Staff Directory

Academic Qualification
- Ph.D in Political Science - Doctor of Philosophy, Northwestern University
- Masters in Political Science - Masters Degree, Northwestern University
- Master of Science (Political Science) - Masters Degree, University of Khartoum, Sudan
- Bachelor of Science (Honours) (Political Science) - Bachelor Degree, University of Khartoum, Sudan
- Diploma in Islamic Revealed Knowledge - Diploma, International Islamic University Malaysia
El Fatih Abdullahi Abdelsalam (Prof. Dr.)
Senior Academic Fellow
IIUM Gombak Campus
ABDULHAMID ABUSULAYMAN KULLIYYAH OF ISLAMIC REVEALED KNOWLEDGE AND HUMAN SCIENCES
elfatih@iium.edu.my
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Expert Profile
Professor Elfatih A. Abdel Salam started his career as a teacher of English in a Sudanese high secondary school in 1974. In 1976, he was appointed as an assistant lecturer in the Institute of African and Asian Studies, Khartoum University. In 1979, he was sent to the USA to pursue a PhD degree in Political Science. He earned that degree in International Relations and returned home in 1984. Between 1984 and 1994, besides lecturing at Khartoum University, he served on a part time basis in a number of academic and teaching institutions in Sudan, including Omdurman Islamic University, Africa International University, the Military Academy, the Staff College, the Police Academy, the Centre of Training Diplomats (Ministry of Foreign Affairs) and the Sudan Academy of Administrative Sciences. Professor Abdel Salam served as a member of the foreign minister's Advisory Council (1989/1991) to advise the Minister on matters pertaining to the country's foreign policy. He also served as a member of another committee that supervised the process of choosing new recruits for the Sudanese diplomatic service and the training of its staff.
In June 1994, he has joined the Department of Political Science, IIUM. At IIUM, he has been teaching different courses in the areas of International Relations, Comparative Politics, and Political Theory at the B.A., M.A. and Ph.D. levels. He has also served as a supervisor and co-supervisor for a larger number of M.A. and Ph.D. dissertations. He served as an external examiner for doctoral dissertations from UM, UKM, UPM and USIM and foreign universities as well. He chaired a number of doctoral committees at IIUM from different Kulliyyahs. He sat at a number of committees at the Department, Kulliyyah and University levels, including IIUM senate.
Professor Abdel Salam has extensively contributed through his writings on different aspects of Political Science, publishing over 40 research articles and five books. He served as a member of editorial boards of a number of journals inside and outside Malaysia. He is a member of a number of professional organizations including Majlis Professor Negara, Malaysia, the USA Political Science Association of the Mid-West, Association of Arab Political Scientists, and the British Middle East Association.
In June 1994, he has joined the Department of Political Science, IIUM. At IIUM, he has been teaching different courses in the areas of International Relations, Comparative Politics, and Political Theory at the B.A., M.A. and Ph.D. levels. He has also served as a supervisor and co-supervisor for a larger number of M.A. and Ph.D. dissertations. He served as an external examiner for doctoral dissertations from UM, UKM, UPM and USIM and foreign universities as well. He chaired a number of doctoral committees at IIUM from different Kulliyyahs. He sat at a number of committees at the Department, Kulliyyah and University levels, including IIUM senate.
Professor Abdel Salam has extensively contributed through his writings on different aspects of Political Science, publishing over 40 research articles and five books. He served as a member of editorial boards of a number of journals inside and outside Malaysia. He is a member of a number of professional organizations including Majlis Professor Negara, Malaysia, the USA Political Science Association of the Mid-West, Association of Arab Political Scientists, and the British Middle East Association.
Area of Specialisation
- Social Science ~ Social Science ~ Political Sciences and Public Policy ~ International Relations - Contemporary Middle Eastern and African Politics; Human Rights in the Muslim World; Conflict and Conflict Resolution in the Muslim World; International Law and Diplomacy
Professional Membership
- 1985: Member of Profesional Body / Association: (The Arab Association of Political Science ), The Arab Association of Political Science
- 2006 - 2015: Member of Profesional Body / Association, SUDANESE STUDIES ASSOCIATION, USA
- 2014 - 2015: Member of Profesional Body / Association, MAJLIS PROFESOR NEGARA
- 2015: Member of Profesional Body / Association: (A-Tajdid ), IIUM Properties
- 2017: Member of Profesional Body / Association: (Midwest Political Science Association ), USA
Teaching Responsibilities
ADVANCED RESEARCH METHODOLOGY | 2014/2015 2013/2014 2008/2009 |
AFRICAN POLITICS | 2011/2012 2007/2008 |
COMPARATIVE POLITICS | 1996/1997 1995/1996 1994/1995 |
CONTEMPORARY ISLAMIC POLITICAL THOUGHT | 2022/2023 2021/2022 2020/2021 2019/2020 2017/2018 2016/2017 |
FINAL YEAR PROJECT I | 2022/2023 2021/2022 2020/2021 |
FINAL YEAR PROJECT II | 2022/2023 2021/2022 2020/2021 |
FOREIGN POLICIES OF THE MAJOR POWERS | 2018/2019 2017/2018 2001/2002 1998/1999 |
FOREIGN POLICY DECISION MAKING | 1996/1997 1995/1996 1994/1995 |
FOREIGN POLICY OF RUSSIAN FEDERATION | 2018/2019 |
GOVERNMENT FINANCE | 2005/2006 |
INTERNATIONAL LAW | 2016/2017 2008/2009 2007/2008 |
INTERNATIONAL LAW & DIPLOMACY | 2016/2017 2015/2016 2014/2015 2013/2014 2012/2013 2011/2012 2010/2011 2009/2010 2008/2009 2006/2007 2005/2006 2004/2005 2003/2004 2002/2003 |
INTERNATIONAL LAW AND DIPLOMACY | 2011/2012 |
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS | 2001/2002 2000/2001 1999/2000 |
INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL ECONOMY | 2016/2017 2012/2013 2011/2012 2010/2011 2009/2010 2008/2009 2007/2008 2006/2007 2005/2006 2004/2005 2003/2004 2002/2003 2001/2002 2000/2001 1999/2000 |
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS | 2000/2001 |
INTERNSHIP | 2020/2021 2019/2020 |
INTRODUCTION TO ECONOMICS | 2011/2012 2010/2011 2009/2010 2008/2009 |
INTRODUCTION TO POLITICAL SCIENCE | 2017/2018 1995/1996 1994/1995 |
ISLAMIZATION OF KNOWLEDGE (ARABIC) | 2017/2018 |
ISLAMIZATION OF POLITICAL SCIENCE | 2015/2016 2014/2015 2013/2014 |
ISSUES IN MUSLIM POLITICAL THOUGHT | 2022/2023 2021/2022 2020/2021 2019/2020 |
ISSUES OF ISLAMIZATION IN POLITICAL SCIENCE | 2015/2016 2014/2015 2013/2014 |
M.A THESIS | 1999/2000 1998/1999 |
METHODOLOGIES OF POLITICAL SCIENCE | 2006/2007 2005/2006 2004/2005 2003/2004 2002/2003 1999/2000 1998/1999 1997/1998 1996/1997 1995/1996 1994/1995 |
METHODS OF POLITICAL INQUIRY | 2016/2017 2015/2016 2014/2015 2013/2014 2004/2005 |
MIDDLE EAST POLITICS | 2015/2016 2012/2013 2010/2011 2009/2010 2006/2007 2005/2006 2003/2004 2002/2003 |
PEACE AND CONFLICT STUDIES | 2022/2023 2021/2022 2020/2021 2019/2020 2018/2019 2017/2018 |
PEACE AND WAR STUDIES | 2012/2013 2010/2011 2009/2010 2008/2009 2007/2008 2006/2007 2005/2006 2004/2005 2003/2004 2002/2003 2001/2002 |
POLITICAL THOUGHT II | 2003/2004 1998/1999 |
POST SOVIET POLITICS | 2001/2002 |
POST-SOVIET POLITICS | 2017/2018 |
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION | 2000/2001 |
RESEARCH METHODLOGY | 2018/2019 |
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY | 2021/2022 2020/2021 2019/2020 2018/2019 2017/2018 2015/2016 2012/2013 2011/2012 2010/2011 2009/2010 2008/2009 2007/2008 2006/2007 1999/2000 1998/1999 1997/1998 1996/1997 1995/1996 1994/1995 1993/1994 |
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY (ARABIC) | 2018/2019 |
RESEARCH PAPER 1 | 2018/2019 2017/2018 2016/2017 |
RESEARCH PAPER I | 2021/2022 2020/2021 2018/2019 |
RESEARCH PAPER II | 2022/2023 2020/2021 2019/2020 2018/2019 |
RESEARCH PROJECT II | 2018/2019 2017/2018 2014/2015 2013/2014 |
SEMINAR ON CONFLICTS AND CONFLICT RESOLUTION | 2001/2002 |
STUDIES IN COMPARATIVE POLITICS | 1997/1998 1996/1997 |
STUDIES IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS | 2005/2006 2004/2005 2003/2004 2001/2002 2000/2001 |
THE GEOPOLITICS OF THE MUSLIM WORLD | 2022/2023 2021/2022 |
THE GOEPOLITICS OF THE MUSLIM WORLD | 2021/2022 |
THEORIES & ISSUES IN INTER. RELATIONS | 2006/2007 2002/2003 2001/2002 |
THEORIES AND METHODS IN POLITIC INQUIRY | 2016/2017 2015/2016 2014/2015 2013/2014 |
U.S. FOREIGN POLICY | 2015/2016 2000/2001 |
US FOREIGN POLICY | 1995/1996 |
WOMEN IN POLITICS | 2009/2010 |
Research Projects
Completed
2016 - 2019 | Mediation of the State of Qatar Outside Arabic Region from 1969 to 2015: Studies in the Dimensions on the International Relations |
2016 - 2019 | Democratic Transformation among the Governments Affected by the Arab Spring with Special Reference to the Tunisian Experience: Analytical and Critical Study |
2016 - 2019 | Features of Good Governance: A Quranic Perspective |
2014 - 2017 | Malaysia - Sudan Relations as an Example of South-South Cooperation (1992 - 2013) |
2009 - 2010 | Indonesia's Counterterrorism Policy, 2001-2009 |
On-Going
2016 - Present | Islam and Democracy: The Question of Incompatibiliy |
2011 - Present | Arab Turbulence: Origins, Development & Consequences (RU2011) |
2008 - Present | International Law and Maritime Affairs Research Unit (ILMA) |
Publications
Article
Conference or Workshop Item
2022 | Ethics and values towards environmental sustainability during COVID’19. In: Proceedings of International Conference on Engineering Professional Ethics and Education 2022 (ICEPEE’22), |
2021 | Environmental Ethics and Sustainability During Pandemic Era. In: Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Engineering Professional Ethics and Education 2021 (ICEPEE'21), |
2017 | Intra-party democracy in Nigerian political parties: A historical survey. In: 2017 6th International Conference on Government, Law and Culture (ICGLC 2017), |
2016 | Islam and Nigerian foreign policy (1960-2015). In: International Conference on Business, Economics Social Science & Humanities (BSSH-2016), |
2015 | South-south cooperation: a case study of contemporary Sudanese Malaysian relations. In: 3rd Global Conference on Business and Social Sciences, |
2014 | Indonesia’s counter-terrorism policy, 2001 –2009. In: International Conference on Law, Order and Criminal Justice 2014, |
Book
2017 | State-building under foreign occupation: the case of Iraq, 2003-2008. IIUM Press, International Islamic University Malaysia, ISBN: 978-967-418-514-5 |
2017 | The role of United Nations in the consolidation of peace in Sierra Leone, 1991-2010. IIUM Press, International Islamic University Malaysia, ISBN: 978-967-418-502-2 |
2011 | Contemporary issues in political science. IIUM Press, ISBN: 9789670225159 |
2005 | Glossary of political science terms: Islamic and western. Thomson Learning, ISBN: 9812545298 |
Book Section
2017 | Islamic doctrine of peace and war: A new interpretation. In: Pelanduk Publications SDN BHD, ISBN: 978-967-978-990-4, pp. 99-122 |
2017 | Islamic doctrine of peace and war: A new interpretation. In: Pelanduk Publications SDN BHD, ISBN: 978-967-978-990-4, pp. 99-122 |
2015 | Political upheavals in North Africa and West Asia. In: INPUMA, University Malaya, ISBN: 978-983-44293-8-6, pp. 3-36 |
2015 | Political upheavals in North Africa and West Asia. In: INPUMA, University Malaya, ISBN: 978-983-44293-8-6, pp. 3-36 |
2013 | Human rights. In: Cengage Learning, ISBN: 9789670357225, pp. 311-341 |
2011 | A neo-classical Islamic paradigm of nations. In: IIUM Press, ISBN: 9789670225159, pp. 1-16 |
2011 | A neo-classical Islamic paradigm of nations. In: IIUM Press, ISBN: 9789670225159, pp. 1-16 |
2011 | Political elites and national development: the central question in political science. In: IIUM Press, ISBN: 9789670225159, pp. 17-27 |
2011 | Political elites and national development: the central question in political science. In: IIUM Press, ISBN: 9789670225159, pp. 17-27 |
2011 | Strengthening the pay-performance link in government: a case study of Malaysia. In: IIUM Press, ISBN: 9789670225159, pp. 101-121 |
2011 | Strengthening the pay-performance link in government: a case study of Malaysia. In: IIUM Press, ISBN: 9789670225159, pp. 101-121 |
2011 | The Arab league: a bitter harvest in regional conflict resolution. In: IIUM Press, ISBN: 978-967-0225-42-5, pp. 263-281 |
2011 | Theories of political pluralism: Western and Islamic perspective. In: IIUM Press, ISBN: 9789670225159, pp. 43-53 |
2009 | Ancillary services at the IIUM: an overview. In: IIUM Press, ISBN: 9789675272103, pp. 195-220 |
2008 | Human rights. In: Cengage Learning, ISBN: 978-981-4239-27-1, pp. 191-212 |