People Biography

Dr. Dheen Mohamed is Program Director of the PhD program in Islamic Studies and Professor of Comparative Religion and Contemporary Quranic Studies at the College of Islamic Studies (CIS), Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU). He earned his BA (Hons.), MA, and PhD in Theology and Philosophy from al‑Azhar University. Before joining HBKU in 2013, he served as Professor and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs at Qatar University (QU) and held senior academic roles as Dean, HoD, and Director of Academics at the International Islamic University, Islamabad (IIUI). His teaching and research span comparative religion, Sufism (taṣawwuf), contemporary Qur’anic studies, Islamic philosophy, and Islamic thought. Recent publications include the chapter “Introduction to Islam” in Contemporary Islamic Perspectives in Public Health (Cambridge University Press, 2025), and peer‑reviewed articles in Afkar (2024) and the Journal of Islamic Thought and Civilization (2024). He has supervised more than 35 graduate theses and contributed to curriculum design at IIUI, QU, and HBKU. At CIS, he works at Muhammad Bin Hamad Al Thani Center for Muslim Contribution to Civilization (CMCC) and contributes to the Digital Sīrah Initiative.