Deputy Vice Chancellor – Muteesa I Royal University

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Umar Ahmad Mukasa Kasule

Is the Deputy Vice Chancellor at Muteesa I Royal University in charge of academic affairs. He joined MRU in August 2017 after having served in various academic and administrative positions at the Islamic University in Uganda for a period of 27 years. He soon served as the Acting Vice Chancellor of MRU from January 2018 to June 2019. He graduated from Makerere University for both first and Master’s degrees and pursued doctoral studies at the famous International Institute of Islamic Thought and Civilization, Malaysia (ISTAC – under the scholarship and patronage of the distinguished Prof. Syed Muhammad Naquib al-Attas), and one of the colleges of the International Islamic University Malaysia. He specialized in Islamic studies with a bias in Islamic Civilization.

His research interests are in comparative civilization studies focusing on the Islamic, the Western and the African wherein he searches for influences, contributions, relationships. He is convinced that the commonalities between civilizations could formulate the basis for tolerance and peaceful coexistence, while the differences therein could be the basis for respect of one another, within the human race that has had diverse experiences in the historical process. He is a Fulbright Scholar (2007 Religion in Public Place in the US – University of California @ Santa Barbara). He has a number of publications up his sleeve and the most outstanding ones are the two books namely: i) Islam and Human Rights: A Critical Assessment of Contemporary Muslim Approaches to the Human Rights Discourse. (Kuala Lumpur: IIUM Press, 2009), ii) Pursuit of Human Dignity and Justice: Islamic Alternative Values to Human Rights, (Kuala Lumpur: A.S. Noordeen Publishers, 2009).

Designation

Professor of Islamic Studies (Islamic Civilization).

Education and Academic Qualifications

PhD in Islamic Studies specializing in Islamic Civilization, International Islamic University Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, 2003.

Master of Arts (Religious Studies) at Makerere University, Kampala Uganda, 1994.

Bachelor of Arts Makerere University, Kampala Uganda, 1989.

University Teaching

Islamic University in Uganda (November 1990 – July 2017)

Other Work Experience

An Upline to a close to a global one million networkers with the giant QNET E-Commerce Direct Selling Company
Director Center for Postgraduate Studies at Islamic University in Uganda 2003-2017
Deputy Vice Chancellor, Muteesa I Royal University (August 2017 to date)

Research Supervision

Several master’s degrees in the fields of Islamic Studies, Islamic Finance and Banking, Political Science, Peace Studies

Consultancies

Uganda National Examinations Board (Islamic Religious Education: 1990 – 2018)
USAID/SAFE program (Madrasa Education in Uganda: Assessing Opportunities for Engagement 2018)

Awards

2015 The International Alliance of Women (TIAW) World of Difference 100 Champions Award, (TIAW recognized men as champions for outstanding individual contribution and effort to organizations, and achievements in the corporate world, which support economic empowerment of women). Most of the QNET E-Commerce Direct Selling networkers in my team are women whose lives have been changed for the better.

Membership and Professional Associations

V-Council Member of the The-V Family. This is a rank of the elite networkers with QNET E-Commerce Direct Selling Company which is owned by The-V Family.
Vice Chairman, Ssekabaka Nooh Kalema Memorial Foundation, Wakiso District
Alumni/Fulbright Scholar on Religion in the Public Space in the United States of American 2007 Cohort

Languages Spoken

English, Luganda, Kiswahili, Arabic

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