pensyarah universiti
pusat kajian usuluddin & falsafah
munawar@ukm.edu.my
Kluster Kepakaran/ Cluster of Expertise :
Warisan dan Masyarakat Madani,
Biografi/ Biography :
Prof. Madya Dr. Ahmad Munawar Ismail ialah Pensyarah Universiti Gred DS54 di Pusat Kajian Usuluddin dan Falsafah, Fakulti Pengajian Islam, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM). Beliau memiliki PhD Pendidikan Islam (2009), Sarjana Pengajian Islam (2001) dan Sarjana Muda Usuluddin & Falsafah (1997) dari UKM, serta Diploma Usuluddin (KUSZA, 1994). Kepakaran beliau tertumpu pada Akidah dan Pemikiran Islam, khususnya ekstremisme agama, radikalisasi dan keselamatan pemikiran. Beliau pernah berkhidmat sebagai Timbalan Dekan Penyelidikan dan Inovasi FPI UKM (2019–2025), Ketua Editor Jurnal Islāmiyyāt (2017–2020) dan Fellow Kanan Bersekutu Institut Islam Hadhari (2017–2020). Beliau telah mengetuai lebih 30 projek penyelidikan bernilai hampir RM3.8 juta, menghasilkan lebih 75 artikel jurnal terindeks, 9 buku dan lebih 30 pembentangan antarabangsa. Di peringkat nasional, beliau merupakan Penasihat Mufti Wilayah Persekutuan (2025–2028), ahli panel penilai akademik dan Felo Perunding Utama Institut Kajian Hadis dan Akidah (UIS). Di peringkat antarabangsa, beliau aktif sebagai penilai dan ahli editorial jurnal di Turki, Indonesia, Pakistan dan Thailand. Dengan lebih 129 petikan Scopus (H-Indeks 7) dan 1000 petikan Google Scholar (H-Indeks 17), beliau diiktiraf sebagai sarjana berimpak tinggi yang komited memperkukuh wacana akidah Islam, menentang ekstremisme, dan memartabatkan pendidikan Islam di peringkat global.
Associate Professor Dr. Ahmad Munawar Ismail is a University Lecturer (DS54) at the Centre for Usuluddin and Philosophy, Faculty of Islamic Studies, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM). He earned his Doctor of Philosophy in Islamic Education (2009), Master of Islamic Studies (Usuluddin, 2001), and Bachelor of Islamic Studies (Usuluddin and Philosophy, 1997) from UKM, following a Diploma in Islamic Studies (Usuluddin, 1994) from Kolej Ugama Sultan Zainal Abidin (KUSZA). His academic expertise lies in Islamic Theology and Thought, with a specific focus on religious extremism, radicalisation, and intellectual security. He has served in key academic leadership roles, including Deputy Dean (Research and Innovation) of the Faculty of Islamic Studies, UKM (2019–2025), Chief Editor of Jurnal Islāmiyyāt (2017–2020), and Senior Associate Fellow at the Institute of Islam Hadhari (2017–2020). To date, he has led more than 30 funded research projects worth nearly RM3.8 million, published over 75 indexed journal articles and 9 scholarly books, and presented at more than 30 national and international conferences. At the national level, Dr. Ahmad Munawar serves as Advisor to the Mufti of the Federal Territories (2025–2028), academic panel reviewer, and Principal Consulting Fellow at the Institute of Hadith and Creed Studies (UIS). Internationally, he is an editorial board member and reviewer for several indexed journals based in Turkey, Indonesia, Pakistan, and Thailand. With over 129 citations in Scopus (H-Index 7) and 1,000 citations in Google Scholar (H-Index 17), he is recognised as a prolific and high-impact scholar, dedicated to advancing Islamic theological discourse, countering extremist ideologies, and elevating Islamic education on both national and global platforms.
ahmad munawar ismail, amirul anwar mohamad rasid. (2025). deradikalisasi pemikiran melalui pendidikan islam: membendung al-jahl dan fahaman ekstremis. - attarbawiy: malaysian online journal of education. 43 - 64.
salasiah hanin hamjah, wan kamal mujani, kartini aboo thalib, fatimah wati halim, ahmad munawar ismail, rosmawati mohamad rasit, jaffary awang, haziyah hussin, nor zalina harun, izzah nur aida zur raffar, habibah ahmad, mohamad zulkifli abdul ghani, siti aishah yahya, nor azlina ibrahim, husna salehudin . (2025). pembinaan indeks masyarakat madani putrajaya. - . .
sharifah hamzah, sarip adul, ahmad munawar ismail. (2025). a balanced nutrition according to the al-quran and al-sunnah: an islamic approach for enhancing the urban poor asnaf communitys quality of life. - international journal of research and innovation in social science (ijriss). 2853 - 2860.
ahmad munawar ismail, paramjit singh jamir singh, wan kamal mujani. (2025). a systematic review: unveiling the complexity of definitions in extremism and religious extremism. - humanities and social sciences communications . 1 - 12.
yang marya abd khahar, jaffary awang, zaizul ab rahman, ahmad munawar ismail, siti nadiah babge, saidah haris, rafizah mohamed salleh. (2025). principles and practices of religious tolerance according to islam in the malaysian context a systematic literature review. - umran-journal of islamic and civilizational studies. 69 - 88.
ahmad munawar ismail, paramjit singh jamir singh, wan kamal mujani. (2025). a systematic review: unveiling the complexity of definitions in extremism and religious extremism. - humanities and social sciences communications . 1 - 12.
kartini aboo talib @ khalid, muhammad helmy abd. gapar, ahmad munawar ismail. (2019). ekstremisme: maksud dan konteks keganasan. - jebat: malaysian journal of history, politics and strategic studies. 150-177.
ahmad munawar ismail, zakaria stapa. (2019). liberalisme dan pemikiran pemimpin muslim di malaysia. - islamiyyat. 39-49.
ahmad munawar ismail, wan kamal mujani, ahmad aiman zuhaily a.m. (2018). methods of dakwah and social networks in dealing with liberalism and extremism. - islamiyyat : the international journal of islamic studies. .
mohd nor shahizan ali dan ahmad munawar ismail. (2017). konstruk pelaporan pemikiran isu liberalisasi agama dalam portal berita harian dan the star. - jurnal komunikasi. 229-241.
hafizhah zulkifli, ahmad munawar ismail, nurul asiah fasehah muhamad, nur hanani hussin, hifdzi zaim zamri. (2025). challenges in teaching islamic education and requirements of the development of islamic cognitive domains. - international journal of evaluation and research in education (ijere). 3534 - 3545.
ahmad munawar ismail, paramjit singh jamir singh, wan kamal mujani. (2025). a systematic review: unveiling the complexity of definitions in extremism and religious extremism. - humanities and social sciences communications . 1 - 12.
muhammad adib samsudin, mohammad zaini yahaya, ahmad munawar ismail, irwan subri, che maryam ahmad, zainab ismail, rosmawati mohamad rasit, illiyin samsudin. (2024). the level of understanding of several syariah related issues among flood victims in flood evacuation centres in malaysia. - international journal of academic research in business and social sciences. 825-836.
muhammad adib samsudin,mohammad zaini yahaya,ahmad munawar ismail,irwan subri, che maryam ahmad, zainab ismail, illiyin samsudin. (2024). applying the ibadat concept during a natural disaster. - international journal of academic research in business and social sciences. 1228-1238.
ahmad munawar ismail, mohd farhan firas. (2024). environmental degradation and radical solution from islamic perspective. - international journal of islamic thought (ijit). 1 - 12.
muhammad adib samsudin, mohd izhar ariff mohd kashim, mohammad zaini yahaya, ahmad munawar ismail, rozida mohd khalid, hayatullah laluldin, irwan mohd sobri, syed azhar b syed sulaiman. (2015). the concept of establishing a syariah supervisory committee in malaysian hospitals. - international conference on new horizons in education. 1202-1206.
muhamad faisal ashaari, zainab ismail, anuar puteh, mohd adib samsudin, munawar ismail, razaleigh kawangit, hakim zainal, badlihisham mohd nasir & mohd ismath ramzi. (2012). an assessment of teaching and learning methodology in islamic studies. - procedia social and behavioral sciences - ukm teaching and learning congress 2011. .
ahmad munawar ismail & aina natasya abdullah . (2024). konsep dan dasar negara madani: pengetahuan, kefahaman dan persepsi penuntut institusi pengajian tinggi . - . 329 - 340.
azlin alisa ahmad, mat noor mat zain, salmy edawati yaacob, nik abdul rahim nik abdul ghani, umi zakiah norazman, mohd izhar ariff mohd kashim, ahmad munawar ismail. (2023). keperluan garis panduan pengurusan kewangan badan bukan kerajaan (ngo) islam. - . 155-160.
mat noor mat zain, nurul asmaa ramli, aisyah abdul rahman, md. yazid ahmad, zamzuri zakaria, nasruddin yunos, mohd izhar ariff mohd kashim, ahmad munawar ismail. (2023). keperluan garis panduan pengurusan sumber manusia ngo islam. - . 170-183.
ahmad munawar ismail. (2022). islam, aktivisme dan gerakan pelampau. - . 28-44.
kartini aboo talib @ khalid, ahmad munawar ismail. (2020). penutup. - . 183-191.
ahmad munawar ismail, amirul anwar mohamad rasid. (2025). deradikalisasi pemikiran melalui pendidikan islam: membendung al-jahl dan fahaman ekstremis. - attarbawiy: malaysian online journal of education. 43 - 64.
salasiah hanin hamjah, wan kamal mujani, kartini aboo thalib, fatimah wati halim, ahmad munawar ismail, rosmawati mohamad rasit, jaffary awang, haziyah hussin, nor zalina harun, izzah nur aida zur raffar, habibah ahmad, mohamad zulkifli abdul ghani, siti aishah yahya, nor azlina ibrahim, husna salehudin . (2025). pembinaan indeks masyarakat madani putrajaya. - . .
ahmad munawar ismail. (2024). pelan strategik fakulti pengajian islam 2025-2030. - . .
wan hilmi wan abdullah, mohamad zulkifli abdul ghani, al muslim mustapa, hamdi ishak, latifah abdul majid, ahmad munawar ismail. (2024). tahap skala kebolehlancaran bacaan al-quran dalam kalangan orang awam menggunakan kaedah speech paper: kajian kes di bangi, selangor (al-quran recitation scale level among the public using speech paper method: case study in bangi, selangor). - proceeding of international seminaron islamic turath and its challengesin malay world 2024 (isitc 2024):al-azhar a model and reference. 161 - 172.
mohd izhar ariff bin mohd kashim, binti abd. mutalib datin nurina bt anuar, muhammad nazir bin alias, mohammad zaini bin yahaya , ahmad munawar ismail, fariza md shamdr nur, asmadayana hasim, safiyya.. (2024). polisi fatwa negeri sarawak kajian penentuan hukum memakan daging kultur cultured meat menurut perspektif islam dan sains. - . 97.
salasiah hanin hamjah, wan kamal mujani, kartini aboo thalib, fatimah wati halim, ahmad munawar ismail, rosmawati mohamad rasit, jaffary awang, haziyah hussin, nor zalina harun, izzah nur aida zur raffar, habibah ahmad, mohamad zulkifli abdul ghani, siti aishah yahya, nor azlina ibrahim, husna salehudin . (2025). pembinaan indeks masyarakat madani putrajaya. - . .
mohd izhar ariff bin mohd kashim, binti abd. mutalib datin nurina bt anuar, muhammad nazir bin alias, mohammad zaini bin yahaya , ahmad munawar ismail, fariza md shamdr nur, asmadayana hasim, safiyya.. (2024). polisi fatwa negeri sarawak kajian penentuan hukum memakan daging kultur cultured meat menurut perspektif islam dan sains. - . 97.
ahmad munawar ismail. (2024). penanda aras semasa pengaruhi prestasi, kejayaan organisasi. - berita harian (ruangan komentar). 11.
wan hilmi wan abdullah mohamad zulkifli abdul ghani al muslim mustapa hamdi ishak latifah abdul majid ahmad munawar ismail. (2024). tahap skala kebolehlancaran bacaan al-quran dalam kalangan orang awam menggunakan kaedah speech paper: kajian kes di bangi, selangor. - proceeding of international seminar on islamic turath and its challenges in malay world 2024 (isitc2024): al azhar a model and reference. 87-89.
wan hilmi wan abdullah, mohamad zulkifli abdul ghani, al muslim mustapa, hamdi ishak, latifah abdul majid, ahmad munawar ismail. (2024). tahap skala kebolehlancaran bacaan al-quran dalam kalangan orang awam menggunakan kaedah speech paper: kajian kes di bangi, selangor (al-quran recitation scale level among the public using speech paper method: case study in bangi, selangor). - proceeding of international seminaron islamic turath and its challengesin malay world 2024 (isitc 2024):al-azhar a model and reference. 161 - 172.
| Geran / Grant | Kolaborator / Collaborator | Status |
|---|---|---|
| PARAMETER HUKUM SAH BATAL PEMISAHAN KEDUDUKAN IMAM DAN MAKMUM | jabatan mufti negeri perak darul ridzuan | 51% (2024-11-01 sehingga 2026-10-31) |
RELIGION :ARTS AND APPLIED ARTS
RELIGOUS EXTREMISM
Pengalaman / Experience : 7 tahun/years(s)
RELIGION :ARTS AND APPLIED ARTS
ISLAMIC EDUCATION
Pengalaman / Experience : 15 tahun/years(s)
RELIGION :ARTS AND APPLIED ARTS
ISLAMIC THEOLOGY
Pengalaman / Experience : 27 tahun/years(s)