “ Madinatul Uloom Seminary
President, Imamia Mission, India
Founder Member All India Personal Law Board
Member of Executive, All India Milli Council
2. ACADEMIC EMINENCE, AND SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTION TO
KNOWLEDGE::
37 Published works in the Farsi (mostly published in Iran) ,and in English, Arabic and
other languages.
Introduced Contemporary Indian Religious Thought in Iran by writing two voluminous
books in Farsi named “Sairī dar Andīsha-e-e Dīnī-e-Hind in two voluminous books 1200
Pages. From Rig Veda, Upanishads, Shrimad Gita down to Dr Radhakrishnan and
Krishananurthy, the Indian Religious is presented and analyzed. These books are
reference books in the post-graduate studies of Danishgahe Adyān ,Qom and other
Iranian Universities.
First Indian whose books were prescribed by the Ministry of Education of Iran in Class
X,XI,XII and in the B.Ed Course throughout Iran. No other foreign writer has been given
this distinction in Iran.
Books translated in Arabic, Kurdish, Turkish, German, French and English.
Visited USA, UK, Japan, and Korea, Hong Kong etc on academic and lecture tour or
participating in conferences about Interfaith Dialogue.
Visited USA as part of the State Department Programme called Islamic Life in the
United State: organized by Louisville University by Professor Riffat Hasan from May 4
to June 8, 2005
Alumni of the USA Scholar Exchange Programme: Visited USA as part of the State
Department Programme for Religious Scholars during 2004
More than hundred articles published in reputed papers and journals
Numerous citing on Web
AWARDS
Iranian Vice Presidential Awards
Muttahari Award
Award for Bringing Laurels to Aligarh Muslim University
Given Honorary Citizenship of Louisville City, in USA by the Mayor
forService to Interfaith Understanding
PUBLISHED WORKS:.
1. A SURVEY OF INDIAN ELIGIOUS THOUGHT : Sairī dar Andīsha-e-
dīnī-e-Hind (in 2 Volume
SOME OTHER PUBLISHED WORKS:
1. THE MEANING OF THE HOLY QUR'AN (Part One) With translation,
transliteration, notes and commentary.
2. -Jāme'e Shināsī Gharbgarāee Jild 1 A Study of the Stages of Westernization,
Westoxication and Revival, Amīr Kabīr Publication, Tehran, 1362 Iranian Calendar
3. 3. -Jāme'e Shināsī Gharbgarāī Jild 2 ISLAM AND THE WEST: A STUDY OF
THE IMPACT OF THE WEST ON THE SOCIAL, CULTURAL, POLITICAL
AND ECONOMIC LIFE, Amīr Kabīr Publication, Tehran, 1363 Iranian Calendar
4- A MANUAL OF ISLAMIC BELIEFS AND PRACTICE
The Muhammadi Trust of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, London, 1990
5-AL ITJĀH-AL-GHARBĪ (Arabic) Tehran,
7-SOCIOLOGY (OF RELIGION) BOOK 1 (Farsi)
(Prescribed in Iran as Text Book in Class X )
Tehran, 1361 Iranian Calendar, Ministry Of Education, Text books Division,
8- SOCIOLOGY (OF RELIGION) BOOK 11 (Farsi)
(Prescribed in Iran as Text Book in Class XI )
Tehran, 1362 Iranian Calendar, Ministry Of Education, Text books Division
9- SOCIOLOGY (OF RELIGION) BOOK 11I (Farsi)
From Islamic Point of View
Tehran, 1363 Iranian Calendar, Ministry Of Education, Text books Division
10-- SOCIOLOGY (OF RELIGION) Text-Book for Teachers (Farsi)
From Islamic Point of View(Prescribed in Iran as Text Book in B.Ed)
Tehran, 1363 Iranian Calendar, Ministry Of Education, Text books Division
11- AN ANALYTICAL STUDY OF THE LIFE OF THE PROPHET AND IMAMS
(Farsi), Bunyāde Shahīd Foundation, 1362, Iranian Calendar
12-A DICTINARY OF ISLAMIC TERMINOLOGY (Arabic-English)
13-THE RELIGIOUS THOUGHT OF ALLAMA IQBAL (Farsi),
Itisharate Islami, Tehran, 1986
15-ISLAM WA MILLĪ GARĀEE (Farsi), Daftare Nashre Farhange Islāmī, Tehran
1360, Iranian Calendar
16- AL-ISLAM WAL QAUMIYAH (Arabic), Sāzmāne Tablīghāte Islāmī, 1404 A.H
17- L,ISLAM ET LE NATIONALISME OU LE NATIONALISME SELON
Islamique L'ISLAM (French) Organization pour la Propagandee
18- ISLAM AND NATIONALISM (English)
Islamic Propagation Organization, Tehran
19- ISLAM VE MILLIETE CILIK (Turkish) Islāmi Teblig Teŝkilati
20- ESLAAM WA MILLIETE KHWAAZEE (Kurdish)
21- IQBAL'S PHILOSOPHY OF CULTURE AND EDUCATION ( Farsi)
(Nazariyāte Iqbal dar sisteme Āmūzishī wa Farhangī-e-Islam)
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