Staff Directory

Academic Qualification
- Ph.D in Islamic Philosophy - Doctor of Philosophy, University of Edinburgh
- Master in Islamic Studies - Masters Degree, University of Chicago
- Bachelor in Accountancy - Bachelor Degree, Northern Illinois University
Isham B. Pawan Ahmad (Assoc. Prof. Dr.)
Associate Professor
IIUM Gombak Campus
ABDULHAMID ABUSULAYMAN KULLIYYAH OF ISLAMIC REVEALED KNOWLEDGE AND HUMAN SCIENCES
isham@iium.edu.my
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Expert Profile
Isham Pawan Ahmad is an Associate Professor of Philosophy and Usuludin in the Department of Usuluddin at International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM). He also taught Business Ethics at the Graduate School of Management, IIUM. Isham's research interests range from Medieval Philosophy, Philosophical Ethics to Contemporary Business Ethics.
Isham is the author of numerous articles both nationally and internationally. His articles range from the contemporary challenges of ethics to the medieval problems of revelation and reason. Recently, he has also included the challenges of integrating and teaching science to contemporary Muslims through the approach of reconciling revelation and reason.
Isham is the author of numerous articles both nationally and internationally. His articles range from the contemporary challenges of ethics to the medieval problems of revelation and reason. Recently, he has also included the challenges of integrating and teaching science to contemporary Muslims through the approach of reconciling revelation and reason.
Area of Specialisation
- Humanities ~ Humanities ~ Philosophy ~ Ethical Theory
Teaching Responsibilities
COMPARATIVE BUSINESS ETHICS | 2011/2012 2010/2011 2008/2009 2007/2008 2006/2007 2005/2006 2004/2005 2003/2004 2001/2002 |
COMPARATIVE ETHICS | 2004/2005 |
CRITICAL REVIEW OF PHILOSOPHY IN ISLAM | 2006/2007 |
ETHICS AND VALUES IN MANAGEMENT | 2019/2020 2010/2011 2009/2010 2008/2009 2007/2008 2004/2005 2003/2004 2002/2003 |
FALSAFAH:AL-KINDI TO IBN RUSHD | 1992/1993 |
FINAL YEAR PROJECT I | 2021/2022 2020/2021 |
FINAL YEAR PROJECT II | 2021/2022 2020/2021 |
FORMAL AND SYMBOLICAL LOGIC | 2004/2005 2003/2004 2001/2002 2000/2001 1999/2000 1998/1999 |
HIST.OF MODERN WESTERN PHILOSOPHY | 1992/1993 |
HISTORY OF ISLAMIC PHILOSOPHY | 2012/2013 |
HISTORY OF WESTERN PHILOSOPHY | 2021/2022 2020/2021 2019/2020 2018/2019 2017/2018 2016/2017 2015/2016 2014/2015 2013/2014 2012/2013 2011/2012 2010/2011 2009/2010 2008/2009 2007/2008 2006/2007 2005/2006 2004/2005 2003/2004 2001/2002 2000/2001 1999/2000 1998/1999 |
INTRODUCTION TO LOGIC | 1993/1994 |
INTRODUCTION TO PHILOSOPHY | 2004/2005 2003/2004 2001/2002 2000/2001 1999/2000 1998/1999 1992/1993 |
ISLAM AND CONTEMPORARY WESTERN PHILOSOPHY | 2017/2018 2014/2015 2013/2014 2011/2012 2010/2011 2009/2010 2008/2009 2005/2006 |
ISLAM AND MODERN IDEOLOGIES | 2009/2010 |
ISLAMIC ETHICS | 2021/2022 2020/2021 2019/2020 2018/2019 2017/2018 2016/2017 2015/2016 2014/2015 2010/2011 2008/2009 2007/2008 2006/2007 1998/1999 |
ISSUES IN CONTEMPORARY ISLAMIC THOUGHT | 2005/2006 |
LOGICS FOR ISLAMIC STUDIES | 2021/2022 2020/2021 2019/2020 2018/2019 2017/2018 2016/2017 2015/2016 2014/2015 2013/2014 2012/2013 2011/2012 |
METAPHYSICS I | 1992/1993 |
MUSLIM SCHOLARSHIP IN COMPARATIVE RELIGION | 1998/1999 |
PHILOSOPHY & THEOLOGY IN ISLAM | 2009/2010 |
PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION | 2018/2019 2015/2016 2014/2015 2013/2014 2012/2013 2011/2012 2010/2011 2009/2010 2008/2009 2007/2008 2006/2007 2001/2002 2000/2001 1999/2000 1998/1999 1997/1998 |
PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE | 2020/2021 2019/2020 2018/2019 2015/2016 2012/2013 2011/2012 2010/2011 2009/2010 2006/2007 2005/2006 2004/2005 2003/2004 2000/2001 1999/2000 |
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: ISSUES, POLICIES AND PRACTICES | 2020/2021 |
Research Projects
Completed
2011 - 2014 | Is Freedom Truly Free? : Evaluating Malaysian Voices for Limiting Freedom of Speech (RU2011) |
2007 - 2012 | The Foundations of Islamic Economics: The Ontological, Epistemological and Axiological Dimensions of the Discipline |
On-Going
2022 - Present | Break the Barriers (BtB): SPM Prep Programme for Stateless and Undocumented Children |
2016 - Present | Islamization and Scientific Methodology: How Knowledge Became Limited Because of the Scientific Method |
Publications
Article
Conference or Workshop Item
2019 | Beyond interfaith toleration to interfaith cooperation: scriptural reasoning as a basis for common ground for good works. In: International Conference On Religion, Governance And Sustainable Development (ICRGD2019, |
2010 | Making Ethics matter to developing world business: Understanding differing perspective and how to change attitudes in Malaysian context. In: IIUM Research, Innovation & Invention Exhibition (IRIIE 2010), |
Book Section
2011 | Three ways of conceptualizing the Global: the Universal, the Holistic and the Macrocosmic-Commentary Isham B. Pawan Ahmad, Malaysia, page 97-98. In: Asia and Pacific Regional Bureau for Education, UNESCO Bangkok, ISBN: 978-92-9223-378-5, pp. 97-98 |