Professor Abu Sway is a scholar who lectures globally as well as in the heart of Jerusalem, Palestine, at Al-Masjid Al-Aqsa, where he also reads from Imam Ghazali’s Ihya’ Ulum ud-Din, making it accessible to English-speaking Muslims.  He is a member of  the Hashemite Fund for the Restoration of Al-Aqsa Mosque and the Dome of the Rock, the Royal Aal al-Bayt Institute for Islamic Thought, and the Islamic Waqf Council in Jerusalem. 

 Scholar: Professor Abu Sway earned his PhD from Boston College (1993), with his dissertation entitled: The Development of Al-Ghazali’s Genetic Epistemology. He is author of three books on Imam Al-Ghazali: Islamic Epistemology: The Case of Al-Ghazali, Fatawa Al-Ghazali (Arabic) and A Treasury of Al-Ghazali. He has dozens of published articles on other topics such as interfaith relations, Al-Masjid Al-Aqsa and Jerusalem.

 Academic Appointments: Professor Abu Sway was appointed as the first holder of the King Abdullah II Integral Professorial Chair for the Study of Imam Ghazali’s Work at Al-Masjid Al-Aqsa and at Al-Quds University in 2012. He has also been Professor of Philosophy and Islamic Studies at Al-Quds University in Jerusalem, and Dean of the College of Dawah and Usul Al-Din, and College of the Qur’an and Islamic Studies from 2014-2020.

He taught at the International Islamic University in Malaysia (1993-96) and was a visiting Fulbright Scholar-in-Residence at the Wilkes Honors College at Florida Atlantic University (2003-4), as well as a Visiting Professor of Islamic Studies at Bard College, New York. (2008-10).

Speaker: He is frequently invited to give lectures worldwide and his ability to address controversial and sensitive topics with a calm and clear delivery makes him a rare and influential voice, capable of leaving a lasting impact on a wide range of audiences.