Bio of Louay Safi
Born in Damascus, Dr. Louay M. Safi (louay@islam-democracy.org) has a B.Sc. in Civil Engineering and an M.A. and Ph.D. in from Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan. Dr. Safi is the Director of Research at the International Institute of Islamic Thought (IIIT), Vice President of the Association of Muslim Social Scientist (AMSS), President of the Center for Balanced Development (CBD), Editor of the Journal of Islamic Social Sciences (AJISS), and a Founding Member and Director of the Center for the Study of Islam and Democracy (CSID).
He served as the the Executive Director of the International Institute of Islamic Thought in Malaysia from 1995 to 1997, and was also an Associate Professor of Political Science (1994-99), the Dean of Research (1998-99), and a Senate Member (1995-99) at the International Islamic University, Malaysia.
Some Dr. Safi's publications include: The Challenge of Modernity (University Press of America, 1994), Al-Aqidah wa al-Siyasah (International Institute of Islamic Thought, 1996), The Foundation of Knowledge (International Islamic University of Malaysia, 1996), Truth and Reform (The Open Press, 1998), and Icmal al-cAql (Dar al-Fikr, 1998).
He has participated in numerous international forums and conferences, and contributed articles to various academic journals, including the American Journal of Islamic Social Sciences, Islamic Studies, Intellectual Discourse, Middle East Affairs Journal, Islamiyyat al-Macrifa, al-Mustaqbal al-Arabi, Minbar al-Hiwar, al-Insan, and al-Muslim al-Mu'asir.
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