Amina Inloes

Amina Inloes
Born	Irvine, California, United States
Occupations	scholar, researcher, educator
Known for	public speaking

Amina Inloes is an American scholar, researcher, educator, public speaker, translator and a Shi'i Muslim. She has written several books on the subject of Shi'ism.

Personal life

Inloes was born in Irvine, California, United States.

Education

She has a PhD in Islamic Studies from the University of Exeter on Shi'ia hadith about pre-Islamic female figures mentioned in the Qur'an. ^[1] Her PhD thesis, submitted in 2015, is entitled "Negotiating Shīʿī Identity and Orthodoxy through Canonizing Ideologies about Women in Twelver Shīʿī Aḥādīth on Pre-Islamic Sacred History in the Qurʾān". ^[2]

Career

She works for the Research and Publications Department of the Islamic College and is programme leader for the MA Islamic Studies program. ^[3]

Publications

• The Queen of Sheba in Shi'a Hadith, in Journal of Shi'a Islamic Studies, vol. 5, no. 4 (2012) ^[4]
• Conversion to Twelver Shi‘ism among American and Canadian women, in Studies in Religion (forthcoming)by A. Inloes and L. Takim. ^[4]
• Mukhtar al-Thaqafi: Character versus Controversy, in the Journal of Shi'a Islamic Studies (Volume 2, 2009) ^[4]
• Review of The Shi'a Revival in the Journal of Shi'a Islamic Studies (Volume 4, 2008) ^[4]
• The Tragedy of Karbala A Dramatic Interpretation of the Epic of Imam Husain (A). ^[4]

Translations

• Mulla Muhsin Fayd Kashani ^[4]
• Spiritual Mysteries and Ethical Secrets: A Translation of al-Haqa'iq fi Makarim al-Akhlaq, tr. A. Inloes, N. Virjee, and M. Tajri (London: ICAS Press, 2012) ^[5]

References

1. "The Islamic College - Academic Staff".
2. "Amina Inloes | Islamic College of London". Academia.edu. Retrieved 2018-06-05.
3. "Amina Inloes – Camp UK". campuk.org. Retrieved 2018-06-05.
4. "The Queen of Sheba in Shi'a Hadith".
5. "Author Evening: Amina Inloes & Nazmina Virjee talk about Spiritual Mysteries". Islamic Human rights commission. 2013-01-16. Retrieved 2013-03-25.