Dr Steven Masood

DipHE, MTh, PhD(Brunel)

Adj. Professor of Comparative Religion

Columbia International University
Columbia, SC 29230

Education and Qualifications

• London School of Theology in association with Brunel University, London, May 2001 to July 2004
  PhD. Thesis title: "A Prophet Like Jesus and Muhammad: A critical study of the principal doctrines and claims of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad Qadyyani".
• London Bible College in association with Brunel University, London, May 1998 to May 2001
  Master of Theology. Thesis title : "Naskh: Al-Nasikh wa al-Mansukh - A study of the Islamic theory of abrogation, its formulation, development and use today".
• Manchester Metropolitan University, 1996 to 1999
  Dip. HE (with Distinction) in Islamic Studies covering the survey of history and theology of Islam, compilation and literary characteristics of the Qur'an; compilation and criticism of Hadith; Islamic Jurisprudence, the four schools of thought; Islamic law and its affects on societies today.
• Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, Karachi, 1974
  'A' level equivalents: English, Urdu, Arabic, Islamic Studies, and Social Studies.
• Ta'lim al-Islam High School, Rabwah, 1967
  'O' level equivalents: Urdu (as first language), Maths, Chemistry, Physics, Biology, Social Studies, English and Arabic.