Dr. Rezart Beka

Consultant

Email

rebeka@hbku.edu.qa

Office location

C02.017

Dr. Rezart Beka

Consultant

Educational Qualifications

PhD in Arabic and Islamic Studies

MA in Study of Contemporary Muslim Thought and Societies

Entity

College of Islamic Studies

Division

Islamic Studies

Biography

From 2022 to today, Dr. Beka has served as a consultant for the Digital Sīra Project at the College of Islamic Studies, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, 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

Consultant

College of Islamic Studies, Hamad Bin Khalifa University

2022 – Present

Beka, R. (Forthcoming 2025). Fiqh al-Aqalliyat (The Jurisprudence of Minorities). In Oxford Handbook of Islamic Reformism. Oxford University Press.

Beka, R. (2024). The reconceptualization of the Umma and Ummatic action in Abdullah Bin Bayyah’s discourse. American Journal of Islam and Society, 41(2), 6–45.

Beka, R. (2022). Maqāṣid and the renewal of Islamic legal theory in ʿAbdullah Bin Bayyah’s discourse. American Journal of Islam and Society, 38(3–4), 103–145. 

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)