Mr Nadeem Mahomed​

Overview

Name Nadeem Mahomed Title Professor Associate Professor Doctor Mr X Mrs Ms Position in the department (e.g. Senior Lecturer, Lecturer, Post-doctorate student, PhD-candidate, Dept. Assistant, etc.) PhD Candidate Date since involvement in the department 2010 Title of Ph.D. dissertation On the Margins of Faith: A Critical Historical Study of the Minority Ahmadi Muslim Community of Cape Town Name of institution where Ph.D. was obtained Title of courses taught in the department Description of current research project Muslim minorities Research interests Muslim minorities, contemporary Islam, religion and gender and sexuality, philosophy of religion, Muslims and law in minority contexts Areas of supervision of M- and D-students Title(s) and date(s) of FIVE (5) most recent publication(s) Sexual Diversity, Islamic Jurisprudence and Sociality, Journal of Gender and Religion in Africa , Vol. 17 No 2, 2011 (co-author) Between ‘Yes’ and ‘No’: Amina Wadud and Scriptural Imperatives, Journal of Gender and Religion in Africa Vol. 18 No. 2, 2012 The Worth of a Traditional Tutelage, Journal of Islamic Studies , Vol 33, 2013 The Normal and Abnormal: On the Politics of Being Muslim and Relating to Same-Sex Sexuality, Journal for the American Academy of Religion , 2016 (co-author) Title(s) of most sited work(s) Email address nmahomed@gmail.com ONLY Ph.D. candidates Title of dissertation On the Margins of Faith: A Critical Historical Study of the Minority Ahmadi Muslim Community of Cape Town Name of Supervisor Prof Farid Esack Description of research My thesis will address the lack of scholarly works concerning the history of the Ahmadi Muslim community located in Cape Town, South Africa. It will focus on a critical historical study of the Ahmadi community, the engagement between the Ahmadi community and other Muslims and the issue of religious identity and apostasy in the Muslim community and the law in apartheid South Africa. Funding received (100 words) University of Johannesburg Internal Bursaries SAHUDA Bursary Previous degrees and name(s) of institution obtained MA Religion Studies (UJ) Hons Religion Studies (UJ) LLB (Wits) BA (Wits)