Prof. Dr. Shahbaz Khan Manj | Director General AQIRI

Director General

Prof. Dr. Shahbaz Khan Manj, Director General of Al-Qamar Islamic Research Institute, provides academic leadership, research direction, institutional vision, and scholarly coordination for AQIRI's departments, publications, fellowships, and academic development programs.

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Prof. Dr. Shahbaz Khan ManjDirector General

Prof. Dr. Shahbaz Khan Manj is a distinguished academic, Theological Theorist and senior university administrator with extensive experience in teaching, research supervision, academic leadership, and institutional development. He is serving as Founding Chairperson and Professor of the Department of Islamic Studies at the University of Education, Lahore. He has played a significant role in the development of Islamic Studies programs, research culture, academic publications, and scholarly networking at national and international levels.

He has authored numerous research papers and books and has supervised a large number of MPhil and PhD scholars. His areas of academic interest include Qur'anic Studies, Hadith, Islamic Law, Islamic Thought, Muslim Civilization, interfaith harmony, contemporary religious issues, peace studies, and socio-legal debates in the Muslim world. He is also associated with various academic journals and research institutions, contributing as an editor, reviewer, supervisor, and academic advisor.

Prof. Dr. Shahbaz Khan Manj is known for his active role in organizing national and international conferences, promoting research collaboration, and representing Islamic scholarship in academic and interfaith forums. His scholarly work reflects a strong commitment to Islamic intellectual tradition, contemporary relevance, academic excellence, and the promotion of peace, dialogue, and understanding among diverse communities.

Email: info@aqiri.org

Academic Leadership

Prof. Dr. Shahbaz Khan Manj leads the Institute with attention to both scholarship and people. His approach is rooted in the belief that a research institute should not only produce papers and programs, but also cultivate intellectual honesty, adab, patience, and a sincere love of knowledge.

His academic priorities include strengthening research supervision, improving department-based study pathways, supporting publication-ready writing, encouraging serious engagement with primary sources, and creating a scholarly environment where emerging researchers feel guided rather than lost.

Through the Director General Office, AQIRI coordinates academic planning, department development, research direction, journal and publication standards, training priorities, and collaboration with scholars and institutions in Pakistan and abroad.

Message from the Director General

Al-Qamar Islamic Research Institute has been established with a simple but demanding purpose: to serve knowledge with sincerity, discipline, and usefulness. In our time, Islamic scholarship needs both depth and clarity. It must remain connected to the Qur'an, Sunnah, inherited scholarly tradition, and the lived questions of contemporary society. It must also be presented through careful research, responsible language, proper references, and a spirit that brings people closer to understanding rather than confusion.

My message to our scholars, students, research fellows, and academic colleagues is that research is an amanah. Every topic we choose, every source we cite, every class we teach, and every paper we publish should carry a sense of responsibility before Allah, before the scholarly tradition, and before the communities who trust academic institutions for guidance. At AQIRI, we want to build a culture where knowledge is not treated as decoration, but as service.

We welcome serious learners who are willing to read patiently, ask honest questions, respect difference, and work hard on their writing. We also welcome senior scholars, universities, journals, and research bodies who wish to collaborate in meaningful academic work. Our departments are designed to support Qur'anic studies, Hadith, Seerah, Fiqh, Islamic thought, comparative religion, and research development in a way that is organized, accessible, and academically reliable.

AQIRI will continue to encourage young researchers, support publication ethics, train writers and editors, and create platforms where traditional learning and contemporary research can meet with dignity. May this institute become a source of beneficial knowledge, sound scholarship, and sincere service for the Muslim Ummah and for all seekers of understanding.

Prof. Dr. Shahbaz Khan Manj
Director General, Al-Qamar Islamic Research Institute