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 DS14 di Pusat Kajian Usuluddin dan Falsafah, Fakulti Pengajian Islam, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM). Beliau memperoleh ijazah Doktor Falsafah (Pendidikan Islam) dari UKM pada tahun 2009, setelah menamatkan Sarjana Pengajian Islam (Usuluddin) pada tahun 2001, serta Sarjana Muda Pengajian Islam (Usuluddin dan Falsafah) pada tahun 2003. Pendidikan asas beliau bermula dengan Diploma Pengajian Islam (Usuluddin) dari Kolej Ugama Sultan Zainal Abidin (KUSZA) pada tahun 1994. Dalam aspek pentadbiran, beliau berkhidmat sebagai Timbalan Dekan Penyelidikan dan Inovasi FPI UKM (2019–2025), Ketua Editor Jurnal Islāmiyyāt Penerbit UKM (2017–2020), dan Fellow Kanan Bersekutu Institut Islam Hadhari UKM (2017–2020). Bidang kepakaran beliau adalah Akidah dan Pemikiran Islam, dengan penekanan terhadap ekstremisme agama, radikalisasi, dan keselamatan pemikiran. Sepanjang kerjaya, beliau telah mengetuai lebih 30 projek penyelidikan berjumlah hampir RM3.8 juta, menghasilkan lebih 75 artikel jurnal terindeks, 9 buah buku, serta membentangkan kajian dalam lebih 30 persidangan kebangsaan dan antarabangsa. Di peringkat kebangsaan, beliau dilantik sebagai Penasihat Mufti Wilayah Persekutuan (2025–2028), ahli panel penilai akademik, dan Felo Perunding Utama Institut Kajian Hadis dan Akidah (UIS). Di peringkat antarabangsa, beliau berperanan sebagai penilai serta ahli editorial jurnal berindeks di Turki, Indonesia, Pakistan, dan Thailand. Dengan lebih 129 petikan dalam Scopus (H-Indeks 7) dan 1000 petikan dalam Google Scholar (H-Indeks 17), beliau dikenali sebagai sarjana prolifik yang konsisten memperkukuh wacana akidah Islam, menentang fahaman ekstremisme, serta memartabatkan pendidikan Islam di peringkat nasional dan global.
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ahmad Munawar Ismail is a Senior Lecturer (DS14) at the Centre for Usuluddin and Philosophy, Faculty of Islamic Studies, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM). He obtained his PhD in Islamic Education from UKM in 2009, following a Master of Islamic Studies (Usuluddin) in 2001 and a Bachelor of Islamic Studies (Usuluddin and Philosophy) in 2003. His academic foundation began with a Diploma in Islamic Studies (Usuluddin) from Kolej Ugama Sultan Zainal Abidin (KUSZA) in 1994. In academic administration, he has served as Deputy Dean of Research and Innovation, Faculty of Islamic Studies, UKM (2019–2025), Chief Editor of Islāmiyyāt Journal, UKM Press (2017–2020), and Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Islam Hadhari, UKM (2017–2020). His expertise is in Islamic Theology and Thought, with a particular focus on religious extremism, radicalization, and intellectual security. He has led more than 30 funded research projects worth nearly RM3.8 million, published over 75 indexed journal articles, 9 books, and presented his research at more than 30 national and international conferences. At the national level, he has been appointed as Advisor to the Federal Territories Mufti (2025–2028), academic assessor at several public universities, and Principal Consulting Fellow at the Institute of Hadith and Aqidah Studies (UIS). Internationally, he serves as reviewer and editorial board member for indexed journals in Turkey, Indonesia, Pakistan, and Thailand. With over 129 citations in Scopus (H-Index 7) and more than 1,000 citations in Google Scholar (H-Index 17), he is recognized as a prolific scholar dedicated to strengthening Islamic theology, countering extremism, and advancing Islamic education at both national and global levels.
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.
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.
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, mohd izhar ariff mohd kashim, ahmad sani araby abdul alim araby. (2025). key features of effective database management system guidelines for assisting asnaf - individuals in need (gain). - islamiyyat. 66 - 78.
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.
ahmad munawar ismail, zakaria stapa. (2019). liberalisme dan pemikiran pemimpin muslim di malaysia. - islamiyyat. 39-49.
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, 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.
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.
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, mohd farhan firas. (2024). environmental degradation and radical solution from islamic perspective. - international journal of islamic thought (ijit). 1 - 12.
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.
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, 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.
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: kajian kes di bangi, selangor. - 4th international conference on contemporary issues in al-quran and hadith. 135 - 140.
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.
ahmad munawar ismail & aina natasya abdullah . (2024). konsep dan dasar negara madani: pengetahuan, kefahaman dan persepsi penuntut institusi pengajian tinggi . - . 329 - 340.
abdul muhaimin mahmood, mohd izhar ariff mohd kashim, ahmad munawar ismail. (2024). fiqh al-ta'ayush dalam masyarakat madani. - . 304.
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.
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.
kartini binti aboo talib khalid;fatimah wati bt. halim;salasiah binti hanin hamjah;ahmad munawar bin ismail;mohd irwan syazli bin saidin;teo lee ken. (2023). women and terrorism: measuring the rehabilitation program in malaysia. - . .
| Geran / Grant | Kolaborator / Collaborator | Status |
|---|---|---|
| PARAMETER HUKUM SAH BATAL PEMISAHAN KEDUDUKAN IMAM DAN MAKMUM | jabatan mufti negeri perak darul ridzuan | 47.6% (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)