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 ~ Comparative Law
- Social Science ~ Social Science ~ Law ~ Human Rights
- Social Science ~ Social Science ~ Syariah Law ~ Islamic Family Law - Family Law, Human Rights and Women, Shariah Procedural Law, Shariah law
- Social Science ~ Social Science ~ Law ~ Administrative Law
Teaching Responsibilities
LAW RESEARCH METHODOLOGY | 2023/2024 |
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 - 2012 | Women's Rights In Islam And The Challenge Of Modernity |
2012 - 2014 | Harmonization Between International Human Rights and Islam in the Context of Muslim Society in Malaysia: Towards an Islamic Model |
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 - 2008 | Regulating the Role of Extended Family in Providing Financial Support Under Malaysia Law |
2007 - 2015 | Islamic Family law in Malaysia: A Practical Approach |
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
2023 - Present | Kajian Pembangunan Kerangka Perundangan Dan Mekanisme Bagi Pentadbiran Perkhawinan Dan Perceraian Adat Orang Asli Di Semenanjung Malaysia |
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
2023 | Harmonisation of shari‘ah and law: approaches and progress. Harun M Hashim Law Centre, IIUM, ISBN: 978-967-2424-46-8 |
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 |