Staff Directory

Academic Qualification
- Ph.D in Comparative Law - Doctor of Philosophy, Glasgow College
- Master in Comparative Law - Masters Degree, International Islamic University Malaysia
- Bachelor of Law - Bachelor Degree, International Islamic University Malaysia
Najibah Bt Mohd. Zin (Prof. Dr.)
Professor
IIUM Gombak Campus
AHMAD IBRAHIM KULLIYYAH OF LAWS
najibah@iium.edu.my
4209
Expert Profile
Professor Najibah Mohd Zin obtained LL.B in 1988 and started her career as a lecturer in Ahmad Ibrahim Kulliyyah of Laws soon after her graduation. She obtained her Master of Comparative Law in 1990 and pursued her doctorate in Glasgow Caledonian University, UK in 1995. As a lecturer she taught various subjects of Civil and Syariah Laws including Law of Contract, Law Torts, Land Law, Islamic Legal System, Family Laws and Shariah Procedures. At present, Prof Najibah is specializing in family related laws, and women's rights and she teaches these courses at postgraduate level and supervises research students in these related fields. Prof Najibah has gained international recognitions as examiners of theses and was invited as a guest speaker on Family Law as well as various issues relating to gender and women's rights in Malaysia.
Prof Najibah was a Visiting Fellow at the National University of Singapore and Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies, University of Oxford in 2005 and 2010-2011 respectively.
Prof Najibah has written articles and chapters in book on various family law issues and Shariah related laws published by various local and international refereed journals. She has edited a few books on family and procedural law. She has been awarded a number of research grants to facilitate her research activities. She occasionally writes in local newspapers and has been given a column in the daily KOSMO on women and Shariah.
Prof Najibah serves various governmental and non-governmental agencies. She is a member of the Shariah committee in the Attorney General's Chamber; a committee member on Practice Direction Shariah Judiciary of Malaysia; member of Disciplinary Committee, Bar Council for several years; research committee with IKIM on harmonization of law; a panel of expert on Shariah law and Siyasah, Shariyyah Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka; IIUM Quad Team; Internal Audit Committee IIUM Holdings and Fellow in Centre for Women Science Studies, University Islam Malaysia. She has served Kulliyyah of Laws as Deputy Dean (Academic); Deputy Dean for Postgraduate and Research, and Head, Department of Islamic Law.
Prof Najibah is presently working as a full time professor and is a member of the Council of Professors of the University. She is involved in social activities in organizing legal literacy programmes for local community under AIKOL legal aid platform or NGOs. She is one of the advisors to AIKOL Legal Aid Clinic and Chairman of Raudhatul Sakinah Berhad, a guiding and training centre for adolescents.
Prof Najibah was a Visiting Fellow at the National University of Singapore and Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies, University of Oxford in 2005 and 2010-2011 respectively.
Prof Najibah has written articles and chapters in book on various family law issues and Shariah related laws published by various local and international refereed journals. She has edited a few books on family and procedural law. She has been awarded a number of research grants to facilitate her research activities. She occasionally writes in local newspapers and has been given a column in the daily KOSMO on women and Shariah.
Prof Najibah serves various governmental and non-governmental agencies. She is a member of the Shariah committee in the Attorney General's Chamber; a committee member on Practice Direction Shariah Judiciary of Malaysia; member of Disciplinary Committee, Bar Council for several years; research committee with IKIM on harmonization of law; a panel of expert on Shariah law and Siyasah, Shariyyah Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka; IIUM Quad Team; Internal Audit Committee IIUM Holdings and Fellow in Centre for Women Science Studies, University Islam Malaysia. She has served Kulliyyah of Laws as Deputy Dean (Academic); Deputy Dean for Postgraduate and Research, and Head, Department of Islamic Law.
Prof Najibah is presently working as a full time professor and is a member of the Council of Professors of the University. She is involved in social activities in organizing legal literacy programmes for local community under AIKOL legal aid platform or NGOs. She is one of the advisors to AIKOL Legal Aid Clinic and Chairman of Raudhatul Sakinah Berhad, a guiding and training centre for adolescents.
Area of Specialisation
- Social Science ~ Social Science ~ Law ~ Human Rights
- Social Science ~ Social Science ~ Law ~ Administrative Law
- Social Science ~ Social Science ~ Law ~ Comparative Law
- Social Science ~ Social Science ~ Syariah Law ~ Islamic Family Law - Family Law, Human Rights and Women, Shariah Procedural Law, Shariah law
Teaching Responsibilities
ACARA JENAYAH MAHKAMAH SHARIAH | 2003/2004 2002/2003 2001/2002 |
ACARA MAL MAHKAMAH SHARIAH | 2017/2018 |
ACARA MAL MAHKAMAH SYARIAH | 2022/2023 |
COMPARATIVE FAMILY LAW | 2022/2023 2021/2022 2020/2021 2019/2020 2018/2019 2017/2018 2016/2017 2015/2016 2014/2015 2013/2014 2012/2013 2011/2012 2009/2010 2008/2009 2007/2008 2005/2006 |
COMPARATIVE LAW | 2018/2019 |
CRIMINAL AND CIVIL PROCEDURE OF SHARI'AH COURT | 2022/2023 2021/2022 |
CRIMINAL AND CIVIL PROCEDURE OF SHARIAH COURT | 2020/2021 |
EVIDENCE & PROCEDURE OF SHARIAH COURT II | 2020/2021 2019/2020 2018/2019 2017/2018 2016/2017 2015/2016 2014/2015 2013/2014 2012/2013 2011/2012 2009/2010 2008/2009 2007/2008 2006/2007 2005/2006 2004/2005 2002/2003 2001/2002 |
FAMILY LAW I | 2000/2001 |
FAMILY LAW II | 2007/2008 2006/2007 2005/2006 2004/2005 2001/2002 2000/2001 1997/1998 |
FAMILY MANAGEMENT | 2022/2023 2021/2022 |
FAMILY MANAGEMENT & PARENTING | 2020/2021 2019/2020 2018/2019 2017/2018 2016/2017 2015/2016 2014/2015 2013/2014 2012/2013 2011/2012 |
FAMILY MANAGEMENT & PARENTING (SISTER) | 2005/2006 2003/2004 |
FAMILY MANAGEMENT AND PARENTING (BROTHER) | 2004/2005 |
FAMILY MANAGEMENT AND PARENTING (SISTER) | 2004/2005 |
FAMILY MANAGEMENT AND PARENTING (SR) | 2005/2006 |
HALAQAH 1 (SISTERS) | 2002/2003 |
HALAQAH 2 (SISTER) | 2002/2003 |
HALAQAH 2(SISTER) | 2003/2004 |
INTER. LAW & IMPACT ON ADMIN. OF ISLAMIC LAW | 2020/2021 2016/2017 2015/2016 2013/2014 |
INTRODUCTION TO SHARIAH LAW | 2009/2010 |
ISLAMIC CIVIL LAW DICHOTOMY & HARMONIZATION | 2009/2010 2008/2009 2007/2008 |
ISLAMIC CONSTITUTIONAL LAW II | 1996/1997 |
ISLAMIC FAMILY LAW I | 1998/1999 1997/1998 1996/1997 1995/1996 |
ISLAMIC FAMILY LAW II | 1998/1999 1997/1998 1996/1997 1995/1996 |
ISLAMIC LAW OF CIVIL & CRIMINAL PROCEDURE I | 2002/2003 2001/2002 1999/2000 |
ISLAMIC LAW OF CIVIL & CRIMINAL PROCEDURE II | 2001/2002 1999/2000 1998/1999 |
ISLAMIC LAW RESEARCH METHODOLOGY | 2004/2005 2003/2004 |
ISLAMIC LEGAL SYSTEM I | 1995/1996 |
ISLAMIC LEGAL SYSTEM II | 2009/2010 |
KAEDAH KAJIAN & MOOTING | 2020/2021 2019/2020 2018/2019 2017/2018 2016/2017 2015/2016 2014/2015 2013/2014 2012/2013 2011/2012 |
KAEDAH KAJIAN DAN MOOTING | 2022/2023 2021/2022 |
KERTAS PROJEK | 2005/2006 2004/2005 2003/2004 |
LAND LAW I | 2001/2002 2000/2001 1999/2000 1997/1998 1996/1997 1995/1996 |
LAND LAW II | 1999/2000 1996/1997 |
LAW OF CONTRACT II | 1990/1991 |
LAW RESEARCH METHODOLOGY | 2022/2023 2021/2022 2020/2021 2019/2020 2018/2019 |
MALAYSIAN LEGAL SYSTEM II | 1990/1991 |
UNDANG-UNDANG KELUARGA | 2009/2010 2008/2009 2006/2007 2004/2005 2003/2004 2001/2002 1998/1999 |
UNDANG-UNDANG KELUARGA ISLAM | 2005/2006 |
UNDANG-UNDANG KELUARGA ISLAM 1 | 2008/2009 2007/2008 |
WOMEN'S RIGHTS & GENDER ISSUES | 2022/2023 2021/2022 2020/2021 2019/2020 2018/2019 2016/2017 2015/2016 2013/2014 |
Research Projects
Completed
2017 - 2018 | Kajian Pemantauan Isu-Isu Pasca Perceraian dan Penyelesaiannya |
2016 - 2019 | Establishing the Legal Framework for Resolving Private International Law Issues Arising from Matrimonial Disputes in Malaysia |
2014 - 2023 | Establishing a Legal Framework for the Practice of Family Mediation in Malaysia |
2014 - 2019 | The Role of Chinese Muslim in the Malaysian Nation Building |
2014 - 2018 | Formulation of Legal Framework for Shared Parenting in Custodial Disputes in Malaysia: Protecting Welfare of the Child After Marital Separation |
2013 - 2017 | Legal Framework for Community Mediation in Malaysia : Exploring the Suitable Structure |
2013 - 2013 | Teras 5; Hak Kewajipan Antarabangsa |
2012 - 2015 | Developing a legal framework for promoting child protection in malaysia by means of intercountry adoption |
2012 - 2014 | Harmonization Between International Human Rights and Islam in the Context of Muslim Society in Malaysia: Towards an Islamic Model |
2012 - 2012 | Women's Rights In Islam And The Challenge Of Modernity |
2012 - 2015 | Exploring Law and Policies Affecting Older Parents under Malaysian Law |
2012 - | Contemporary Fiqh Research Unit (CFRU) |
2010 - 2010 | Training of Shariah Judges in Southeast Asia - The Malaysian Experience |
2009 - 2011 | Legal disputes in Determining Religious Status of Children upon Conversion of Parents to Islam |
2008 - 2012 | Conversion and its Effect from Human Rights Perspective |
2008 - 2011 | Addressing Pertinent Legal Issues in the Malaysian Shari'ah Court |
2007 - 2007 | The Plight of the Foreign Wife in a Marital Dispute |
2007 - 2015 | Islamic Family law in Malaysia: A Practical Approach |
2007 - 2008 | Regulating the Role of Extended Family in Providing Financial Support Under Malaysia Law |
2007 - 2011 | Judicial Creativity in the Malaysian Shariah Court: The Need for Paradigm Shift |
2005 - 2008 | The Changing Structure of Urban Families in Post Independent Malaysia |
2004 - 2004 | The Legislative Measures To Control Divorce for Muslim: The Malaysian Experience |
On-Going
2022 - Present | Kajian Penggubalan Dasar Dan Pelan Perkhidmatan Kaunseling Negara |
2021 - Present | The Application of Islamic Law of Evidence in Malaysia |
2020 - Present | Kajian Pemantapan dan Perundangan Lembaga Pertubuhan Peladang (LPP) dan Pertubuhan Peladang (PP) |
2018 - Present | The Influences of Islamic Civilization on Malay Muslim Women and Their Contributions in Malay Archipelago. |
2009 - Present | Family Law and Ethics Unit (FAME) |
- | Women for Progress Research Unit (WPRU) |
- | Contribution of Tan Sri Harun M. Hashim in the Legal Development in Malaysia |
Publications
Article
Conference or Workshop Item
Book
2022 | Undang-undang keganasan rumah tangga di Malaysia. IIUM Press, ISBN: 978-967-491-082-2 |
2021 | Contemporary issues in Islamic family law, property and finance: towards achieving Maqasid al-Shari'ah. Department of Syariah Judiciary Malaysia & Ahmad Ibrahim Kulliyyah of Laws, IIUM, ISBN: 978-967-0870-86-1 |
2019 | The law on domestic violence in Malaysia. IIUM Press, ISBN: 978-967-418-483-4 |
2016 | Halsbury's Laws of Malaysia: Islamic Law, 2016 Reissue, 14(2). LexisNexis, ISBN: 978–967–400–639–6 |
2016 | Islamic family law in Malaysia. Thomson Reuters Malaysia Sdn Bhd, ISBN: 978-967-0915-49-4 |
2016 | Issues on harmonization of human rights in Islam. IIUM Press, ISBN: 978-967-418-418-6 |
2013 | Family law (non-muslim) in Malaysia . IIUM Press, International Islamic University Malaysia , ISBN: 9789670225883 |
2011 | Family law (Non-Muslims) in Malaysia. IIUM Press, ISBN: 9789670225883 |
2009 | Undang-undang keluarga dan prosedur. Department of Islamic Law & Harun M. Hashim Law Centre, ISBN: 9789834120351 |
2007 | Undang-undang keluarga (Islam). Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, ISBN: 9789836297273 |
2006 | Halsbury's laws of Malaysia- Volume 14, 2006 Reissue: Family Law, Syariah Law. Malayan Law Journal Sdn Bhd, ISBN: 9679627756 |
Book Section
2021 | Reconciliation process of Muslim marriage under the Islamic family law of Malaysia. In: CFRU and IBT, ISBN: 978-967-0526-83-6, pp. 108-121 |
2020 | Managing faith among Chinese converts in Malaysia: the legal perspectives. In: Pustaka Yamien Sdn Bhd, ISBN: 978-967-2201-39-7, pp. 51-70 |
2020 | Rights of Chinese Muslims under the Malaysian family law: the case of conversion to Islam. In: Pustaka Yamien Sdn Bhd, ISBN: 978-967-2201-39-7, pp. 71-94 |
2019 | An overview of syariah law in family matters. In: Thomson Reuters Asia Sdn. Bhd., ISBN: 978-967-2187-74-5, pp. 513-526 |
2018 | Dispute resolution during the classical Islamic period and family, dispute resolution in the Shari'ah Courts in Malaysia. In: IIUM Press, International Islamic University Malaysia, ISBN: 978-967-491-008-2, pp. 99-127 |
2018 | Hukuman alternatif ke atas tahanan syariah. In: Darul Syakir Entreprise, ISBN: 978-967-2027-61-4, pp. 83-94 |
2018 | Legal issues surrounding Chinese converts in Malaysia: an appraisal. In: IIUM Press, International Islamic University Malaysia, ISBN: 978-967-491-008-2, pp. 148-173 |
2018 | Legal rights of Chinese Muslims in the case of conversion to Islam in Malaysia: with reference to family law issues. In: IIUM Press, International Islamic University Malaysia, ISBN: 978-967-491-008-2, pp. 173-215 |
2017 | Female Judges in Malaysian Shariʿa Courts: A Problem of Gender or Legal Interpretation?. In: Brill, ISBN: 978-90-04-30691-2, pp. 153-177 |
2016 | Gender equality and women rights from Islamic perspective. In: IIUM Press, ISBN: 9789674184186, pp. 35-61 |
2016 | The application of CEDAW Convention in Muslim countries: special reference to the Malaysian position. In: IIUM Press, ISBN: 978-967-418-418-6, pp. 231-256 |
2016 | The impact of CEDAW on gender equality: Islamic and Malaysian perspectives. In: IIUM Press, ISBN: 978-967-418-418-6, pp. 197-230 |
2016 | The right of illegitimate child to paternity under Malaysian Islamic law : a revisit. In: IIUM Press, ISBN: 978-967-418-418-6, pp. 99-120 |
2014 | Women's matrimonial rights in her marriage: theory and contemporary practice. In: SerialsPublications, ISBN: 9788183876247, pp. 269-289 |
2014 | Women's matrimonial rights in her marriage: theory and contemporary practice. In: SerialsPublications, ISBN: 9788183876247, pp. 269-289 |
2012 | Women's rights in Islam. In: Sweet and Maxwell Asia, ISBN: 978-967-5040-87-0, pp. 413-431 |
2011 | Human capital as matrimonial property. In: IIUM Press, ISBN: 9789674182250, pp. 129-140 |
2011 | The role of family support division (BSK) in helping Muslims single parent in Malaysia: an overview. In: IIUM Press, ISBN: 9789674182267, pp. 165-174 |
2009 | Injunksi dalam undang-undang Islam dan pemakaiannya di Makamah Syariah. In: Ahmad Ibrahim Kulliyyah of Laws and Harun M. Hashim Law Centre, International Islamic University Malaysia, ISBN: 9789834120351, pp. 247-259 |
2009 | Marital disputes and legal barriers: a case study. In: IIUM Press, ISBN: 9789833855865, pp. 227-255 |
2009 | The plight of foreign wife in marital disputes: extending the legal barriers. In: IIUM Press, ISBN: 9789833855780, pp. 13-19 |
2007 | Nafkah 'iddah dan mut'ah. In: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, ISBN: 978-983-62-9727-3, pp. 155-176 |
2007 | Perceraian dalam undang-undang keluarga Islam. In: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, ISBN: 978-983-62-9727-3, pp. 101-154 |