Amina Inloes

Amina Inloes is an American scholar, researcher, educator, public speaker, translator and a Shi'ite Muslim. She has written several books on the subject of Shi’ism.

Amina Inloes
Born
Irvine, California, United States
Occupationscholar, researcher, educator
Known forpublic speaking

Personal life

Inloes was born in Irvine, California, United States.

Education

She has a PhD in Islamic Studies from the University of Exeter on Shi'ia hadith about pre-Islamic female figures mentioned in the Qur'an.[1] Her PhD thesis, submitted in 2015, is entitled "Negotiating Shīʿī Identity and Orthodoxy through Canonizing Ideologies about Women in Twelver Shīʿī Aḥādīth on Pre-Islamic Sacred History in the Qurʾān".[2]

Career

She works for the Research and Publications Department of the Islamic College and is programme leader for the MA Islamic Studies program.[3] She was interviewed by Press TV on International Women's Day, in which she expressed her concerns for women who are still suffering from social injustices in many part of the world.[4] She is settled in the United Kingdom.

Publications
  • The Queen of Sheba in Shi’a Hadith, in Journal of Shi’a Islamic Studies, vol. 5, no. 4 (2012)[5]
  • Conversion to Twelver Shi‘ism among American and Canadian women, in Studies in Religion (forthcoming)by A. Inloes and L. Takim.[5]
  • Mukhtar al-Thaqafi: Character versus Controversy, in the Journal of Shi’a Islamic Studies (Volume 2, 2009)[5]
  • Review of The Shi’a Revival in the Journal of Shi’a Islamic Studies (Volume 4, 2008)[5]
  • The Tragedy of Karbala A Dramatic Interpretation of the Epic of Imam Husain (A).[5]

Translations

  • Mulla Muhsin Fayd Kashani[5]
  • Spiritual Mysteries and Ethical Secrets: A Translation of al-Haqa’iq fi Makarim al-Akhlaq, tr. A. Inloes, N. Virjee, and M. Tajri (London: ICAS Press, 2012)[6]

References
  1. "The Islamic College - Academic Staff".
  2. "Amina Inloes | Islamic College of London - Academia.edu". islamic-college.academia.edu. Retrieved 2018-06-05.
  3. "Amina Inloes – Camp UK". campuk.org. Retrieved 2018-06-05.
  4. "Mass objectification of women in media, regrettable". Press TV.ir. 2012-03-09. Archived from the original on April 12, 2012. Retrieved 2013-03-25.
  5. "The Queen of Sheba in Shi'a Hadith".
  6. "Author Evening: Amina Inloes & Nazmina Virjee talk about Spiritual Mysteries". Islamic Human rights commission. 2013-01-16. Retrieved 2013-03-25.
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