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Mohamed El-Moctar El-Shinqiti

Dr. Mohamed El-Moctar El-Shinqiti is Professor of International Affairs, at Qatar University. His academic interests include Islamic political thought and ethics; religious reform and sectarian history of Muslim societies.  He holds a PhD in the history of religion from Texas Tech University, USA on “The Crusades’ Impact on Sunni-Shi’a Relations”. He previously taught Qur’anic exegesis (tafsir) and Arabic grammar at Al-Iman University, Yemen; Arabic literature at the American Open University in Virginia, USA; and world religions at Qatar University. Most of his books and articles have been translated and published in Turkish language and some have been translated into Albanian, Bosnian, Persian and Kurdish.

Among his books in Arabic:
– The constitutional crisis in Islamic civilization: from the Great Discord until the Arab Spring.
– Political dissension among the Companions of the Prophet: an essay on the rank of people and the sacredness of principles.
– The Noble Quran philosopher… Mohammed Abdullah Draz.
– The greatest Muslim minds of the twentieth century.
– Wounds of the soul (poetry collection).

Among his works in English:
– The Crusades’ Impact on Sunni-Shi’a Relations.
– Defensive Jihad: the Islamization of the Turks and the Turkification of Islam.
– A Painful Quest for God The Pre-Conversion Moment of Augustine and Al-Ghazali.
– Early American Perceptions of Muslims.

Dr. Mohamed El-Moctar El-Shinqiti is a regular contributor to Al-Jazeera TV channel and its website, where he has published over 400 analytical articles in Arabic and English. He has also participated in several regional and international conferences.