Griffith’s Islamic studies expert on the origins of faith, time travel and being a Guns N’ Roses fan
Meet Associate Professor Halim Rane, an internationally recognised scholar in Islamic studies who leads the Islam in Society field of study at Griffith University. Based in the University’s School of Humanities, Languages and Social Science, Associate Professor Halim Rane is a member of the Griffith Centre for Social and Cultural Research. He teaches several courses in the Islam-West Relations major and his main areas of research include contemporary Islamic thought, Islam and Muslims in the West, and counter-narratives in response to religious and ideological extremism. He is the current president of the Australian Association of Islamic and Muslim Studies (AAIMS).