Publications

Edited Volume, Muslim Culture and Heritage in the Balkans, in English, & Al-Thaqafah wa al-Turath al-Muslimah fi al-Balqan, in Arabic, (Sharjah: Sharjah Institute of Heritage Publishing, 2025).

Co-Authored with Meri Ugrinovska, Mujawharat al-Sharq al-Awasat: In’ikas al-Islam fi al-Ashkal wa al-Rumuz, in Arabic, (Sharjah: Sharjah Institute of Heritage Publishing, 2022).

Co-Authored with Muhamed Ali, Al-Hadarah al-Islamiyyah fi Janub Sharq Awrubba Bayna al-Madi wa al-Mustaqbal, in Arabic, (Sharjah: Sharjah Institute of Heritage Publishing, 2021).

Co-Authored with Muhamed Ali, Islamic Civilization in Southeast Europe Between the Past and Future Prospects: A Study of North Macedonia as a Reference, (Sharjah: Sharjah Institute of Heritage Publishing, 2021).

Co-Authored with Muhamed Ali, Photo Collection from the Post-Ottoman Muslim Religious Leaders of Macedonia, (Sharjah: Sharjah Institute of Heritage Publishing, 2019). [This work is in four languages namely English, Arabic, Turkish and Albanian].

Co-Authored with Meri Ugrinovska, The Middle Eastern Jewellery: Reflection of Islam on the Forms and Symbols, (Istanbul: Libra Publishing, 2018).

Late Ottoman Educational System in the Balkans in the Light of the Ijazahs, (Istanbul: Libra Publishing, 2017).

With Osman Bakar (Eds.), Islam in Southeast Europe: Past Reflections and Future Prospects, (Bandar Seri Begawan: UBD Press, 2014).

With Mehmet Bulut (Eds.), Past, Present & Future of Turkish-Albanian-Macedonian Relations, (Ankara: ADAM Publications, 2012).

Co-Authors: Mansor Ibrahim; Shireen Jahnkassim; Mesut Idriz; et al.: Architecture as a Reflection of Social Structure: A Reminiscence of the Suleymaniye Complex of Istanbul, (Kuala Lumpur: IIUM Press, 2010).

The Balkan City of Ottoman Manastir (Bitola): A Model Paradigm for the Applied Shari‘ah with Reference to Ottoman Judicial Records, (Kuala Lumpur: Pelanduk, 2010).

Një Ixhāze i shekullit XIX i lëshuar në Ballkan: Ixhāze origjinal i Idris Fehmi ibn Salihut dhe përkthimi i tij me shënime [A 19th Century Ijāzah Issued in the Balkans: Idrīs Fahmī b. Sālih’s Original Ijāzah And Its Annotated Albanian Translation], (Skopje / Shkup: Logos-A, 2009).

The Ijāzah of ‛Abdullah Fāhim: A Unique Document from Islamic Education, co-authored with Syed Ali Tawfik Al-Attas, (Kuala Lumpur: MPH Publishing, 2007).

(Co-authored with Abdelqadir Houti and Issam Oqlah), “Considerations from History: Appying the Theories of Glubb and Ibn Khaldun to Modern Empires”, Al-Adab Journal, University of Baghdad, [Accepted for Publication in the Issue: 154, September 2025]

(Co-authored with Mouza Alghafli), “Juhud Hukkam al-Imarat fi D’ami al-Jam’iyyat Dhat al-Naf’ al-‘Am (1971-2008) [Efforts of the UAE Rulers in Supporting Public Benefit Associations (1971–2008)], Majallah Al-Mu’arrikh al-Masri: Dirasat wa Buhuth fi al-Tarikh wa al-Hadarah, [Accepted to be published in Vol: 66, Issue: 1, 2025].

(Co-Authored with Dalal Al-Zubi, Mohamed Munis Awad, Maamoun Abdulkarim), “The Effects of Learning the Arabic Language on Western Travelers’ Knowledge of the Societies of the Levant: The Travels of Johann Ludwig Burckhardt, James Silk Buckingham, and Selah Merrill as an Example”, Dirasat: Human and Social Sciences, Vol: 52, No. 5, 2025. [Scopus Q2] Source (opens in a new tab)↗

(Co-authored with Khalid Obaid Alshahhi and Minni Bounama), “Tarkih al-Qala’ fi Mantiqah al-Sharqiyyah wa Da’muha li-Juhud al-Shariqah min al-Jadhb al-Siyahi) [The History of Forts in the Eastern Region and Their Support for Sharjah's Tourism Efforts], Majallah Al-Mu’arrikh al-Masri: Dirasat wa Buhuth fi al-Tarikh wa al-Hadarah, Vol: 65, Issue: 2, 2024. Source (opens in a new tab)↗

(Co-Authored with Galip Veliu), “Reconciling Religion and Reason: An Epistemic Perspective of European Muslims”, Journal of Islamic Though and Civilization, Vol: 14, Issue 2, 2024. [Scopus Q2] Source (opens in a new tab)↗

(Co-Authored with Muhamed Ali, Islam Islami, AbdelRahman Ahmed AbdelRahman, Kazi Fahmida Farzana), “Building Bridges: The Influence of the Islamic Religious Community on North Macedonia’s Interfaith and Socio-Political Dynamics”, Journal of Religions, (Special Issue: Building Religious Solidarity in the Wake of the Increased Global Migration), Vol: 10, Issue 15, 2024. [Scopus Q1] Source (opens in a new tab)↗

(Co-Authored with Wafa Barhoumi Hamdi, Semiyu Adejare Aderibigbe, and Mouza Mohamed Alghfeli), “Faith in Humanity: Religious Charitable Organizations Solidarity towards Migrants in the United Arab Emirates”, Journal of Religions, Issue 3, Vol: 15, 2024. [Scopus Q1] Source (opens in a new tab)↗

(Co-Authored with Andreas Eckart), “Knowledge of the Milky Way in the Arabic Cultural Region between the 8th and 15th Centuries”, Australian Journal of Islamic Studies, Vol. 8 No. 3, 2023. [Refereed/Classified (A)] Source (opens in a new tab)↗

(Co-Authored with Nurhasanah Nurhasanah, Sayuti Sayuti), “Discrepancy in the Legislative Regulations Governing the Education of Advocates in Indonesia”, Jurnal Cita Hukum, Vol.: 11, Issue 3, 2023. [Internationally Peer-reviewed] Source (opens in a new tab)↗

(Co-Authored with Semiyu Adejare Aderibigbe, Khadeegha Alzouebi, Wafa Barhoumi Hamdi, Assad Asil Companioni and Hussain AlOthman) “Fostering Tolerance and Respect for Diversity through the Fundamentals of Islamic Education,” Journal of Religions, Issue 2, Vol: 18, 2023. [Scopus Q1] Source (opens in a new tab)↗

“Educational Tradition of Ijāzah in Islamic History with Reference to Persian Milieu,” Journal of Islamic Thought and Civilization, No. 3, Vol: 6, 2022. [Scopus Q2] Source (opens in a new tab)↗

(Co-Authored with Nailil Muna and Idha Nurhamidah) “Plague ad Pestilence in the Early Islamic Literature Viewed from a Cultural Resilience Framework,” Journal Lektur Keagamaan, No. 2, Vol: 20, December 2022. [Refereed/Classified (A)] Source (opens in a new tab)↗

(Co-Authored with Idha Nurhamidah, Sukarno, Sugeng Purwanto, Liliek Soepriatmandji, Deswandito Dwi Saptanto) “Maximazing English Atmosphere among the English Department Students Post Covid-19 Pandemic,” Central European Management Journal, Issue 3, Vol: 30, 2022. [Scopus Q3] Source (opens in a new tab)↗

(Co-Authored with Rusdin Muhalling, St. Najmah, and Nur Azizah Huzaimah) “The Qibla Directional Accuracy Determination Analysis using Spherical Trigonometric Method and Google Earth,” NeuroQuantology: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Neuroscience and Quantum Physics, No. 5, Vol: 20, 2022. [Scopus Q3] Source (opens in a new tab)↗ sing+Spherical+Trigonometric+Method+and+Google+Earth_934/

(Co-Authored with Idha Nurhamidah, Liliek Seopriatmadji, and Sugeng Purwanto) “Flexi-College Education to Anticipate Society 5.0 Accelerated by Covid-19 Pandemic Outbreak,” Journal of Positive Psychology and Wellbeing, No. 1, Vol: 6, 2022. [Scopus Q1] Source (opens in a new tab)↗

(Co-Authored with Alaa Yusuf Emad) “Arabic Feminist Movement in the First Half of the 20th Century: A Comparative Study between Huda Sha’rawi and Nazik al-‘Abid (Al-Harakat al-Niswiyyah al-‘Arabiyyah fi al-Nisf al-Awwal min al-Qarn al-‘Ashrin: Dirasah Muqaranah bayna Huda Sha’rawi wa Nazik al-‘Abid),” University of Sharjah Journal for Humanities and Social Sciences, vol. 19, No. 4, December, 2022. [Refereed/Classified (A)] Source (opens in a new tab)↗

(Co-Authored with Aisha Al-Owais) “Adelard of Bath: Original Works and Translations,” Al-Adab Journal, College of Art, University of Baghdad, No. 139, December, 2021. [Refereed/Classified (A)] Source (opens in a new tab)↗ /1231

(Co-Authored with Mariam Ali Thani Al-Ali) “Entertainment in the Emirati Community: Religious and Social Dimensions during the Second Half of the 20th Century,” Al-Adab Journal, College of Art, University of Baghdad, No. 138, September, 2021. [Refereed/Classified (A)] Source (opens in a new tab)↗ /1085

“Expounding the Concept of Religion in Islam as Understood by Syed Muhammad Naquib al-Attas,” Journal Poligrafi , vol. 25, No. 99/100, 2020. [Scopus Q1] Source (opens in a new tab)↗

“Demographic Structure of the 18th Century Ottoman Rule in the Balkans: A Study of Judicial Records (Qādī Sijil) in Manastir,” International Journal of Islamic Studies and Humanities, vol. 3, No. 2, 2020. [Refereed/Classified (A)] Source (opens in a new tab)↗

(Co-Authored with Idha Nurhamidah) “Tradisi Penganugeharan Ijazah Dalam Sistem Pendidikan Islam: Kajian Selayang Pandang,” Ta’dibuna: Jurnal Pendidikan Agama Islam [Ta’dibuna: Journal of Islamic Religious Education], vol. 2, No. 1, 2019. [Refereed/Classified (A)] Source (opens in a new tab)↗

“Exploring the Rights and Responsibilities of Non-Muslims in an Islamic State: A Short Analytical Review,” TAFHIM: IKIM Journal of Islam and the Contemporary World, 11 (2018), pp. 61–77. [Refereed/Classified (A)] Source (opens in a new tab)↗

“Applied Ethics in Ottoman Legal System in the Multi-Religious Balkans: A Case Study of Bitola (Macedonia) with Reference to the Sijillāt al-Shar῾iyyah,” IIUM Law Journal, vol. 24 (1), 2016. [Refereed]

(Co-Authored with Muhamed Ali) “Islam in Macedonia: The Origin, Evolution and Role of the Islamic Religious Community from the Ottoman Period to the Present,” Journal of Islam and Civilisational Renewal, Vol. 7, No. 1, 2016. [Refereed]

(Co-Authored with Muhamed Ali) “The Office of Islamic Religious Community of Macedonia: A Study from the Socio-Legal Framework”, Inquiry Sarajevo Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 1, No. 2, 2015. [Refereed]

“Towards the Balkan Encyclopedia of Islam”, Journal of Balkan Studies/Balkan Arastirmalar Dergisi, Year 2, Vol. 2, 2012. [Refereed]

“Ottoman Manastir versus Contemporary Macedonian Bitola: A Historical Survey”, ADAM Academy Journal of Social Sciences, Year 2, Vol. 2, 2012. [Refereed]

“An Outline on Islamization of the Balkans: With Special Reference to Osmanli Court Records (Qādī Sijil)”, IKIM, Journal of Islam and International Affairs, Vol. 3, No. 1, 2009. [Refereed]

“Ahmad Yasawī as a Leading Early Central Asian Sūfī: Re-examination of His Perceptions on Tarīqah (Order)”, AFKAR Journal of ‘Aqidah and Islamic Thought, Academy of Islamic Studies, University Malaya, No. 9, March 2008, pp. 39-49. [Refereed]

“From a Local Tradition to a Universal Practice: Ijāzah as a Unique Muslim Educational Tradition with Special Reference to a 19th Century Idrīs Fahmī b. Sālih’s Ijāzah Issued in the Balkans”, Asian Journal of Social Science (AJSS), National University of Singapore, vol. 35, no. 1, 2007. [Refereed]

“Waqf Property and its Administration in the Ottoman Empire: A Case of Manastir”, Hikmet (Macedonian International Journal with special focus on Islamic Thought and Civilization, the languages of journal are English and Turkish), Vol. 6, December 2005 (2), pp. 19-27. [Refereed]

“Conversion and Assimilation of Dhimmīs (Non-Muslims) in the Ottoman Empire: A Case of Manastir with Special Reference to the 18th Century Judicial Records”, Al-Shajarah, Journal of the International Institute of Islamic Thought and Civilization (ISTAC), December 2003, pp. 167-190. [Refereed]

“İslâm Eğitim Yaşamında İcazet Geleneği”, Değerler Eğitim Dergisi, Journal of Values Education, [Translated into Turkish by Ibrahim Kapaklikaya], vol. 1 (July), 2003, pp. 169-188, Istanbul, Turkey. [Refereed]

“The Ijāzah Tradition in the 19th – 20th Century Balkans”, Al-Shajarah, Journal of the International Institute of Islamic Thought and Civilization (ISTAC), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, vol.: 5, No. 2 (2000), pp. 221-284. [Refereed]

Konvertimi dhe Asimilimi i Dhimmi-ve ne Perandorine Osmane: Nje Rast i Manastirit Duke iu Referuar Vecanerisht Dokumenteve Juridike te Shekullit XVIII, [on conversion and assimilation” in Albanian language], (Skopje/Shkup: Logos-A, 2009).

Chapter: “Falsafat al-Jusur wa In’ikasatuha [Philosophy of Bridges and their Reflections],” in Al-Turath wa al-Tawasul: Silat al-Wasl wa ‘Alamat al-Fasl, (Sharjah: Sharjah Institute for Heritage Publishing, 2024).

Chapter: “Medeniyyet or Hadarah? A Conceptual Study and Contemporary Responses,” in Medeniyet Tartismalari - II, ed. By Aysegul Dogrucan, (Ankara: Gazi Kitabevi, 2023).

Chapter: “Ijāzah Tradition in the Muslim History: Thinking Towards Reviving in the Present-Day Higher Learning Institutions,” in Yüksek Din Öğretimi, ed. by Z. Şeyma Altın, (Istanbul: DEM Publishing, 2018).

Chapter (Co-authored with Joseph J. Kaminski): “Can the Shari‘ah be Compatible with Global Governance? Islamic Financial Institutions as a Laboratory for Conceptual Analysis,” in Global Governance and Muslim Organizations, ed. by Leslie A. Pal and M. Evren Tok, (New York: Palgrave, 2018).

Chapter: “Islamic Religious Education in Bosnia,” in Aufbruch zu neunen Ufern: Aufgaben, Problemlagen und Profile einer Islamischen Religionspadagogik im Europaischen Kontext, Edited by Yasar Sarikaya and Franz-Josef Baumer, (Giessen: Waxmann, 2017).

Chapter (Arabic): “Al-Wad’ al-Hali lil-Dirasat al-Islamiyyah fi Mu’assasat al-Ta’lim al-‘Ali fi al-Balqan [Current Conditions of Islamic Studies in the Higher Educational Institutions in the Balkans],” in Al-Dirasat al-Islamiyyah Amama Tahaddi al-Tanawwu’ fi al-‘Alam al-Mu’asir [Islamic Studies in the Contemporary World: A Cross Cultural Challenge] Edited by Nayla Tabbara, (Beirut: Dar al Farabi/Institute of Citizenship and Diversity Management, 2016).

Chapter: “Applied Applied Interfaith through Cultural Interaction and Education: The Case of the International University of Sarajevo," in Spiritual and Intellectual Safety in the Light of Religious Doctrines, ed. by Senad Mrahorovic, (Doha: Doha International Center for Interfaith Dialogue, 2016).

Chapter: “Applied Environmental Ethics in Ottoman Legal System in the Multi-Religious Balkans: The Case of Bitola (Macedonia) with Reference to the Sijillat al-Shar‘iyyah,” in Balkanlarda Islam: Miadi Dolmayan Umut/Islam in the Balkans: Unexpired Hope, ed. by Mustafa Savas Kafkasyali, volume 3, (Ankara: TIKA & Karinca Yayinlari, 2016).

Chapter together with Lejla Ramic-Mesihovic: “Bosnia and Herzegovina between Two World Wars (1918-1941),” in Bosnia and Herzegovina: Law, Society and Politics, ed. by Yucel Ogurlu and Ahmed Kulanic, (Sarajevo: IUS Press, 2016).

Chapter: “Shari’ah vis-à-vis Good Governance: Is Compatibility Possible in the 21st Century?,” in Eurasia Law Meeting ed. by Ahmet Akcan, (Istanbul: Bilnet Matbaacilik, 2014).

Chapter: “Rethinking the Region of Peace, Collaboration and Trade between the East and the West: Via Egnatia as a Connectum between the Silkroad and South-Southeast Europe A Historical Socio-Economic Survey,” in ReSilkroad, ed. by Mehmet Bulut, (Istanbul: Istanbul Sabahattin Zaim University Press, 2014).

Chapter: “Ottoman Judicial Records as the Major Source for the Ottoman History in the Balkans,” in Turkish-Balkans Relations: The Future Prospects of Cultural, Political and Economic Transformations and Relations, Ed. By Muhidin Mulalic, Hasan Korkut, and Elif Nuroglu, (Istanbul: Tasam Publication, 2013).

Chapter: “Jihād vis-à-vis War: A Historical and Conceptual Analysis,” in Prof. Dr. Mehmet İpşirli Armağanı [Essays in Honor of Prof. Dr. Mehmet İpşirli], Ed. By Feridun M. Emecen, Ali Ahmetbeyoğlu, and İshak Keskin, (Istanbul: Timas Yayinlari, 2013).

Chapter: “Towards the Balkan Encyclopedia of Islam”, in Türk Tarihinde Balkanlar [Balkans in Turkish History], ed. by Zeynep İskefiyeli, M. Bilal Çelik and Serkan Yazıcı, (Sakarya: Sakarya University Press, 2013).

Chapter: “The Role of Endowment Foundations in the Private Higher Education in the Balkans: The Case of the Minority Muslim Communities”, in Islam and Higher Education: The Empowerment of Muslim Communities in Private Higher Education, ed. by Osman Bakar, (Kuala Lumpur: IAIS Publishing, 2012).

Chapter: “An Evaluation of Current State of Islamic Manuscripts in Macedonia and Future Prospects”, in Past, Present & Future of Turkish-Albanian-Macedonian Relations, eds. Mehmet Bulut & Mesut Idriz, (Ankara: ADAM Publications, 2012), pp. 1-17.

Chapter: “Strategic Depth of the Balkans and Macedonian Position during the Ottoman Era”, in Makedonya’da Osmanli Eseri (Ottoman Heritage in Macedonia), ed. by Suleyman Baki, (Skopje: MATUSITEB Publishing, 2011), pp.1-13.

Chapter: “Between the Muslim World and Europe? A Brief Note on the Balkan Muslims”, in The Islamic World and the West: Managing Religious and Cultural Identities in the Age of Globalization, Freiburger Sozialanthropologische Studien, Band 24, Ed. By Christoph Marcinkowski, (Münster, Hamburg, Berlin, Vienna, London and Zurich: LIT Verlag and Kuala Lumpur: Asia-Europe Institute in the University of Malaya, 2009), pp. 127-134.

Chapter: “Ijāzah: A Muslim Educational Tradition in the Late Balkans”, Proceedings of the Second International Symposium on Islamic Civilisation in the Balkans, (Istanbul: IRCICA, 2006), pp. 69-114.

V. Necla Geyikdağı, Foreign Investment in the Ottoman Empire: International Trade and Relations 1854-1914. Library of Ottoman Studies. (London and New York: I.B. Tauris & Co Ltd., 2011), ISBN: 978-1-84885-461-1, Journal of Economic and Social History of the Orient (JESHO), 56.1, 2013.

Syed Salem Albukhary, Civilizations, Nomadic Migrations, Empires and the Trail of Islam, Vols. 1-2, (Hong Kong: Elszee Limited, 2009), ISBN: 978-983-99168-2-9, Quill, (April-June, 2010), Malaysia.

Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, Islam Hadhari: A Model for Development and Progress, (Kuala Lumpur: MPH Group Publishing, 2006), Asian Journal of Social Science (AJSS), vol. 36, no. 2, 2008.

Osmanlı Musikî Literatürü Tarihi: History of the Literature of Music during the Ottoman Period, (Compiled & Edited By Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, Ramazan Sesen, G. Gunduz and M. S. Bekar & published by IRCICA, Istanbul, 2003), Asian Journal of Social Science (AJSS), National University of Singapore, vol. 35, no. 2, 2007.

Reviewer Board Member of the Book, World of Islamic Economic Forum and Universiti Teknologi Mara Occasional Papers on Waqf, (Kuala Lumpur: WIFE-UiTM Co-Publishers, 2015). [Source (opens in a new tab)↗]

Spotlight Editor for the Balkans & the Ottoman History, Oxford Islamic Studies Online (OISO), [www.oxfordislamicstudies.com], 2012.

Guest-Editor for a Special Issue of the ADAM Academy, Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 3, Year 2, 2012, entitled: “The Balkans: Past, Present and Future Prospects”, Ankara Düşünce ve Araştırma Merkezi (ADAM), Ankara, Turkey.

Editor of the book entitled Ottoman History: Misperceptions and Truths authored by Ahmet Akgunduz & Said Ozturk, (Rotterdam: IUR Press, 2011).

Editor & Supervisor, Arabic Translation of Chamil Wariya’s book entitled Najib Razak: The Prime Minister of Malaysia, (Kuala Lumpur: MPH Group Publishing, 2009).

Editor of the Proceedings of the International Conference on “The Role of Islamic States in a Globalized World”, held in 17-18 July 2007, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Guest-Editor for a Special Issue of the Asian Journal of Social Sciences (AJSS) entitled: “Islamic-Euroasian Paradoxes”, vol. 35, no. 1 (2007), Department of Sociology, National University of Singapore, Singapore.

Editor & Proofreader the Translation of Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad’s The Challenge into Albanian Language Entitled Sfida, Translated by Berkena Qafa – Osmani, (Skopje/Shkup: Logos-A, 2006).

Editor & Proofreader of the Translation of Prof. Dr. Syed M. N. al-Attas’s Islam and Secularism into Albanian Language Entitled Islami dhe Shekullarizmi, Translated by Elma Brekolli, (Skopje/Shkup: Logos-A, 2005).

Editor & Referee for the Article of Prof. Dr. Ataullah Bogdan Kopanski’s “The Conversion of Albanians to Islam in the Late Middle Ages of Christian Europe”, for publication in Intellectual Discourse, International Islamic University Malaysia, 2004.

Translated from Arabic into English together with Syed Ali Tawfik al-Attas the book authored by Dr. ‛Alī Akbar Velayati titled: Mawsū‛ah al-Islām wa Irān (The Encyclopedia of Islam and Iran), vols. 1-4, Beirut, Dār Al-Hādī, 2006. (Approx. 1950 pages). First and Second volumes completed and published by MPH Group Publishing, Kuala Lumpur, 2008 and 2010 respectively.