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Dr Wahid M. Amin

Lecturer in Islamic Philosophy, Research Lead for Islamic Philosophy and Theology & Head of Publications 

Islamic Theology
Islamic Philosophy
Philosophy of Language
Islamic Legal Studies

Biography

Dr Wahid Amin completed a BSc in Physics from Imperial College London and a PGCE from the Institute of Education, University College London. He then began his studies at the Al-Mahdi Institute and simultaneously embarked on a BA in Islamic Studies at the University of Birmingham, graduating from both in 2008. He went on to read for an MSt in the Study of Religions at the University of Oxford. His DPhil, also from Oxford, studied the reception of Avicenna’s metaphysics between the 11–13th centuries with a special focus on the ideas and contributions of Naṣīr al-Dīn al-Ṭūsī (d. 672/1274).  

He joined AMI in 2015 as a Lecturer in Islamic Philosophy where he teaches courses on Islamic philosophy, theology, logic, and mysticism. He is also the Research Lead for Philosophy and Theology, Head of Publications at AMI Press and an Associate Lecturer in Islamic Studies at the University of Birmingham.  

His main interests revolve around post-classical Islamic philosophy and theology. He is also interested in the intersection between Islamic philosophy and political theory, Qurʾanic exegesis and modern Shīʿī legal theory. 

  • Senior Lecturer in Islamic Philosophy and Theology at Al-Mahdi Institute

  • Associate Lecturer in Islamic Studies at University of Birmingham

Books 

Book Chapters

  • "Mullā Ṣadrā and His Commentators on Ibn Kammūnā's Argument Against Divine Unity." In Islamic Perspectives on God and (Other) Monotheism(s), edited by Wahid M. Amin, Aaron W.Hughes, and Sajjad H. Rizvi, 192–244. Birmingham: AMI Press, 2025.
  • “Āqā Ḥusayn Khwānsārī.” In Philosophy in Safavid Iran: The Late Period (1652–1736), edited by Reza Pourjavady. Leiden: Brill, forthcoming.
  • “A Practical Guide to Philosophy: Avicenna, the Soul, and the Pursuit of Happiness.” Proceedings o of the Third Avicenna Study Group: Avicenna’s Major Summae. Leiden: Brill, forthcoming.

Articles 

Book Reviews 

  • “Divine Speech Across Contexts: Shīʿī Uṣūlī Thought and Modern Philosophy of Language,” British Association for Islamic Studies Annual Conference, University of Cambridge, July 2025. [Panel organiser: Language, Authority, and Interpretation in Shīʿī Legal Theory]
  • “Divine Simplicity, Divine Attributes and the Unity of Existence in Mullā Ṣadrā.” Second Manchester Workshop on Islamic Philosophy, 3–4 July 2025.
  • “Shīʿī Accounts of the Qurʾān and Its Inimitability: From Sayyid Sharīf Murtaḍā to ʿAllāma Ṭabāṭabāʾī.” First Islamic Colloquia of Edinburgh, 9 July 2025.
• Member of British Association of Islamic Studies (BRAIS)
 
• Member of The British Society for the History of Philosophy
 
• Reviewer for the Journal of Islamic Studies
 
• Reviewer for Oriens
 
• Reviewer for Routledge and Brill

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