Dr. Ibrahim Zain is a Professor of Islamic Studies and Comparative Religion at the College of Islamic Studies, Hamad Bin Khalifa University (Doha, Qatar). His various academic postings include Dean of the Kulliyyah (Faculty) of Islamic Revealed Knowledge and Human Sciences (KIRKHS) and Dean of the International Institute of Islamic Thought and Civilization (ISTAC) at the International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM). He writes extensively on the history of religions and reform of Islamic education and has authored over 50 publications, including several books, in English and Arabic. Dr. Zain is a leading scholar on the study of the Covenants of the Prophet Muḥammad.

• The Covenants of the Prophet Muhammad and Relevancy to the Reconstruction of the Sīra and Inter-religious Dialogue
• Al-Fitna al-Kubrā (i.e. the First Civil War) and its Implications on Muslim Historiography
• Teaching and Learning Islam in Contemporary Muslim Institutions of Higher Learning
• Religion and Art in Tayeb Salih Novels
• Religion, Legality and the State: the Sudanese Experience
• Maqāṣid al-Sharī‘a and Codification of Islamic Rulings