Image of the Prophet Muhammad in the West: A Study of Muir, Margoliouth and Watt

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This is an outline of the main contours of Wstern scholarshop on the life and achievements of the Prophet Muhammad. It aim to highlight a perceived lack of objectivity and to focus on the need to study Islam from a scholarly and objective angle.

This book brings out the main contours of Western scholarship on the life and achievements of the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh). Highlights the reason why Western scholars have failed to provide an objective account of the life of the Prophet in the past and brings into focus the urgent need to understand Islam and the life of the Prophet from an objective and scholarly perspective. "Jabal Muhammad Buaben's work is an impressive scholarly enterprise he has done much to reorient the path of Muslim scholarship'. Impact International

About The Author

Associate Professor Dr Jabal M. Buaben was born in Ghana, West Africa, and is a British citizen. He began his academic career as a trained teacher and underwent a Programme of Study for a Specialist Certificate in the Teaching of Science and later worked as a Science Education Organiser within the Ministry of Education in the Berekum District of Ghana.

With underlying interest in Religious Studies, he obtained his B.A [Hons.] Dip. Ed. Degree from the University of Cape Coast, Ghana, specialising in Islamic Studies and Comparative Religion. He pursued his MA and PhD in the University of Birmingham, U.K., in the Department of Theology and Religion, then later taught for nine years at the International Islamic University, Malaysia. He returned to the University of Birmingham to join the faculty in 1996. He was the Director of the Centre for the Study of Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations, University of Birmingham, for four years. Jabal taught at the Undergraduate and Postgraduate MA levels and supervised 24 Doctoral Research Degrees in Islamic Studies and Theology at the University of Birmingham.

He is a visiting lecturer to the Da‘wah Academy, International Islamic University, Islamabad, and has been involved in public lectures on Islam in countries including: The United Kingdom, Germany, Hungary, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, The Seychelles, The Philippines and South Africa. He is currently an Associate Professor at the SOASCIS, U.B.D.; Brunei Darussalam.

Membership of Academic organisations:

Association of Muslim Social Scientists [U.K.]
Science and Religion Forum [U.K.]
The Shap Working Committee on World Religions and Education [U.K.]
The Interfaith Network [U.K.] 1998 -2008
Christian-Muslim Forum under the auspices of the Archbishop of Canterbury, London, 2007 – 2009
Board Member of the Standing Conference of Jews, Christians and Muslims in Europe [JCM] 1998 – to date

Teaching Area

Currently: ‘Islamic Civilisation and the Modern World’. However, he can also teach in ‘Islamic Studies’ [Especially in the areas of Seerah, Islamic Da‘wah, and Classical and Modern Islamic Thought.], ‘Comparative Religion’, ‘Interfaith /Intercivilizational Dialogue’, and ‘Research Methods’.

Current Research

Music and Spirituality – A critical Study of Akan Gospel Music.
Hari Raya Tradition in Kampung Ayer, Brunei Darussalam – Tradition Confronts Modernity.
Da’wah Among the indigenous Communities in Negara Brunei Darussalam - A Study of Historical Development.
Wrecking God’s Creation – Faiths, Stewardship and the Future of the Planet: An Islamic Perspective.

Research Interests

Islamic Studies, [Especially in the areas of the Seerah and Islamic Da‘wah],Religion and Science, Interfaith / Intercivilizational Dialogue, and African Traditional Religious Thought.

Publications

Image of the Prophet Muhammad in the West – A Study of Muir, Margoliouth and Watt. Leicester [U.K.]; The Islamic Foundation, 1996
Islam Beyond the Stereotype: Collected Essays. Cambridge, [U.K.], Mandelbachtal, 2000
‘A Comparative Study of Islamic Law of Inheritance and Fante Customary Law of Inheritance’ in:Bulletin of Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations in Africa [BICMURA]; Vol. 4 No.4, pp1-26
‘The Prophet Muhammad in Twentieth Century European Scholarship’ in: Encounters – Journal of Inter-Cultural Perspective. Vol. 1 No. 2, pp 32 – 50
‘What Makes a Good City – A Muslim Perspective’.at: http://www.faithsforthecity.org.uk/Papers/Islam.pdf