Liyakat Takim

Expert Overview

Liyakat is an expert on issues of Islam, Shia Islam, reformation, Islamic law and the Middle East.

Professor Liyakat Takim is the Sharjah Chair in Global Islam at McMaster University in Canada. A prolific writer and speaker he has authored more than one hundred and forty scholarly works which have been published in various journals, books, and encyclopedia. He has also translated a number of books from Arabic to English. He has written on a wide range of topics such as reformation in Islam, Qur’anic exegesis, the role of custom in shaping Islamic law, Islam in the western diaspora, Islamic fundamentalism, Islamic mystical tradition, Islamophobia, the treatment of women in Islam law and many other topics.

Professor Takim has also spoken at more than one hundred and ten academic national and international conferences. He has spoken in different parts of the world ranging from Australia, New Zealand, and Singapore, to East Africa, Dubai and North America.

He has published four books and  is now working his fifth book, Qur’anic exegetical literature. Professor Takim has taught at several universities and is actively engaged in dialogue with different faith communities.