AI Ethics & Islamic thought - challenges & opportunities

Dr Ali-Reza Bhojani is a lecturer at the Al-Mahdi Institute, co-director of the Centre for Intra-Muslim Studies and a research affiliate at the University of Oxford. A graduate of the Al-Mahdi Institute, his research, teaching and writing focuses on intersections between Islamic legal theory, theology and ethics. His doctoral study, conducted at Durham University, was published as Moral Rationalism and Shari’a (Routledge, 2015) and he has held academic posts at the University of Nottingham, the University of Oxford and the Markfield Institute of Higher Education. His recent publications include the co-edited volume Visions of Sharīʿa (Brill, 2020).

Dr Bhojani is an elected council member of the British Association of Islamic Studies and also regularly contributes to a range of knowledge exchange activities within Muslim communities, inter-faith settings and beyond. This work was recognised in 2016 when he was honoured as the Religious Advocate of the Year at the British Muslim Awards. Beyond his scholarly work, Ali-Reza is a family man, father to three boys, and a practicing Optometrist.