Dr. Mohammad Nejatullah Siddiqi

Dr. Mohammad Nejatullah Siddiqi

(Curriculum Vitae - February 2007)

Website : http://www.siddiqi.com/mns

Email: mnsiddiqi@hotmail.com

Phone: (91 571) 270 3561 (India)

EDUCATION:

Ph.D. 1966. Aligarh Muslim University, India. (Thesis Title: A Critical Examination of the Recent Theories of Profit)
M.A. (Economics). 1960. Aligarh Muslim University, India.
Shariah Studies at Rampur and Saraimer (Azamgarh), India 1950-54

ACADEMIC HONORS:

Awarded King Faisal International Prize for Islamic Studies, 1982.
Shah Waliullah Award for 2001, Institute of Objective Studies, New Delhi, May 2003
American Finance House Award, 1993
Award for Life-long Contributions to Islamic Insurance and Banking, Takaful Forum, New York, 2000
Topped the list of successful candidates, at the B.A. and M.A. exams at A.M.U., Aligarh (1958 and 1960)

TEACHING AND RESEARCH EXPERIENCE:

Distinguished University Professor at the International Islamic University, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, August-September 2006
Consultant to a private firm, American Islamic Finance, based in Los Angeles, June 2004 to December 2005
Visiting Scholar, Islamic Research and Training Institute, Islamic Development Bank, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, November 2002 - April 2003
Fellow, Center for Near Eastern Studies, University of California, Los Angeles, Fall 2001.
Professor of Economics, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. 1978 - 2000.
Professor of Islamic Studies, Aligarh Muslim University, India. 1977 - 1983.
Reader (Associate Professor) in Economics, Aligarh Muslim University, India. 1975 - 1976.
Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in Economics, Aligarh Muslim University, India. 1961 - 1974.

Note: Taught courses on Price Theory, Distribution Theory, Money and Banking, Public Finance,
Development Economics, History of Economic Thought, Mathematical Economics, Statistical Inference, etc.

SUPERVISION OF DOCTORAL DISSERTATIONS:

Supervised several Ph.D. dissertations at Aligarh University, Ummul Qura University, (Makkah),
Imam Saud University, (Riyadh) and Sokoto University, (Nigeria).
For a selective list, see Appendix D.

EDITORIAL AND ADVISORY POSITIONS:

President, International Association for Islamic Economics - 2001-2003.
Member, Board of Trusties, AAOIFI (Accounting and Auditing Organization for
Islamic Financial Institutions, Bahrain) 1999 - 2001.
Member, Editorial Board, Journal of King Abdulaziz University: Islamic
Economics, Jeddah. 1983 - 2000.
Member International Board, Review of Islamic Economics, International
Association of Islamic Economics, Leicester, U.K. 1991 -
Member, Advisory Board, Islamic Economic Studies, Islamic Research and Training
Institute, Islamic Development Bank, Jeddah.
Member, Editorial Board, IQTISAD Journal of Islamic Economics, Yogyakarta, Indonesia, 1999 - .
Member, Advisory Editorial Board, The American Journal of Islamic Social
Sciences, AMSS & IIIT, U.S.A. 1985 - 1999.
Member, Advisory Board of the Journal, Humonomics, Toronto, Canada. 1985 -
Member, Advisory Board, MASS, Journal of Islamic Sciences, Aligarh, India. 1985 - 1997.
Editor, Islamic Thought, Aligarh. 1954 - 1959.
Acted as referee to several scholarly Journals including the Economic Journal (U.K.)
Participated in drawing up syllabuses for Economics / Islamic economics at Aligarh Muslim University, King Abdulaziz University, International Islamic University, (Islamabad), International Islamic University, (Kuala Lumpur), Sokoto University, (Nigeria), Imam Saud University, (Riyadh) and Ummul Qura University, (Makkah).

ADMINISTRATIVE AND ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE:

Member Academic Committee, Centre for Research in Islamic Economics,
King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah. 1980 - 2000.
Member Academic Council, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh. 1977-78.
Director, Institute of Islamic Studies, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh. 1977-78.
Chairman, Department of Islamic Studies, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh. 1977-78.
Warden, Aftab Hostel, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh. 1961-63.

BOOKS AUTHORED:

16 books in English, 13 in Urdu, 7 in Arabic and several in Indonesian, Malaysian, Turkish, Persian and Hindi,
translated from the original English work. See Appendix A and B for details.

PAPERS AUTHORED:

A list of 64 papers published in academic journals and compilations is given in Appendix C. Some of these papers are available on the author's website.

SEMINARS, CONFERENCES, WORKSHOPS:

Attended a large number of events to present a paper, give a keynote address, chair a session, and comment on a paper or as a member of the organizing committee. Some of these were held in the countries named below, in alphabetical order:

Algeria, Bahrain, Canada, Cyprus, Egypt, England, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Kuwait, Malaysia,
Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Sudan, Switzerland, Tunisia, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, U.S.A.

APPENDIX A Books In English
	Title	Year	Publisher
1	Islamic Banking and Finance in Theory and Practice: A Survey of the Art	2006	Islamic Economic Studies (Jeddah)
2	Riba, Bank Interest and the Rationale of its Prohibition	2004	Islamic Development Bank, Islamic Research & Training Institute, Jeddah
3	Dialogue in Islamic Economics	2002	Institute of Policy Studies, Islamabad & The Islamic Foundation, Leicester, U.K.
4	Islamic Public Economics	2001	Idara-i-Adabiyat-I-Delli (Translated from Urdu by Afzal Peerzade) Delhi, India
5	Economics, An Islamic Approach	2001	Institute of Policy Studies, Islamabad & The Islamic Foundation, Leicester, U.K.
6	Teaching Economics in Islamic Perspective	1996	Centre for Research in Islamic Economics, KAAU, Jeddah.
7	Role of the State in the Economy	1996	The Islamic Foundation, Leicester, U.K.
8	Insurance in an Islamic Economy.	1985	The Islamic Foundation, Leicester, U.K.
9	Partnership and Profit-Sharing in Islamic Law.	1985	The Islamic Foundation, Leicester, U.K.
10	Banking Without Interest.	1983	The Islamic Foundation, Leicester, U.K.
11	Issues in Islamic Banking.	1983	The Islamic Foundation, Leicester, U.K.
12	Muslim Economic Thinking.	1981	The Islamic Foundation, Leicester, U.K.
13	Contemporary Literature on Islamic Economics	1978	The Islamic Foundation, Leicester, U.K.
14	Economic Enterprise in Islam.	1972	Markazi Maktaba Islami, Delhi, India, and Islamic Publications, Lahore, Pakistan.
15	Some Aspects of the Islamic Economy.	1972	Markazi Maktaba Islami, Delhi, India, and Islamic Publications, Lahore, Pakistan.
16	Muslim Personal Law	1972	Markazi Maktaba Islami, (Edited) Delhi, India
17	Recent Theories of Profit, A Critical Examination.	1971	Asia Publishing House, Bombay, India

APPENDIX B Books In Urdu
	Title	Year	Publisher
1	Maqasid e Shariet: Ek Asri Mutala (A contemporary Study of the Objectives of Shariah)	Forthcoming	Islamabad,Institute Of Islamic Research
2	Muasir Islami Fikr ke Tawajuh Talab Pahlu (Some issues in contemporary Islamic Thought)	2007	Islamic Fiqh Academy, Delhi.
3	Ekkisween Sadi men Islam, Musalman awr Tehreek e Islami (Islam, Muslims and the Islamic Movement in the 21^st Century)	2005	MMI Publishers, Delhi.
4	Deeni Madaris: Masail aur Taqaze (Religious Schools, Problems and Challenges)	2001	Markazi Maktaba Islami, Delhi.
5	Islam, Maashiyat awr Adab Khutoot ke Aaine Mein (Islam, Economics & Literature in the light of letters)	2000	Educational Book House, Aligarh.
6	Tahreek Islami Asr Hazir Men Contemporary Islamic Movement)	1995	Markazi Maktaba Islami, Delhi.
7	Quran awr Science (Excerpts from Syed Qutb's Tafsir with a detailed Introduction).	1978	Markazi Maktaba Islami, Delhi.
8	Nash'at Saniyah Ki Rah (Towards Islamic Renaisance)	1974	Markazi Maktaba Islami, Delhi.
9	Insurance Islami Ma'ishat Mein (Insurance in Islamic Economy)	1974	Markazi Maktaba Islami, Delhi.
10	Ghair Sudi Bank Kari (Interest Free Banking)	1969	Markazi Maktaba Islami, Delhi, India, and Islamic Publications, Lahore, Pakistan.
11	Shirkat awr Mudarabat Ke Shar'i Usul (Sharia Principles of Partnership and Profit-Sharing)	1969	Markazi Maktaba Islami, Delhi, India, and Islamic Publications, Lahore, Pakistan.
12	Islam Ka Nazariyah Milkiyat (2 Vols.) (Islam's Theory of Property)	1969	Markazi Maktaba Islami, Delhi, India, and Islamic Publications, Lahore, Pakistan.
13	Islam Ka Nizam-e-Mahasil (Translation of Abu Yusuf's Kitab al Kharaj)	1966	Islamic Publications, Lahore, Pakistan.
14	Islam Men `Adl-e-Ijtima'i (Translation of Syed Qutb's al `Adalah al Ijtimaiyah fi'l Islam)	1963	Markazi Maktaba Islami, Delhi, India, and Islamic Publications, Lahore, Pakistan.
15	Islami Adab (edited) (Islamic Literature)	1960	Markazi Maktaba Islami, Delhi, India

APPENDIX C Papers Published in Journals or Presented at Conferences, etc. (Selected List)
	Title	Year	Publisher
1	Maqasid e Shariat (A series of papers in Urdu)	2004-2006	Fikr o Nazar, Islamabad and Tarjuman Darul Uloom, Delhi
2	Prelude to Reconstruction: Shedding Complexes and Avoiding Violence	2004	Presented at a conference at the International Islamic University Malaysia, August 4-6, available at author’s website.
3	Violence and Muslims	2004	American Journal of Islamic Social Sciences,vol.21, no.2, Spring Issue
4	Current State of Knowledge and the Development of the Discipline, Keynote Address to the Round Table on Islamic Economics	2004	Islamic Research and Training Institute, IDB, Jeddah, May 26-27, available at author’s website.
5	Islamic Finance: Social Dynamics of the Debate on Delay in Payment and Sale of Debt	2004	Presented at the Sixth Harvard Forum on Islamic Finance, May 8-9, available at author’s website
6	Maqasid-e-Shariah: Ek ‘Asri Mutala‘a	2004	Fikr-o-Nazar, Islamic Research Institute, Islamabad, vol.41,no. 4,April-June
7	Tashaddud aur Musalman	2004	Zindagi Nau, Delhi, India
8	Rationale of Islamic Banking in Indian Perspective in "Islamic Banking in India", edited by Javed Ahmad Khan	2003	Institute of Objective Studies, New Delhi, India
9	Jihad, Ijtihad aur Mujahida e Nafs	2003	Zindagi Nau, Delhi, India
10	Ekkisween Sadi men Islam, Musalman aur Tahreek e Islami	2002	Zindagi Nau, Delhi, India
11	Early Medieval Islamic Economic Thought: Abu Yusuf's (731-798) Economics of Public Finance.	2001	History of Economic Ideas, IX/201/1, Pisa - Rome. Also included in the book "Medieval Islamic Economic Thought" edited by S.M. Ghazanfar and published by RoutledgeCurzon in 2003
12	Mu'asir Islami Fikr: Chand Ghaur Talab Pahlu (Some aspects of contemporary Islamic thought that require rethinking, Urdu)	2001	Tarjumanul Quran, Lahore, October-November
13	Mussalman aur Ma'ashi Awamil (Muslims and the Economic Factor, Urdu)	2001	Zindagi Nau, Delhi, May-Jun
14	Three Lectures on Islamic Banking and Finance: Foundations, Recent History, Problems and Prospects.	2001	University of California, Los Angeles and Claremont Graduate University.
15	Islamic Banking: Concept, Precepts and Prospects.	2000	Islamic Economic Review (Leicester), vol. 4
16	Evolution of Islamic Banking and Insurance as Systems Rooted in Ethics	2000	Takaful Forum, New York, 26 April, 2000
17	Role of Islamic Financial Institutions in Financing Economic Projects	1999	King Abdulaziz University Seminar on Cooperation between Private Sector and Government. Published in the Proceedings.
18	Islamic Finance and Beyond: Premises and Promises of Islamic Economics	1999	Harvard University Forum on Islamic Finance, 1st October. Published in the Proceedings.
19	Islamic Banking: Concepts, Precepts and Prospects (Arabic)	1998	Journal of King Abdulaziz University: Vol. 10. Islamic Economics
20	Future of the Islamic Movement	1998	Encounters (Leicester) Vol. 4, No. 1, March
21	Muslim Minorities in the 21st Century: A Case Study of Indian Muslims	1997	Encounters (Leicester) Vol. 3, No. 2, September
22	Islami Tarjeehat (Islamic Priotities, in Urdu)	1997	Zindagi Nau (Delhi), July
23	Role of Fiscal Policy in Controlling Inflation in Islamic Framework Fiqh	1996	Presented at Kuala Lumpur on 6-7 July at the Islamic Academy, Second Workshop on Inflation
24	Rationale of Islamic Banking in India's Perspective	1996	Institute of Objective Studies, Seminar New Delhi, July 26
25	Money, Banking & Islamic Cooperation and Institutions.	1996	Two Chapters Contributed to a Text Book, "International Financial Economics: Principles and Issues" to be Published by the International Islamic University, Malaysia.
26	Islamic Economics and Finance	1995	Encyclopedia of Islamic Banking and Insurance, London, pp. 1-9.
27	Towards Regeneration: Shifting Priorities in Islamic Movements.	1995	Encounters (Leicester) Vol. 1, No. 2, September
28	Nature and Methodology of of Islamic Political Economy in a Globalised World Environment.	1994	Malaysia, Pulau Pinang Seminar on Islamic Political Economy
29	Instruments of Monetary Policy and Central Bank Functioning in Islamic Economy (Arabic).	1994	Kuwait, Economic Sub-Committee of The Committee on Implementation of Shariah.
30	Role of Central Banks with respect to Islamic Banks (Arabic).	1993	Kuwait, Seminar, Economic Sub-Committee of The Committee on Implementation of Shariah.
31	Muslim Ethics in a Modern Economic System.	1993	Amman, Seminar on Ethics in Economy. Euro-Arab Perspectives.
32	The Spiritual Basis of Economic and Financial Life - The Islamic Perspective	1993	Chicago, World Parliament of Religions.
33	Contemporary Problems of Islamic Banks (Arabic).	1993	Jeddah, Islamic Fiqh Academy.
34	An Overview of Public Borrowing in Early Islamic History.	1993	Review of Islamic Economics, Vol. 2, No. 2
35	Impact of Islamic Modes of Finance on Monetary Expansion	1992	Journal of King Abdulaziz University: Islamic Economics, Vol. 4
36	Principles of International Economic Relations in Islam.	1992	In International Economic Relations From Islamic Perspectives, IRTI, Jeddah.
37	Some Economic Aspects of Mudarabah	1991	Review of Islamic Economics, Vol. 1, No. 2, (Also included in The Political Economy of the Middle East (1999) edited by Timothy Niblock and Rodney Wilson and published by Edward Elgar, London.)
38	Role of the Voluntary Sector in Islam: A Conceptual Framework	1991	In The Islamic Voluntary Sector in South East Asia, Institute of South East Asian Studies, Singapore.
39	Islamic Economic Thought, Foundation, Evaluation and Needed Developments.	1991	In Development and Finance in Islam, International Islamic University, Malaysia.
40	The Muslim Situation in India, Some Observations.	1989	In The Muslim Situation in India, Sterling Publication Co. Delhi. Edited by Iqbal A. Ansari.
41	Central Banking in Islamic Framework (Arabic)	1989	In Al Idarah al Maliyah fi`l Islam,