Aftab Malik

Aftab Malik is a permanent designated “Global Expert” on Muslim affairs at the UN Alliance of Civilisations and has taught at the annual Summer Rihla retreats. He has been an outspoken critic of Islamism and violence carried out in the name of Islam. He has written a number of articles that have been translated into numerous languages.

Aftab’s current research areas of interest include the Enlightenment, postmodernism, Islam and sixteenth century England, Sufism, Islamic and Western political philosophy, and the development of classical Islamic law.