Dr. Mohammed Ghaly

Areas of Expertise

Islamic ethics, bioethics, disability studies

Biography

Dr. Mohammed Ghaly is Professor of Islam and Biomedical Ethics at the Research Center for Islamic Legislation & Ethics (CILE) at CIS. He has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Islamic Studies from Al-Azhar University (Egypt) and Master of Arts and PhD degrees in the same specialization from Leiden University, the Netherlands.

Dr. Ghaly’s main specialization is in the intersection of Islamic ethics and biomedical sciences, and he is presently the editor-in-chief of the Journal of Islamic Ethics (published by Brill). Ghaly has lectured on Islamic (bio)ethics at many universities worldwide including Imperial College London, Oxford University, University of Oslo, University of Chicago, and Georgetown University.

Besides his book, Islam and Disability: Perspectives in Theology and Jurisprudence (Routledge, 2010), and the edited volumes, Islamic Perspectives on the Principles of Biomedical Ethics (Imperial College & World Scientific, 2016) and Islamic Ethics and the Genome Question (Brill, 2019), Ghaly is the single author of more than 30 peer-reviewed publications and serves on the editorial board of a number of academic journals. He is also the Lead Principal Investigator (LPI) and research consultant of a number of funded research projects.

Selected Publications and Work

Ghaly, M. (Ed.) (2025). The Question of Divine Perfection in the Islamic Moral Tradition. Cambridge University Press. Ghaly, M. & Al-Khatib, M. (Eds.) (2023). COVID-19 and Pandemic Ethics in the Islamic Tradition. Journal of Islamic Ethics, 7(1-2). Ghaly, M. (Ed.) (2016). Islamic Perspectives on the Principles of Biomedical Ethics . World Scientific Publishing (UK) Ltd. Arabic translation published in 2020 by HBKU Press. Ghaly, M. (2009). Islam and Disability: Perspectives in Theology and Jurisprudence. Routledge. Arabic translation published in 2020 by HBKU Press. Ghaly, M. (2024). What Makes Work “Good” in the Age of Artificial Intelligence (AI)? Islamic Perspectives on AI-Mediated Work Ethics. The Journal of Ethics, 28(3), 429–453.

Selected BIS Teaching

• IRL-553 Applied Ethics

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