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Dr. Aminurraasyid Yatiban is the first and current Director of Institute of Excellence for Islamicjerusalem Studies at University Utara Malaysia. He is also a Senior Lecturer at School of International Studies, College of Law, Government and International Studies. He was previously a Senior Lecturer at University Malaysia Kelantan. He is also a member of Board of Trustees for Academy of Islamicjerusalem Studies (ISRA), United Kingdom.
Dr. Aminurraasyid get his PhD in Islamicjerusalem Studies from Al-Maktoum Institute, University of Aberdeen in 2006. He also get his M.Litt with distinction from the same institution in 2003. He was earlier graduated from Al-Azhar University, Cairo in Islamic Jurisprudence (Syariah).
In UK, Dr. Aminurraasyid was a Teaching Fellow at Al-Maktoum Institute, University of Aberdeen. As an academic, he actively involves in several seminars and conferences nationally and internationally. He also actively contributes few articles to scholarly refereed journals and had been appointed as a Member of International Editorial Advisory Board for Journal of Islamicjerusalem Studies, UK. In 2005, he had been granted research fund to investigate historical treasures and manuscripts, which are relating to the relationship between Charlemagne and Harun al-Rashid as a model for Muslim Concept of International Relations at Treasury Room, Munster, Reichenau Island, Germany and the Abbey Library (Stiftsbibliothek) of St. Gallen, Switzerland. Dr. Aminurraasyid is active in giving motivational and religious talks nationally and internationally. He appears frequently in TV channels such as TV9, Alhijrah TV, Astro Awani, Ikim.fm Radio and Radio and TV Malaysia (RTM) as panellist to discuss religious, academic, socio-political and international issues.
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