Sydney, New South Wales Sep 15, 2019 (Issuewire.com) - Sometimes knowledge and education runs in the family. This is the case with Dr Hashim Kamali and Dr Yusof Mutahar. Both are well known and leading in their respective fields.
Professor Mohammad Hashim Kamali.
Dr Mohammad Hashim Kamali was born February 7, 1944, Nangarhar Provence Afghanistan. He has been called "the most widely read living author on Islamic law in the English language.
Professor Mohammad Hashim Kamali is founding CEO of the International Institute of Advanced Islamic Studies, Malaysia (2007—continuing), and a world renowned scholar in his field of specialisation. He served as Professor of Islamic Law and Jurisprudence at the International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM, 1985–2004); and was Dean of the International Institute of Islamic Thought and Civilisation (ISTAC, 2004–2006). Currently he is Senior Fellow at the Institute of Strategic and International Studies (ISIS) Malaysia, a Senior Fellow of the Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, and also Senior Fellow of the Royal Academy of Jordan. He serves on the International Advisory Board of thirteen academic journals published in Malaysia, USA, Canada, Kuwait, India, Australia and Pakistan. Professor Kamali has served as a member and Chairman of the Constitution Review Commission of Afghanistan (2003); as a UN consultant on constitutional reforms in Afghanistan, the Maldives, and Iraq; and currently advises the UN on a new constitution for Somalia.
He graduated from Kabul University in Afghanistan with 1st Class Honours in Law and Political Science (1965), and served as Public Prosecutor with the Afghan Ministry of Justice for two years. He completed his LLM in Comparative Law, and Ph.D in Islamic and Middle Eastern Law, at the University of London (1969–1976); following which he was employed as a broadcasting support staff by the BBC in Reading, UK (1976–1979). Dr. Kamali was Assistant Professor at the Institute of Islamic Studies, McGill University in Montreal (1979–84); and a Research Associate with the Canada Council for Social Science and Humanities (1984–1985). He has been a Visiting Professor at Capital University, Ohio (1991), as well as Visiting Professor at the Institute for Advanced Study in Berlin, Germany (2000–2001).
Professor Kamali has given presentations at over 130 national and international conferences, published 20 books and over 120 academic articles. He is a member of the Global Expert Finder Network of the UN Alliance of Civilisations. He is an original signatory to, and active participant in, the ‘Common Word’ initiative between Muslims and Christians. Professor Kamali has featured frequently in print media, radio, TV and the internet. His books are a standard text book in English speaking Universities worldwide. Professor Kamali’s scholarly studies are translated into Bahasa Indonesia, Farsi, Pashto, Dari, Arabic, Bengali, and Turkish. Professor Hashim Kamali is listed in a number of leading international Who’s Who.
Dr Yusof Mutahar (MBBS, FRACGP)
Dr Yusof Mutahar is the nephew of Dr Mohammad Hashim Kamali.
Dr Yusof Mutahar was born 18th March 1990 in Perth, Western Australia. His father Dr Mohammad Mutahar is also a medical doctor and General Practitioner.
Dr Mutahar is an advocate for General Practitioners and is one of the most followed and well known doctors worldwide. He is often featured in multiple health and doctor forums across multiple platforms.
Dr Mutahar graduated from Hale School in 2007 and pursued his Medical training at the University of Western Australia. Dr Mutahar completed his medical degree, Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery from the University of Western Australia in 2013, at the age of 23. Furthermore he completed his General Practice training and obtained his FRACGP specialisation in 2018, at the age of 28. Dr Yusof Mutahar advocates that preventative health is the most significant aspect in reducing mortality and morbidity.
Dr Yusof Mutahar obtained further training in cosmetic medicine and surgery. His work in health promotion and cosmetic medicine has lead him to be one of the most followed and talked about doctors on social media in Australia and internationally. He often posts articles and educational videos regarding various topics including preventative health, sports medicine and cosmetic surgery on is instagram page @yusof.mutahar. He co-founded his cosmetics line in 2019 - Dr Yusof Cosmetics.
Dr Yusof Mutahar is also an established model and health influencer. Furthermore, he is a Judo black belt and has represented Australia in the sport.
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