Prof. Dr Anis Ahmad is an Islamic scholar; who specializes in IslamicJurisprudence and da'wah. He is a meritorious Professor of comparative ethicsand religion. He is the founder and Vice Chancellor of Riphah InternationalUniversity, Islamabad, Pakistan. He has previously held senior academic positions as founding Dean, theFaculty of Ismaic Revelaed Knowlese and Human Sciences, International IslamicUniversity, Malaysia; Dean Faculty of Social Sciences founder and Dean of theFaculty of Usul al-Din and Director General of Da'wah Academy of theInternational Islamic University. He also serves as Vice President, ofInternational Islamic Univesity, Islamabad. He is Editor-In-Chief of Islam and the West, a scholarly journalpublished in Islamabad since 1997. He has taught at national and international universities including TheAppalachian State University, North Carolina, and Temple University,Pennsylvania, USA. Lanzhou University, China International Islamic Universityof Islamabad, and Malaysia. He has published more than 90 research papers on socio-political andeducational issues. He has contributed articles to The Oxford Encyclopaedia ofIslamic World New York and London; Encyclopaedia of Islamic Economics, LondonUK and Encyclopaedia of Islam, Turkey and The Muslim World Book Review,Leicester, UK.