Dr Dr Alhagi Manta Drammeh BA MA PhD PhD

• BA MA (International Islamic University Malaysia)
• PhD (Muslim College London)
• PhD (University of South Wales)
• Postgraduate Certificate in Teaching in Higher Education (University of Dundee)
• Postgraduate research programme in Diplomacy and International Relations (American Graduate School, Paris)
• Fellow of the Royal Society of the Arts (FRSA)
• Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (AdvanceHE) (FHEA)

Alhagi completed his schooling in his homeland of Gambia, and completed a second High School certificate in Khartoum, Sudan, through the Arabic medium. He then studied at the International Islamic University, Malaysia, completing his BA and MA in Islamic Theology, comparative religion and philosophy. He was appointed as a Lecturer at the International Islamic University in 1996. He subsequently taught in the UK where he served as External Examiner for a variety of British universities, and supervised many MA and PhD students, before being appointed to his current post at the International Islamic Fiqh Academy.

Islamic thought, political science, international relations, foreign policy. I am particularly interested in relations between the Western and Muslim-majority nations in the global South, methodological issues in dealing with Islamic sources, and in UK foreign policy.