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A proponent of interfaith dialogue, Professor Hussain has published over 60 scholarly articles or book chapters on Islam and Muslims. He has lectured in academic arenas around the world, and appeared on several television programs, most notably
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Professor Hussain is also a senior editor for religion for Oxford Handbooks Online. Prior to his edited textbooks, he wrote
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is a scholar of religion who specializes in the study of Islam. Currently, he is a professor in the
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at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles. In November 2022 he became
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Willard G. Oxtoby; Roy C. Amore; Amir Hussain, eds. (2018) .
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The Canadian face of Islam: Muslim communities in Toronto
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Amir Hussain (religious scholar)
Amir Husain Al-Kurdi
Amir Hussain (cognitive scientist)
Amir Hussain (boxer)

Lahore
Pakistan
Canadian
American
Alma mater
University of Toronto
Thesis
The Canadian face of Islam: Muslim communities in Toronto
Islam
interfaith dialog
California State University, Northridge
Loyola Marymount University
faculty.lmu.edu/amirhussain/
Department of Theological Studies
President of the American Academy of Religion
Oxford University Press
Lahore
Pakistan
Toronto
Ontario
University of Toronto
Arabic
English
French
Urdu

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