Mohammad Hassan Khalil (Ph.D., University of Michigan) is Assistant Professor of Religious Studies and Visiting Professor of Law. He specializes in Islamic thought and has presented papers at various national and international conferences, and has published peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters on Islamic ethics (and bioethics); Western analyses of Islamic theology (particularly the anthropomorphism debate); conversion out of Islam; the hadith authenticity debates; the intersection of Islamic historiography, exegesis, and law; and the significance of the veil in Egypt, Turkey, and Iran. He is currently working on his first monograph on Muslim scholarly discussions of salvation and the fate of "others." He is also the faculty advisor to the Religious Studies Student Association.

Prof. Khalil is organizing an international symposium (April 16–17, 2010) called "Islam, Salvation, and the Fate of Others." Click here for more information.

Abbreviated Curriculum Vitae (Word)

Courses Taught Recently
RLST 110 World Religions
RLST 213 Intro to Islam - ACP
RLST 214 Intro to Islam
RLST 223 The Qur'an: Structure and Exegesis
RLST 480/LAW 792 Islamic Law

New Courses
Spring 2010: RLST 483 Salvation in Islamic Thought

Courses Taught at U. Michigan, Michigan State U., and Albion College
Introduction to Islam
Muhammad and the Qur'an
Western Religions
Elementary Modern Standard Arabic I & II