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CURRICULUM VITAE
NAME
Suleman Dangor
QUALIFICATIONS : Bachelor of Arts (UDW), Higher Diploma in Arabic (Riyadh
University), Bachelor of Arts Hons (UDW), Master of Arts (UDW), D.Phil. (UDW)
SPECIALISATION
Islam in South Africa
Early Islamic History
Revivalist Movements in Islam
Islamic Civilization
Islamic Faith & Practice
Islam & Politics
Islamic Mysticism
Islam in the Modern World
PUBLICATIONS
1. Books
1.1] 1984 Shaykh Yusuf, Durban : Muslim Students Association (78 pp).
1.2 ]1994 Shaykh Yusuf of Makasar, Durban : Iqra Publishers (revised edition of 1.1)
(75 pp)
1.3] 1995 Sufi Sahib, Durban : Iqra Publishers (32 pp).
2. Books translated and edited
2.1] 1990 Zubdat al-Asrar (The Essence of Secrets), Durban : University of DurbanWestville (54 pp)
2.2] 1995 Sirr al-Asrar (Secret of Secrets), Durban : University of Durban-Westville (80
pp)
3. Books (edited)
3.1] 1991 (with Y Mohamed & A M Mohammed) Perspectives on Islamic Education,
Lenasia : Muslim World League (102 pp)
3.2] 2009 (with M Haron) Proceedings of the International Symposium on Islamic
Civilisation in Southern Africa. Istanbul: Research Centre for Islamic History, Art &
Culture (Organisation of the Islamic Conference) (476 pp).
4. Chapters in Books
4.1] 1989 "Religious Profile" with T Naidoo & G Pillay in A J Arkin (ed.) The Indian
South Africans, Durban : Owen & Burgess. 143-170.
4.2] 1994 "In the Footsteps of the Companions : Shaykh Yusuf of Macassar" in Y da
Costa & A Davids (eds.) Pages from Cape Muslim History, Pietermaritzburg : Shuter &
Shooter. 19-46
4.3] 2004 Negotiating Identities : The Case of Indian Muslims in South Africa in South
Asians in the Diaspora, ed. K. A. Jacobsen & P. P. Kumar, Leiden : Brill. 243-268
4.4] 2007 Interrogating the Global War on Terrorism : Defining the Boundaries in Islam
in Contemporary Africa : On Violence, Terrorism & Development, ed O Afis A,
Cambridge: Cambridge Scholars Press, 61-80
4.5] 2007 “Islam” in Religion Studies Grade 12 Learner’s Book, ed. H C Steyn, J S
Kruger, M Clasquin, Cape Town; Nasou via Afrika. 160-170
4.6] 2009 Islamization and Muslim Institutions/Organisations in South Africa” in Brown,
D (ed) Religion & Spirituality in a Post-Colonial Context. Scottsville: University of
KwaZulu- Natal Press, 107-123.
5. Peer-reviewed/SAPSE journal articles
5.1] 1987 “Islam's Attitude to Race”. Journal for the Study of Religion
(Pietermaritzburg: Association for the Study of Religion) 8 (1): 37-41
5.2] 1990 “The Attitudes of Muslims to Multi-Religious and Multi-Racial Interaction”,
Journal for the Study of Religion, (Pietermaritzburg : Association for the Study of
Religion). 3 (2) : 65-74
5.3] 1993 "The Attitude of Muslim Scholars towards New Approaches in Religious
Studies". The American Journal of Islamic Social Sciences 10 (2) : 280-286
5.4] 1993 "The Muslim Minority of South Africa : Problems & Concerns". Journal :
Institute of Muslim Minority Affairs 13 (2): 375-381
5.5] 1993 "The Myth of the 1860 Settlers". Africa Quarterly 32 (1-4): 73-80
5.6] 1997 "The Expression of Islam in South Africa". Journal of Muslim Minority Affairs
17 (1): 141-151
5.7] 1997 "Religion Education in South African State Schools with special reference to
Kwazulu-Natal". Muslim Education Quarterly 14 (3): 19-25
5.8] 2001 "Historical Perspective, Current Literature and an Opinion Survey among
Muslim Women in Contemporary South Africa : A Case Study". Journal of Muslim
Minority Affairs 21 : 1, 109-129
5.9] 2003 “The Establishment and Consolidation of Islam in South Africa from the Dutch
colonization of the Cape to the present”. Historia 48 (1) : 203-220
5.10] 2003 “Historical Partisanship : The Case of Abu Sufyan ibn Harb”. Annual Journal
of International Islamic University, Islamabad 13-28.
5.11] 2004 “Mediating Globalization : the role of religious leaders and communities”.
Interreligious Insight 2 (3), 63-69
5.12] 2004 “The Many Voices of Islam”. Religion & Theology vol 11 – 3 & 4, 331-342
5.13] 2005 "Islamization of Disciplines: towards an indigenous educational system”.
Educational Philosophy and Theory, 37 (5): 519-531.
5.14] 2005 “Jihad between War and Peace”. Alternation, Special edition, no 2, 252-266
5.15] 2008 “Arabic-Afrikaans Literature at the Cape”. Tydskrif vir Letterkunde T 45 (1):
123-132 (Special Issue: Africa and its Arabo-Islamic Heritage: Exploring Arabic &
Islamic Literature).
6. Non-refereed articles
(a) Articles in al-`Ilm (Journal of the Centre for Research In Islamic Studies, University
of Durban-Westville)
6.1] 1981 “Iqbal's Concept of a Mu'min” 1 : 99-104.
6.2] 1982 “Shaykh Yusuf of Java in Cape Town” 2: 95-100
6.3] 1983 “Ibn Taymiyyah” 3: 84-93
6.4] 1984 “The Beginning of Islam at the Cape” 4: 120-123
6.5] 1985 “Muslim Slaves in the Cape Colony” 5: 103-111
6.6] 1986 “Zulu in the Arabic script” 6: 102-105
6.7] 1988 “Arabic-Afrikaans Literature” (transl of Hans Kahler's German art.) 8: 95-106
6.8] 1989 “Abu Sufyan : A Study of the Sources” 9: 54-60
6.9] 1990 “Hadha `Ilm Hal Lissibyan” (Transliteration & Translation of pages of an
Arabic-Afrikaans manuscript) 10: 61-65
6.10] 1991 “The Muslim Community of South Africa: Origins & Present Status” 11: 6574
6.11] 1992 “The Ba`ath Party” (the ruling party of Iraq & Syria) 12: 28-37
6.12] 1993 “Arabic & Persian Manuscripts in the Documentation Centre, University of
Durban-Westville” 13: 77-82
6.13] 1994 “The Muslim Minority of South Africa : Problems & Concerns” 14: 117-126
6.14] 1995 “Towards Understanding Islam : Organ of the Young Men's Muslim
Association” 15: 71-82
6.15] 1996 “Sufi Sahib” 16: 56-67
6.16] 1997 “The Thoughts of Colonel Mu`ammar al-Qadhdhafi” 17: 125-146
6.17] 1998 “The Expression of Islam in South Africa” 18 & 19: 2-19.
(b) Articles in Other Publications
6.18] 1981 "The Myth of the 1820 Settlers", Iqra Research Journal 3 (1) : 5-6
6.19] 1987 "The Family Relationship in Islam", Aspects of Family Life in the South
African Indian Community. 20: 123-127.
6.20] 1991 "An Islamic Approach to Social Sciences". Y Mohamed, S Dangor, A M
Mohammed (eds.) Perspectives on Islamic Education, Lenasia : Muslim World League
50-53.
6.21] 1992 "Religious Education in State Schools - a Muslim Perspective",The Future of
Religious & Moral education in South African State Schools, Pietermaritzburg : Natal
Teachers' Society.
6.22] 1996 "Islamization of the Social Sciences", Journal of the Islamic Medical
Association of South Africa 2 (2) : 48-51
6.23] 1996 "Muslim Society & Islamic Architecture" in KZN Journal 22 : 2-3
6.24] 1997 "The Secularization of Education in Muslim Society". Muslim Educators'
Journal 1 (1): 12-26
6.25] 1999 “African & Asian Muslims in the Diaspora in South Africa”. Fodor A (ed)
Proceedings of the Arabic & Islamic Sections of the 35th International Congress of Asian
& North African Studies, Budapest, 1-7 July. 89-98.
6.25] 2006 “Muslim Slaves at the Cape- From Dishonour to Dignity” in On Slavery and
Political Exile, ed. T Faizasyah et al, Cape Town : Indonesian Consulate-General. 42-60
7. Biographical entries
7.1] 1999 "Joosub, Mohamed Hajee" in New Dictionary of South African Biography
7.2] 1999 "Lakhi, Cassim Mahomed" in New Dictionary of South African Biography
7.3] 1999 "Rajab, Habib Mohamed" in New Dictionary of South African Biography
8. Encyclopaedia entries
8.1] 1989 "The Indians of South Africa" (with K Muthukrishna) Knowledge
8.2] 2003 “Mu`awiyyah ibn Abi Sufyan” in Encyclopaedia of Islam and the Muslim
World, ed. R. Martin.
8.3-8.6] 2003 (i) Asad Muhammad, (ii) Ayoub, Mahmoud (iii) Burckhardt, T (iv) Shah,
Idries in The Oxford Dictionary of Islam, ed. J. Esposito
8.7] 2004 “Political and Social Movements. Ethnic and Minority: Sub-Saharan Africa:
South Africa” in Encyclopedia of Women and Islamic Cultures, Leiden : Brill, vol 2 : 9597.
9. Journal Volumes co-edited
al-`Ilm (Journal of the Centre for Research In Islamic Studies, University of DurbanWestville)
1981 al-`Ilm 1 (117 pp)
1984 al-`Ilm 4 (125 pp)
1987 al-`Ilm 7 (154 pp)
1990 al-`Ilm 10 (124 pp)
1993 al-`Ilm 13 (156 pp)
1996 al-`Ilm 16 (132 pp)
1982 al-`Ilm 2 (118 pp)
1985 al-`Ilm 5 ( ???pp)
1988 al-`Ilm 8 (116 pp)
1991 al-`Ilm 11 (135 pp)
1994 al-`Ilm 14 (143pp)
1997 al-`Ilm 17 (152 pp)
1983 al-`Ilm 3 (122 pp)
1986 al-`Ilm 6 (147 pp)
1989 al-`Ilm 9 (110 pp)
1992 al-`Ilm 12 (151 pp)
1995 al-`Ilm 15 (134 pp)
1998 al-`Ilm 18 & 19 (115 pp)
10. Book Reviews
10.1] 1983 Review of Craig's The Kalam Cosmological Argument. Religion in Southern
Africa 4 (2): 61-63.
10.2] 1984 Review of Oosthuizen's The Muslim Zanzibaris of South Africa, al-`Ilm, 4 :
120-123
10.3] 1985 Review of Shafaat's A Fulfilment of Biblical Prophecies, al-`Ilm, 5 :
10.4] 2000 Review of al-Mesawi's A Muslim Theory of Human Society , The American
Journal of Islamic Social Sciences ??
10.5] 2009 Review of Bassam al-Tibi’s “Islam’s Predicament with Modernity in Theoria
121: 118-125.
11. On-Line Articles
11.1] 2003 “Shura, Democracy and the Muslim World” in The American Muslim,
www.theamericanmuslim.org/
11.2] 2003 “Jihad between War and Peace”, Institute for Justice and Reconciliation,
www.ijr.grove.uct
12. Newspaper Articles
1994 - 2010 Muslim Views (monthly) – 190 articles
2003 - 2010 Ummah (monthly) – over 80 articles
2003 – 2006 Africa Perspectives (bimonthly) – approximately 20 articles
CURRENT PROJECTS
RESEARCH PROJECT 1 : “The Indigenisation of Islam in South Africa: The Case of the
Murabitun” – interviews to be conducted with the head of the Murabitun in South Africa,
leaders and followers of the movement in Johannesburg, Durban and Cape Town and
with leaders of indigenous Muslims who are not adherents of the movement.
RESEARCH PROJECT 2: “A Survey of Political Islam in South Africa” – interviews
conducted with a number of high profile Muslim politicians and activists. Process to
continue during 2010 and should result in a publication in 2011.
RESEARCH PROJECT 3: “The Afrikaans of the Cape Muslims” with Professor Hein
Willemse of the University of Pretoria. Editing of Achmat David’s thesis on ArabicAfrikaans complete and is currently with the publisher.