Ahmad Ajjaj Karami
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Ahmad Ajjaj Karami (b. 1961) is a Palestinian scholar and academic specializing in Islamic studies and history, known for his work al-Idara fi Asr al-Rasul (Administration in the Era of the Messenger).
Early life and education
Hafiz Ahmad Ajjaj al-Karmi was born on 21 April 1961 in Tulkarm, Palestine. He completed his secondary education in the literary track at Illar Secondary School in Palestine in 1980. He then pursued his higher education at the University of Jordan in Amman, earning a bachelor's degree in Sharia and Usul al-Din with distinction in 1984, followed by a master's degree in Islamic studies, specializing in the Prophetic biography and Islamic history, in 1988. His master's thesis was titled al-Idara fi Asr al-Rasul (Administration in the Era of the Messenger). In 1997, he obtained a doctorate in Islamic studies from the University of Westminster in London, with a dissertation titled al-Idara fi Asr al-Khulafa al-Rashidin (Administration in the Era of the Rightly Guided Caliphs).
Career and academic activity
Karami began his professional career in Jordan, working as a teacher at Tariq Secondary School in Amman between September 1984 and September 1995, and as a scientific researcher at the University of Jordan from September 1985 to September 1987. He also served as a scientific researcher at the al-Iman Research Center in Jerusalem from August 1988 until December 1990.
After relocating to the United Kingdom, he taught at the Kensington Islamic Centre in London from July 1994 to October 1997. He subsequently served as a part-time lecturer at the University of London between November 1997 and 2000. He was appointed director of the Mayfair Islamic Centre in London in August 1998, and in January 2000 he took up a position as a part-time lecturer at London Open College. His teaching has encompassed diverse subjects, including the jurisprudence of the Prophetic biography, the history of the Rightly Guided Caliphs, the history of the Islamic state, the contemporary Islamic world, Islamic da'wa, Arabic literature history, hadith and its sciences, the evaluation and extraction of hadith chains of transmission, and the history of Islamic legislation.
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al-Idara fi Asr al-Rasul (Administration in the Era of the Messenger) is a contemporary historical and institutional study examining the administrative, financial, military, and judicial systems established during the lifetime of the Prophet Muhammad.