
د. ريزدات بيكا
أستاذ مساعد للدراسات الإسلامية
د. ريزدات بيكا
أستاذ مساعد للدراسات الإسلامية
المؤهلات العلمية
PhD in Arabic and Islamic Studies
MA in Study of Contemporary Muslim Thought and Societies
الكيان
كلية الدراسات الإسلامية
القسم
الدراسات الإسلامية
السيرة الذاتية
Dr. Rezart Beka is an assistant professor of Islamic Studies at the College of Islamic Studies (CIS), Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU). He has also served as a consultant for the Digital Sirah Project at CIS, where he leads multilingual research and digital teams in producing innovative 3D and VR educational content on the Prophet’s life.
PhD in Arabic and Islamic Studies
Georgetown University
2022
MA in Study of Contemporary Muslim Thought and Societies
College of Islamic Studies, Hamad Bin Khalifa University
2016
MA in Interdisciplinary Studies in Religion and Cultures
Pontifical Gregorian University, Italy
2011
BA in Sociology
University of Tirana, Albania
2004
- Contemporary Islamic thought
- Islamic law
- Ijtihad and renewal
- Sirah
Assistant professor of Islamic Studies
College of Islamic Studies, Hamad Bin Khalifa University
2026 – Present
Consultant
College of Islamic Studies, Hamad Bin Khalifa University
2022 – 2026
Beka, R. (Forthcoming 2025). Fiqh al-Aqalliyat (The Jurisprudence of Minorities). In Oxford Handbook of Islamic Reformism. Oxford University Press.
Beka, R. (2022). Entries (in Arabic) “Realism in Western Philosophy”, “John the Baptist”, “Joshua”. In Encyclopedia of Westernization (Mawṣūʿat al-Istigrāb). Qatar University Publication.
Beka, R. (2019). Islamophobia in the contemporary Albanian public discourse. In E. Bayraklı & F. Hafez (Eds.), Islamophobia in Muslim majority societies (pp. 45–59). Routledge.
- One-year merit-based fellowship at Prince Al Waleed Bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding (ACMCU), Georgetown University (2018)
- Full merit-based scholarship for PhD in Islamic & Arabic Studies at Georgetown University (2016–2022)
- International scholarship for MA in Islamic Studies, CIS, HBKU (2013–2016)
- Scholarship for non-Christians for the Study of Christianity, Nostra Aetate Foundation (2009–2010)