Visiting Fellows
The Visiting Fellowships programme enables scholars to undertake a period of independent study and research at Oxford and contribute, as members of the Centre, to the wider academic life of Oxford. Listed below are Visiting Fellows, Visiting Research Fellows and Academic Visitors in residence during Trinity Term 2026.
To find out more about how to apply, please visit the Visiting Fellowships page here.
Visiting Fellows
Professor Sakariyau Alabi Aliyu, MA (University of Ilorin), PhD (Universteit Leiden)
Visiting Fellow
Dr Khaled Almohammedi, BSL (Umm Al-Qura), M.C.Jur., PhD (IIUM)
Visiting Fellow
Professor Dr Idris Bedirhanoglu, MSc (Harran), PhD (Istanbul Technical)
Visiting Fellow
Dr Elmoubashar Farag, MBBS (Gezira), PhD (Blue Nile Institute), PhD (Erasmus University)
STEMS Visiting Fellow
Professor Hassan Khalilieh, BA (University of Haifa), MA, PhD (Princeton University)
Visiting Fellow
Dr Aftab Mallick, BA (McGill), MSt, DPhil (Oxon)
Atlas Visiting Fellow
Dr Abdul Raoof Mir, MPhil (Hyderabad), PhD (JNU)
Visiting Fellow
Tan Sri Azman Mokhtar, ACCA, CFA, MPhil (Cantab)
Xenel (Turkey) Visiting Fellow
Dr Nazrul Hazizi Noordin, B.Com (Lincoln - Christchurch), MSc (IIUM), PhD (INCEIF
SC-OCIS Visiting Fellow in Islamic Finance
Tan Sri Abdul Wahid Omar, ACCA, ICAEW, MIA
Sultan bin Abdulaziz Visiting Fellow
Dr Hiba Salem, PhD (Cantab)
Visiting Fellow
Dr Husamettin Simsir, BA (Bogazici), MA (Sanbanci), MA, PhD (University of Notre Dame)
Abdul Aziz al-Mutawa Visiting Fellow
Visiting Research Fellows
Dr Sarah Hopkyns, BA (Lancaster), MA, PhD (Leicester)
Visiting Research Fellow
Dr Shakhzod Islamov, BA (Tashkent Islamic), MA (Tashkent State Institute of Law), PhD (International Islamic Academy of Uzbekistan)
Visiting Research Fellow
Academic Visitors
Dr Hassan Baig, MSc (Punjab), MA (Sargodha), MPhil, PhD (GC University, Faisalabad)
Academic Visitor
Dr Muhammad Junaid Ghauri, PhD (Gujrat)
Academic Visitor
Dr Ahmed Abdul Rehman, B.Com (AIOU), MS (IIU), PhD (AIOU)
Academic Visitor
Dr Mohd Edil Abd Sukor, BASh. (Malaya), MBA (IIUM), PhD (Melbourne)
Academic Visitor
Mr Mohd Isselahuddin b. Kameri, BA(UKM), MPolSci (Curtin)
Sarawak Sabbatical Academic Visitor