Dr. Louay Safi is Professor of Political Science and Islamic Thought at CIS and Senior Fellow with the Institute of Social Policy and Understanding (ISPU) and Georgetown University’s Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding (ACMCU).
Dr. Safi has been active in defending human rights and promoting democracy for over two decades. He is a founding member of the Syrian National Council (SNC) and the Syrian National Coalition (2011–2014). He is also co-founder and first chair of the Syrian American Council (2005–2011), and co-founder and former board member of the Center for the Study of Islam and Democracy (1999–2007).
He is a prolific author and frequent speaker on issues of human rights, the Middle East, peace, leadership, and Islam and the West, and an advocate of human rights and civil liberties. He has authored 20 books, including “The Qur’anic Narrative” (Praeger 2008), “Tensions and Transitions in the Muslim World” (University Press of America, 2003), “Peace and the Limits of War” (IIIT 2001), and “The Challenge of Modernity” (University Press of America, 1994).
Dr. Safi has considerable experience in developing communications strategy as the Communications Director of the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA) and the official spokesperson of the main Syrian Opposition. He has appeared on numerous radio and TV programs, including CNN, BBC, Monte Carlo, Fox News, Sky News, Voice of America, PBS, Middle East TV (MBC), Aljazeera News and Aljazeera English, Al Arabiya News, Russia Today, Alhurra, Malaysian TV, Turkish TV, Syrian TV, Canada TV (CTV), Future TV, and others.
College of Public Policy (CPP), HBKU
2019 – PresentCIS, HBKU
2011 – PresentGeorgetown University
2010 – 2011Indiana University and Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI)
2009 – 2010Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding (ACMCU), Georgetown University
2007 – PresentInstitute of Social Policy and Understanding (ISPU)
2007 – PresentCenter for Leadership Development, Indianapolis
2004 – 2010George Washington University
2001 – 2002International Institute of Islamic Thought (IIIT), Washington, DC
1999 – 2003Association of Muslim Social Scientists
1999 – 2003American Journal of Islamic Social Sciences
1999 – 2003International Islamic University of Malaysia
1997 – 1999International Institute of Islamic Thought (IIIT), Washington, DC
1995 – 1997International Islamic University of Malaysia
1994 – 1997Wayne State University (WSU), Michigan
1988 – 1992Wayne State University
1992Wayne State University
1988Wayne State University
1985Beirut, Lebanon: Dar Al Fikr al Muasir.
2018Beirut, Lebanon: Dar Al Fikr al Muasir.
2017Beirut, Lebanon: Dar Al Fikr al Muasir.
2016Beirut, Lebanon: Al Shabakah al Arabiya lil abhath wa al nashr.
2015Herndon, VA: International Institute of Islamic Thought Press.
2014Dar al Mutawasitiyyah.
2014San Barbara, CA: Praeger Publishers.
2008Denver, CO: Outskirts Press.
2008Denver, CO: Outskirts Press.
2008Lanham, Maryland: University Press of America.
2003In Maqasid al-Shari'ah: Conceptualizations and Implications. Kuala Lumper, Malaysia: Trust Books.
2018In Religious Leadership: A Reference Handbook. SAGE Publications.
2013In Langwith, J. (Ed.), Human Rights (Opposing Viewpoints). Detroit, MI: Greenhaven Press.
2008In Nimer, M. (Ed.), Islamophobia and Anti-Americanism: Causes and Responses. Beltsville, Maryland: Amana Publications.
2007In Coppola, D. (Ed.), Religion, Violence and Peace: Continuing Conversations and Study Guide. Hartford, CT: Sacred Heart University.
2005In Ahmed, B. (Ed.), Muslim Contribution to Civilization. London, England: IIIT and AMSS.
2005American Journal of Islamic Social Sciences, 36(1).
2019Oxford Research Encyclopedia.
2017The Review of Faith & International Affairs, 9(1).
2011Intellectual Discourse, 18(2). 211-233.
2010American Baptist Quarterly, 28(1). 92-97.
2009Chicago Studies, 14(1). 83-98.
2008The Ecumenist, 43(4). 7-10.
2006Muslim Public Affairs Journal. 43-49.
2006مجلة الديمقراطية (صادرة عن مؤسسة الأهرام)، العدد 18
2005مجلة الكلمة، السنة 7، العدد 28 (صيف 2000)، ص 37-45.
2000Oxford Encyclopedia of Islam. Oxford University Press.
2015Al-Jazeera Forum. St Regis, Doha. 5 May 2015.
2015Al Jazeera Center for Research. Ritz Carlton, Doha. 9 April 2014.
2015Oxford Encyclopedia of Islam and Politics. Oxford University Press.
2012CIS, Doha. 22 February 2012.
2012Methodist University, Fayetteville, NC. 23 January 2012.
2012Good Faith Seminar. Bernardin Center, Catholic Theological Union, Chicago. 12 March 2010.
2010Canada Visionary Leadership Institute, Winnipeg. 22-24 January 2010.
201019 March 2009.
2009Washington, DC: Institute for Social Policy and Understanding. https://www.ispu.org/blaming-islam-examining-the-religion-building-enter...
2006