The
Author:Tahir Mahmood received his legal education at Lucknow ,Aligharh Muslim
University and later at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies at London..He is well
known for his specialised academic and research work in law and Religion ,Islamic Law and
the Legal System of Muslim Countries andvarious personal laws of India.He has been
teaching the Dean of the Faculty of Law at Delhi University .In 1980 he set up a
Department of Law which has now been raised to the Centre for Advanced Socio- Lega
Studies.He is also one of the founders of the Faculty of Law established in 1989 at Jamia
Millia Islamia .Now he is a senior Professor of Laws at the University of Delhi.On
deputation to the Government of India where he held the prestigious position of Chairman
of the National Commission for Minorities.
Professor
Mehmood has widely travelled in all parts of the Globe and has been closely associated
with the top academic bodies of the world including the International Society of Family
Law set up in 1975 in Germany and the Organisation of Islamic Conference Islamic
Fiqh Academy Jeddah .He has also been opted on the Editorial Advisory Board of the
Jeddah based Journal of Muslim Minority Affairs .Author of many well known books ,Mahmood
is also Founder Editor of of two well established periodicals-the Islamic and Comparative
Law Review and the Religion and Law Review.published from the IOS .A specialist in
religion based and religion related laws,Mahmood has been writing on these subjects since
1972.
Back
Tahir
Mahmood