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Mr. Tauseef Ahmad Parray is presently a PhD Research Scholar (Senior Research Fellow) in the Department of Islamic Studies, Aligarh Muslim University (AMU), Aligarh, India(working on ‘Islam and Democracy: A Study of the Views of Contemporary Scholars of India and Pakistan’). He is very active in the academic field and has various publications to his credit.

His works (at present 15 research papers, 3 review essays, and 25 book reviews) have been published in 17 reputed Journals (one National and remaining International) of Islamic Studies, Social & Political Science, in 8 different countries of the world (mostly) on different dimensions of “Islam and Democracy”; and on other themes like Islamic Modernist and Reformist thought; Islamic Political Institutions: Shura; Pluralism, Fiqh al-Aqalliyat (Jurisprudence for Muslim Minorities); Qura’nic Studies; and on Sirah. These journals include: American Journal of Islamic Social Sciences, USA; Journal of Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies (in Asia) [JMEISA], USA; Journal of Muslim Minority Affairs, (JMMA) London, UK; Democratization, UK; Muslim World Book Review (MWBR), The Islamic Foundation, UK; The Roundtable, Philippines; Intellectual Discourse, Malaysia; Journal of Humanity and Islam, Malaysia; Journal of Islam and Civilizational Renewal, (ICR) Malaysia; World Journal of Islamic History and Civilization (WJIHC), Malaysia; Contemporary Islam: Dynamics of Muslim Life, The Netherlands; Insights, Pakistan; Islamic Studies, Pakistan; Hamdard Islamicus, Pakistan; History Studies, Turkey; European Journal of Migration and Law (EMIL), Brill, Netherlands; and Islam and Muslim Societies – A Social Science Journal, Lucknow, India.

Furthermore his 10 Articles have been published in various magazines & Newspapers (both National & International) like Encompassing Crescent, New York; Studying Islam, Lahore, Pakistan; Crescent, Srinagar, J&K, India; and Azad Academy Journal, Lucknow, India.

He is the section editor of 'Journal of Humanity and Islam, Malaysia;1 ‘India Representative’ of a New York based Magazine, Encompassing Crescent;2 and the ‘Book Review Member’ of Muslim World Book Review, The Islamic Foundation, UK. He has also participated and presented papers in various workshops and national seminars/conferences in various parts of India.

His major areas of research interest include: Islam and Democracy; Modern Islamic Political Thought and Institutions; Islamic Social Sciences (esp. Political Science); Islam & Islamic Modernism: Movements/Thinkers of Contemporary South Asia (India & Pakistan); and Reviewing Books. References: 1. Journal of Humanity and Islam, Malaysia, Editorial Board URL: http://www.hgpub.com/index_files/jhi/editors_jhi.html 2. Encompassing Crescent, Editorial Team URL: http://encompassingcrescent.com/about-encompassing-crescent/editorial-team/ 3. Profile URL: http://www.hgpub.com/ojs2/index.php/jhi/about/editorialTeamBio/65