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Mai Jianjun

Academic Qualifications

  • Doctor of Philosophy in Islamic Thought and Civilization - Doctor of Philosophy, International Institute of Islamic Thought & Civilization (IIUM ISTAC)
  • master of management - Masters Degree, International Islamic University Malaysia
  • Bachelor of Human Science Communication Second Class Upper Honors - Bachelor Degree, International Islamic University Malaysia

Mai Jianjun (Dr.)

Assistant Professor
IIUM Gombak Campus

ABDULHAMID ABUSULAYMAN KULLIYYAH OF ISLAMIC REVEALED KNOWLEDGE AND HUMAN SCIENCES


maijianjun@iium.edu.my
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Area of Specialisation


  • Humanities ~ Humanities ~ Historical and Civilisation Studies ~ Other Historical and Civilisation Studies n.e.c. - muslim minority studies, islamic dawah, islamic worldview, islamic thought and civilisation, Chinese Islamic literature, China's Hui muslim studies


Teaching Responsibilities


BASIC PHILOSOPHY AND ISLAMIC WORLDVIEW 2025/2026 2024/2025 2023/2024
ETHICS AND FIQH OF CONTEMPORARY ISSUES 2024/2025
KNOWLEDGE & CIVILIZATION IN ISLAM 2025/2026 2024/2025 2023/2024 2022/2023


Supervision


أخطاء ترجمة السيد ما جيان للقرآن الكريم من اللغة العربية إلى اللغة الصينية الماندرينية: دراسة تحليلية داللية .
Errors In Mr. Ma Jian'S Translation Of The Holy Qur'An From Arabic Into Mandarin Chinese: A Semantic Analytical Study.
Ph.D Completed 2025 Co-supervisor
منهج األستاذ محمد مكين في" تفسير القرآن الكريم": دراسة تحليلية نقدية The Methodology of Muhammad Makin in Tafsir al-Quran al-Karim.
The Methodology Of Muhammad Makin In Tafsir Al-Quran Al-Karim .
Ph.D In Progress Co-supervisor
المشترك والمختلف في التعبير الدلالي عن المفاهيم الثقافية: دراسة تقابلية بين اللغتين العربية والصينية The Commonalities and Differences in the Semantic Expression of Cultural Concepts: A Contrastive Study between Arabic and Chinese.
The Commonalities And Differences In The Semantic Expression Of Cultural Concepts: A Contrastive Study Between Arabic And Chinese.
Ph.D In Progress Co-supervisor


Research Projects


Completed
- 2024 Risale-I Nur Collection Translation Project (Phase One)
On-Going
2024 - Present Islam in Plain Language (Part one): Islamic Aqidah [Bai Hua Yisilan Xilie (Di Yi Juan): Xinyang


Publications


Articles

2025 Amal among Hui Muslims in China: ritual, adaptation, and Islamic identity. Islamicity, () pp.
2025 Changing the lanes to overtake: exploring China’s strategy of innovation. International Journal of Economics, Business and Innovation Research, 4 (4) pp. 50-67
2025 Eermaili as living Islam: ritual practice and religious transmission among the Hui Muslims in China. Malaysian Journal for Islamic Studies, 9 (2) pp. 46-59
2025 Ideological sovereignty in the age of cognitive warfare: lessons from China's report for the Muslim world. IslamiCity, () pp.
2025 Leapfrogging the future: what Muslim countries can learn from DeepSeek's disruptive rise. IslamiCity, () pp.
2025 Reclaiming the Muslim narrative: TikTok’s disruption of Islamophobia and the urgency of media sovereignty. CENTRIS E-Bulletin, 9 () pp. 16-21
2025 Redrawing the talent map: Malaysia’s golden opportunity to attract global Muslim talents. IIUM Today, () pp.
2025 Sufi orders and Islamic sectarianism in China: origin and early development. Humanities and Social Sciences, 13 (6) pp. 519-532
2025 The hui Muslim and Islamic journalism during the Republic of China. International Journal of Heritage, Art and Multimedia, 8 (26) pp. 27-39
2025 The long road to Mecca: a brief historical overview of Chinese Muslim pilgrimage. IslamiCity, NA (NA) pp. NA-NA
2025 The role of Sufism in the development of Islam among Hui Muslims in China (7th –19th centuries). Indonesian Journal of Interdisciplinary Islamic Studies, 8 (1) pp. 23-44
2024 China’s Hui Muslims’ wisdom of coexistence. Malaysian Journal for Islamic Studies, 8 (1) pp. 10-26
2024 Exploring communal harmony of Malaysia's culturally and religiously diverse society. ITQAN: JOPURNAL OF ISLAMIC SCIENCE AND COMPARATIVE STUDIES, 9 (2 DEC. 2024) pp. 106-121
2024 God Muhammed Muslim. Other Words, 1 (2) pp. 26-26
2024 The global power struggle and balance: An Islamic perspective. CENTRIS E-BULLETIN, 4 () pp. 39-43
2024 The Hui Muslims in China. Indonesian Journal of Islamic History and Culture, 5 (1) pp. 1-11
2023 Empowerment and faith: unraveling the Hui women’s mosques in China. Al-Burhān: Journal of Qurʾān and Sunnah Studies, 7 (2) pp. 173-185
2023 The Hui Muslim and Islamic transnationalism during Republic of China. IQRA JOURNAL: Theological and Religious Studies, 3 (5) pp. 5-10
Conference or Workshop Items

2023 China’s Hui Muslims’ wisdom of coexistence. In: International Conference On Islamic Civilization: Fostering The Philosophy of Coexistence in 21st Century,
Books

2023 朝 觐 323 问 = 323 questions and answers about hajj. Jannahedu International, ISBN: 978-967-2978-14-5
Book Sections

2024 Empowerment through faith: women’s mosques in China. In: Al Hikmah Research and Publication Centre, ISBN: 978-629-97696-2-0, pp. 90-103
2024 Secularisation. In: IiUM press, ISBN: , pp.