Curriculum Vitae

DR. MUHAMMAD KHALIS BIN IBRAHIM

Senior Lecturer
  • Department of Islamic History, Civilization and Education
    Academy of Islamic Studies
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BIOGRAPHY

Muhammad Khalis Ibrahim is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Islamic History, Civilization, and Education at the Academy of Islamic Studies, Universiti Malaya. His research interests include Islamism, Islamophobia, and Turkish studies, with particular emphasis on political history and contemporary thought. He has published actively in indexed international journals, including Journal of Al-Tamaddun, Indonesian Journal of Islam and Muslim Societies, Qudus International Journal of Islamic Studies, Akademika: Journal of Southeast Asia Social Sciences and Humanities, and Islamiyyat, among others. His first monograph, Perkembangan Islam di Turkiye: Dari Era Khilafah hingga AKP (in Malay), received a Special Award from the Malaysian Academic Publishing Council (Majlis Penerbitan Ilmiah Malaysia–MAPIM) under the category Anugerah Buku Ilmiah Bahasa Melayu Terbaik (Best Malay Academic Book Award) at the 16th MAPIM–MoHE Award. Currently, Muhammad Khalis is further exploring Islamophobia in Malaysia, in particular, and globally more broadly, through a history-of-ideas approach alongside decolonial discourse within contemporary Islamic civilizational studies.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

  • CONTEMPORARY HISTORY
    Social Sciences, Historical And Civilisational Studies, Modern History
  • OTHER ISLAMIC CIVILISATION N.E.C
    Humanities, Islamic Studies, Islamic Civilisation

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION

  • PHD, (Islamic Studies)
    Universiti Malaya (um)
  • M.IS, (Islamic Studies)
    Universiti Malaya (um)
  • BSc, (ECOLOGY AND BIODIVERSITY)
    Universiti Malaya (um)

ADMINISTRATIVE DUTIES

  • JAWATANKUASA UNIT DOKUMENTASI APIUM
    27 Jun 2024 - 26 Jun 2026 (Faculty)
  • PENYELARAS SERVICE LEARNING MALAYSIA - UNIVERSITY OF SOCIETY (SULAM), AKADEMI PENGAJIAN ISLAM, UNIVERSITI MALAYA
    11 Nov 2024 - 10 Nov 2025 (Department)
  • Task Force Member
    21 Oct 2024 - 17 Oct 2025 (Department of Islamic History and Civilization, Academy of Islamic Studies)
  • PERLANTIKAN SEBAGAI PENSYARAH PENGIRING BAGI PROGRAM MOBILITI SEIBA INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL DI UNIVERSITAS ISLAM NEGERI IMAM BONJOL PADANG, INDONESIA
    26 Sep 2024 - 28 Sep 2024 (Department of Islamic History and Civilization, Academy of Islamic Studies)

AWARD AND STEWARDSHIP

  • Anugerah Buku Ilmiah Bahasa Melayu Terbaik
    2025, Majlis Anugerah MAPIM-KPT ke-16 2024,  (National)
  • Certificate of Award (bronze)
    2025, Akademi Pengajian Islam,  (International)
  • Best Presenter Award
    2025, ACIS UiTM, UIN Imam Bonjol Padang, Universitas Islam Kuantan Singingi,  (International)

PUBLICATIONS

Article in Journal
  1. Mohamad Fikri Mohd Bakri, Mohd Roslan Mohd Nor & Muhammad Khalis Ibrahim (2025). FAHAMAN MELAMPAU MENURUT SHEIKH AHMAD AL-FATANI (M. 1908) BERDASARKAN KITAB HADIQATUL AZHAR WAR RAYAHIN. Journal of Al-Muqaddimah, 13(1): 1-17.
  2. Muhammad Khalis Ibrahim (2024). Perspektif Baharu Mengenai Islamisme: Memahami Konsep, Idea dan Kerangka Identitinya. AKADEMIKA-Journal of Southeast Asia Social Sciences and Humanities. 94(1), 197-209. [WoS-ESCI]
  3. Mohd Roslan Mohd Nor & Muhammad Khalis Ibrahim. (2023). Deal of the Century: Analisis Impaknya terhadap Proses Damai Israel-Palestin dan Kestabilan Timur Tengah. ISLAMIYYAT-The International Journal of Islamic Studies. 45(1). 47-57. [WoS-ESCI]
  4. Muhammad Khalis Ibrahim & Mohd Roslan Mohd Nor. (2023). On the Islamism Identity of Turkey’s Justice and Development Party (JDP): A Systematic Review. UMRAN-International Journal of Islamic and Civilizational Studies. 10(1), 71-84.
  5. Mohd Roslan Mohd Nor, Misnal Munir, Moses Glorino Rumambo Pandin & Muhammad Khalis Ibrahim. (2022). Penglibatan Rakyat Malaysia dalam Ekstremisme Agama dan Langkah-Langkah Deradikalisasi. Online Journal of Research in Islamic Studies. 9(1), 31-46.
  6. Muhammad Khalis Ibrahim & Mohd Roslan Mohd Nor. (2022). Perkembangan Konservatisme di Türkiye: Pengajaran Buat Kelestarian Islam di Malaysia. Journal of Al-Tamaddun. 17(2), 113-126. [WoS-ESCI & Scopus]
  7. Muhammad Khalis Ibrahim & Mohd Roslan Mohd Nor. (2021). Islamisme Turki di Persimpangan Jalan: Analisis Sejarah dan Perkembangan Milli Göru Hareketi (MGH) (1970-2002). International Journal of West Asian Studies. 10(1), 104-120.
  8. Muhammad Khalis Ibrahim & Mohd Roslan Mohd Nor. (2019). Pasang Surut Hubungan Turki-Israel: Kajian Terhadap Hubungan Dua Hala Pada Era Erdo an. UMRAN - International Journal of Islamic and Civilizational Studies, 6(1), 1-14.
  9. Muhammad Khalis Ibrahim & Mohd Roslan Mohd Nor. (2019). Perkembangan Islamisasi di Turki Era Erdogan (2002-2010): Pendekatan, Usaha dan Cabaran. AKADEMIKA-Journal of Southeast Asia Social Sciences and Humanities. 89(1), 45-55. [WoS-ESCI]
  10. Muhammad Khalis Ibrahim. (2019). Ulasan Buku: Alhagi Manta Drammeh (2009), The Fallacy of the Inevitability of Clash of Civilisations, Kuala Lumpur, IIUM Press. Journal of Al-Tamaddun. 14(2), 169-170. [WoS-ESCI & Scopus]
  11. Muhammad Khalis Ibrahim & Mohd Roslan Mohd Nor (2018). Perkembangan Islam di Turki Menerusi Pendekatan Politik: Satu Sorotan Sejarah. Online Journal of Research in Islamic Studies, 5(2), 17-34.
  12. Muhammad Khalis Ibrahim & Mohd Roslan Mohd Nor, (2018). Sekularisasi dalam Perundangan Turki dan Kesannya Terhadap Masyarakat. MANU - Jurnal Pusat Penataran Ilmu dan Bahasa, 28: 153-170.
  13. Muhammad Khalis Ibrahim & Mohd Roslan Mohd Nor. (2018). Cabaran Pendidikan Islam di Turki: Usaha AKP Terhadap Pemerkasaan Sekolah Imam-Hatip. International Journal of West Asian Studies, 10(1), 1-12.
ESCI
  1. Ibrahim, Muhammad Khalis; Rosli, Nurhidayu; Daniels, Timothy P. (2025). Revisiting the Failure of Turkiye's European Union (EU) Accession Process: Islamophobia and Civilizational Discourse in Europe, JOURNAL OF AL-TAMADDUN. 20(2), 375-390. doi:10.22452/JAT.vol20no2.26
  2. Ibrahim, Muhammad Khalis (2024). Revisiting the 'Failure of Islamism' Based on Its History and Development in Turkiye, JOURNAL OF AL-TAMADDUN. 19(2), 53-72. doi:10.22452/JAT.vol19no2.4
  3. Nor, Mohd Roslan Moh; Ibrahim, Muhammad Khalis (2023). The Deal of the Century: An Analysis on Its Impacts on Israel-Palestine Peace Process and Middle East Stability, ISLAMIYYAT-THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ISLAMIC STUDIES. 45(1), 47-57. doi:10.17576/islamiyyat-2023-4501-05)
  4. Nor, Mohd Roslan Mohd; Ibrahim, Muhammad Khalis (2023). From separation between state and religion to religion-freeing state: the changing faces of secularism in Turkey, INDONESIAN JOURNAL OF ISLAM AND MUSLIM SOCIETIES. 13(1), 85-114. doi:10.18326/ijims.v13i1.85-114
  5. Ibrahim, Muhammad Khalis; Nor, Mohd Roslan Mohd (2022). Perkembangan Konservatisme di Turkiye: Pengajaran Buat Kelestarian Islam di Malaysia (The Development of Conservatism in Turkiye: Lessons for Islamic Sustainability in Malaysia), JOURNAL OF AL-TAMADDUN. 17(2), 113-126. doi:10.22452/JAT.vol17no2.9
  6. Ibrahim, Muhammad Khalis; Ab Halim, Asyiqin (2020). Democratization in Turkey: An Analysis on the 2010 Constitutional Amendment, JOURNAL OF AL-TAMADDUN. 15(2), 177-195. doi:10.22452/JAT.vol15no2.13
  7. Mujani, Wan Kamal; Ibrahim, Muhammad Khalis (2020). The Identity of Turkey's Adalet ve Kalkinma Partisi (AKP) at the Crossroads: Islamic or Secular Party?, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ISLAMIC THOUGHT. 18, 131-144. doi:10.24035/ijit.18.2020.188
  8. Ibrahim, Muhammad Khalis (2019). THE FALLACY OF THE INEVITABILITY OF CLASH OF CIVILISATIONS, JOURNAL OF AL-TAMADDUN. 14(2), 169-170. doi:10.22452/JAT.vol14no2.14
Scopus
  1. Ibrahim M.K., Rosli N., Daniels T.P. (2025). Revisiting the Failure of Turkiye s European Union (EU) Accession Process: Islamophobia and Civilizational Discourse in Europe, Journal of Al Tamaddun. 20(2), 375-390. doi:10.22452/JAT.vol20no2.26
  2. Ibrahim M.K. (2024). Revisiting the Failure of Islamism Based on Its History and Development in Turkiye, Journal of Al-Tamaddun. 19(2), 53-72. doi:10.22452/JAT.vol19no2.4
  3. Ibrahim, M. K., & Halim, A. A. (2020). Democratization in turkey: An analysis on the 2010 constitutional amendment. Journal of Al-Tamaddun, 15(2), 177-199. doi: 10.22452/JAT.vol15no2.13
  4. Mohd Nor, M. R., & Ibrahim, M. K. (2020). Conflicts of religious education in a secular state: A study on Turkey s Imam-Hatip School. Qudus International Journal of Islamic Studies, 8(1), 107-130. doi: 10.21043/QIJIS.V8I1.5849
  5. Mujani, W. K., & Ibrahim, M. K. (2020). The identity of Turkey's Adalet ve Kalkinma Partisi (AKP) at the crossroads: Islamic or secular party? International Journal of Islamic Thought, 18, 131-144. doi: 10.24035/IJIT.18.2020.188
Books
  1. Mansor Sulaiman, Abdul Kamil Jamaludin & Muhammad Khalis Ibrahim. (eds.) (2024). Sustainable Development through Spiritual Empowerment: Ethical and Civilizational Issues. Kuantan: Penerbit Universiti Malaysia Pahang Al-Sultan Abdullah.
  2. Muhammad Khalis Ibrahim & Mohd Roslan Mohd Nor. (2024). Perkembangan Islam di Turkiye: Dari Era Khilafah hingga AKP. Kuala Lumpur: Penerbit Universiti Malaya.
Chapter in Books
  1. Muhammad Khalis Ibrahim. (2025). Potensi Pakatan Turkiye-Malaysia dalam Membebaskan Palestin. In Mohd Roslan Mohd Nor, Mohamad Fikri Mohd Bakri & Ainul Asyraf Lokman (ed.), Konflik Palestin: Jejak Sejarah dan Realiti Masa Kini (101-113). Kuala Lumpur: Penerbit Universiti Malaya.
  2. Muhammad Khalis Ibrahim. (2023). History of Turkiye-Malaysia Relations: From the Classical to the Modern Era. In Asyraf Isyraqi Jamil & Ömer Altun (Eds.) Deepen the Ties: A Multi-Dimensional Perspective of Malaysia-Turkiye Relations (3-16). Kuala Lumpur: Universiti Malaya Press.
  3. Muhammad Khalis Ibrahim & Mohd Roslan Mohd Nor. (2022). Recep Tayyip Erdo an dalam Mengharmonikan Islam dan Sekularisme di Turki. In Makmor Tumin, M. Zaidi A. Rahman & Robi Nurhadi (Eds.) Pemikiran Politik Islam Masa Kini: Sandaran Syariah dan Falsafah (129-150). Kuala Lumpur: Penerbit Universiti Malaya.
  4. Mohd Roslan Mohd Nor & Muhammad Khalis Ibrahim. (2020). Toleransi antara Agama: Analisis terhadap Jaminan Keamanan Umar ke atas Islamicjerusalem. In Mohd Roslan Mohd Nor, Khadher Ahmad & Mohd Yakub @ Zulkifli Mohd Yusoff (Eds.), Penyelidikan Pengajian Islam: Turath & Kontemporari, 345-366. Kuala Lumpur: Centre of Quranic Research, Universiti Malaya.
  5. Mohd Ruslan Mohd Nor & Muhammed Halis Ibrahim. (2020). Malezya’n n Trump’ n Beyt’u l Makdis Karar na Kar Tutumu. In Abd al-Fattah El-Awaisi & Muhittin Ataman (Eds.), Kudu s: Tarih – Din – Siyaset, 179-195. Ankara: SETA Yay nlar .
  6. Mohd Roslan Mohd Nor & Muhammad Khalis Ibrahim (2019). Dakwah dalam Masyarakat Majmuk: Iktibar dari Kerajaan Islam Madinah. Dlm Baharom Kassim et. al. (Eds.), Menekuni Strategi Dakwah dalam Masyarakat Majmuk (h. 1-27). Shah Alam: Persatuan Ulama Malaysia.
  7. Mohd Roslan Mohd Nor & Muhammad Khalis Ibrahim. (2019). Malaysia’s Stance towards Trump’s Decision Regarding Bayt al-Maqdis. In Abd al-Fattah El-Awaisi & Muhittin Ataman (Eds.), Al-Quds: History, Religion, and Politics, 193-211. Ankara: SETA Publications.
  8. Muhammad Khalis Ibrahim & Mohd Roslan Mohd Nor. (2018). Perkembangan Islam di Turki Menerusi Pendekatan Politik: Pengajaran buat Malaysia. Dlm Mohd Roslan Mohd Nor, Khadher Ahmad & Mohd Yakub @ Zulkifli Mohd Yusoff (Eds.), Penyelidikan Serantau Islam dan Alam Melayu: Pemikiran, Falsafah, Dakwah dan Kebudayaan (pp. 181-196). Kuala Lumpur: Akademi Pengajian Islam, Universiti Malaya.
Article in Proceeding
  1. Zaihan Hairuzialani Mat Jusoh, Faisal @ Ahmad Faisal Abdul Hamid & Muhammad Khalis Ibrahim (2025). EXPLORING THE EVOLUTION OF BIOGRAPHICAL WRITING: GENERAL THEORIES AND ISLAMIC SCHOLARSHIP. Conference E-Proceedings, 3rd International Conference on Humanities, Pusat Penataran Ilmu Bahasa, Universiti Malaysia Sabah.

RESEARCH INTEREST

  • CIVILIZATIONAL STUDIES (Civilizational Issues)

RESEARCH PROJECT

National
  1. 2024 - 2026, Bantuan Khas Penyelidikan (BKP Special)
    Islamofobia dalam Masyarakat Kepelbagaian di Malaysia: Kajian terhadap Mahasiswa di IPTA Lembah Klang ( Principal Investigator(PI))
University
  1. 2024 - 2026, University Grant
    Konstruksi Pemikiran Islah Politik Madani: Kajian Berdasarkan Idea Demokrasi Konservatif Turkiye ( Principal Investigator(PI))
  2. 2024 - 2026, Bantuan Khas Penyelidikan (BKP Special)
    Geneologi Neonasionalisme Melayu Selatan Thailand: Kajian Fenomena `melayu Raya? Di Patani, Thailand. ( Co-Researcher)
  3. 2024 - 2026, Bantuan Khas Penyelidikan (BKP Special)
    "pentafsiran Al-ghaibiyyat: Perspektif Ulama Melayu Dan Realiti Kefahaman Masyarakat Melayu Semasa" ( Co-Researcher)
  4. 2025 - 2026, University Grant
    Kajian Survey Alumni Ijazah Sarjana Muda Akademi Pengajian Islam, Universiti Malaya ( Principal Investigator(PI))

PAPER PRESENTED

ORAL PRESENTER
  1. KONSERVATISME SEBAGAI PENDEKATAN BAGI PENGISLAHAN POLITIK: PENGALAMAN DEMOKRASI KONSERVATIF DI T RKIYE, 2nd INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ISLAMIC CIVILIZATION & CULTURE 2025, Academy of Contemporary Islamic Studies, UiTM Perak Branch, UIN Imam Bonjol Padang & Universitas Islam Kuantan Singingi (International) (29 May 2025 - 30 May 2025)
  2. SOROTAN AWAL ISLAMOFOBIA DALAM MASYARAKAT KEPELBAGAIAN DI MALAYSIA, International Seminar on Islam in Nusantara, Academy of Islamic Studies (International) (09 Oct 2024 - 09 Oct 2024)
  3. Sejarah Perkembangan Islam di Malaysia Pascakemerdekaan: Sumbangan Gerakan Politik Islam, Seminar Antarabangsa Sejarah Islam dan Alam Melayu, Jabatan Sejarah dan Tamadun Islam, Akademi Pengajian Islam (International) (23 Jul 2024 - 23 Jul 2024)
  4. Demokrasi Konservatif Turkiye dan Potensi Pengaplikasiannya terhadap Pembangunan Politik Melayu-Muslim di Malaysia, International Seminar on Indonesia-Malaysia Relations, Universitas Muslim Indonesia (International) (13 Jul 2024 - 13 Jul 2024)
POSTER PRESENTER
  1. Pencetus Pandangan Islamofobia Pada Abad Ke-21 Berdasarkan Penulisan Orientalis Terpilih, International Poster Competition, Minggu Terbuka Akademik APIUM (MiTA 2025), Akademi Pengajian Islam (International) (26 May 2025 - 29 May 2025)

ACADEMIC/ PROF. SERVICES

Evaluation
  1. (2025) Panel Assessor for Candidature Defence Seminar (phd Candidate), University, (Internal Examiner)
  2. (2024) Panel Proposal Defence (arifuddin Bin Nor Hisham & Abdullah Bin Hussin), University, (Internal Examiner)
  3. (2024) Article Review, "the Case for Tajd D in Islamic Schools: Meaning, Scope, and Guiding Principles," Islam and Civilisational Renewal, International, (Reviewer)
  4. (2024) Internal Examiner for Candidature Defence (phd Candidate), University, (Internal Examiner)
  5. (2024) Pengerusi Proposal Defence (sarjana), University, (Internal Examiner)
  6. (2024) Pengerusi Seminar Tesis (phd), University, (Internal Examiner)
  7. (2024) Article Reviewer, Journal of Al-tamaddun (wos-esci & Scopus), Title: Religion in The Modern World: a Political Aspect, International, (Reviewer)
  8. (2024) External Examiner for Candidature Defense (phd Candidate), University, (External Examiner)
  9. (2023) External Examiner for Proposal Defense (phd Candidate), University, (External Examiner)
  10. (2022) External Examiner for Proposal Defense (master Candidate), University, (External Examiner)
Contribution to event
  1. (2024) Pembentangan Buku Di Islamicstudies@um (perkembangan Islam Di Turkiye: Dari Era Khilafah Hingga Akp, Penerbit UM), University, (Panelist/Moderator)

SUPERVISION

Postgraduate Student
  1. (2025) BETWEEN MAKKAH AND BAYT AL-MAQDIS: A SACRED CONNECTION IN ISLAM AND PILGRIMAGE, AHMAD DAWAMUL MUTHI
  2. (2025) ISLAM DI EROPAH UTARA: ANALISIS SEJARAH ISLAM DAN ISLAMOFOBIA DI NEGARA-NEGARA SKANDINAVIAN, AHMAD HAZIMUDDIN BIN SUIB
  3. (2025) PENULISAN BIOGRAFI ULAMA MELAYU DI MALAYSIA SEJAK 1957 SEHINGGA 2000: KAJIAN ANALITIKAL TERHADAP PENDEKATAN DAN PERMASALAHAN, ZAIHAN HAIRUZIALANI BINTI MAT JUSOH
  4. (2025) PENGARUH NARATIF MEDIA DALAM PERANG TAUFAN AL-AQSA PALESTIN-ISRAEL : KAJIAN TERHADAP PERANAN HAMAS, ADLIN SHAIMI BIN BAHAROM
  5. (2025) LEGASI KOLONIAL DAN PEMBENTUKAN ISLAMOFOBIA: KESAN DASAR PECAH DAN PERINTAH TERHADAP MASYARAKAT MAJMUK DI SEMENANJUNG MALAYSIA, ABDUL RAHIMEY BIN AB RAHMAN

TEACHING

Bachelor
  1. (2025) IIK1003 - Islamic Civilisation During Ottoman Period
  2. (2025) IIX3014 - Management of Museum and Islamic Artifacts
  3. (2024) IIX1004 - Introduction to Usuluddin Studies
  4. (2024) IIK3005 - Islamic Art
  5. (2024) IIX3014 - Management of Museum and Islamic Artifacts
  6. (2024) IIX1005 - Quranic Recitation and Memorization
Full-Time Equivalent (FTE)
  1. (2025) IIK1003 - Islamic Civilisation During Ottoman Period
  2. (2026) IIK3005 - Islamic Art
  3. (2025) IIP3011 - Shariah Project Paper
  4. (2025) IIX1004 - Introduction to Usuluddin Studies
  5. (2026) IIX1004 - Introduction to Usuluddin Studies
  6. (2025) IIX1005 - Quranic Recitation and Memorization
  7. (2026) IIX1005 - Quranic Recitation and Memorization
  8. (2025) IIX3014 - Management of Museum and Islamic Artifacts
  9. (2026) IIX3014 - Management of Museum and Islamic Artifacts
  10. (2025) IOJ7012 - Middle East and World Peace Studies

COURSE ATTENDED

Internal/ External Course
  1. ADVANCING SCHOLARS IN CAREER DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATION (ASCEND) S2/2024, UNIVERSITI MALAYA (09 Sep 2024 - 23 Sep 2024)
  2. KURSUS ORIENTASI STAF BAHARU UNIVERSITI MALAYA 2024, BILIK SENAT, ARAS 4, BANGUNAN CANSELERI (15 Aug 2024 - 16 Aug 2024)
  3. INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR ON INDONESIA-MALAYSIA RELATIONS, UNIVERSITAS MUSLIM INDONESIA, MAKASSAR (12 Jul 2024 - 15 Jul 2024)