Biography Narrative

He worked as a lecturer at a number of academic institutions across the Middle East for over 13 years. As a well-published scholar and avid promoter of the moderate interpretation of Islam and proponent of dialogue, he has given lectures, presentations and speeches, has bee featured on radio and TV shows, serves as a Friday Sermon preacher, marriage counselor and mediator. He is an active scholar who has published over 70 papers, books and newspaper articles in addition to supervising and critiquing 80 Masters and PhD dissertations and theses. His research focuses mainly on revisiting Islamic scripts and synthesizing instruments and propositions relating to a wide array of areas including palliative care, women rights, intellectual and cultural resilience, extremism, human rights, performance and effectiveness, motivation, dialogue, and communication skills. Dr. Alsharefeen has spoken at a number of American and British universities on issues relating to interreligious dialogue and Islamic manuscripts. He was selected for study at the U.S. Institute on Religious Pluralism.
Recently, he was selected as a panelist at the Pluralism Symposium organized by the General Iftaa Departments, Jordan.

Interreligious Activities and Initiatives

Deepen dialogue language

Lectures and workshops on pluralism, moderation and dialogue. Target audience will include students from Al Albayt University and desert Bedouin people.