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Dr. Hussam S. Timani is professor of philosophy and religion and co-director of the Middle East and North Africa Studies Program at Christopher Newport University. He is also the series editor of Lexington Studies in Classical and Modern Islamic Thought and guest editor of special issue "Islamic Religious Thought" in Religions. Dr. Timani teaches courses on Islam, interfaith studies, and comparative theology and his research is mainly in the areas of Islamic thought and interfaith studies. Dr. Timani earned his BA in Political Science from the University of California, Irvine, and his PhD in Islamic studies from the University of California, Los Angeles. He is the author of two monographs: Modern Intellectual Readings of the Kharijites (2008) and Takfir in Islamic Thought (2017) and the co-editor of two contributed volumes: Strangers in this World: Multireligious Reflections on Immigration (2015) and Post-Christian Interreligious Liberation Theology (2019). Currently, he is working on a monograph entitled Believers and Non-Believers in the House of Islam: al-Wala’ wa al-Bara’ in Islamic Thought (Lexington Books, forthcoming). He has also authored more than twenty five book chapters and journal/encyclopedic articles on classical and modern Islamic religious thought, comparative theology, and interfaith studies. Dr. Timani is a frequent speaker on Islam and interfaith dialogue and leads community seminars on scriptural reasoning. He is the recipient of the 2017 National Association for the Advancement of the Colored People (NAACP) Award for leadership and service as interfaith guidepost in the Commonwealth of Virginia and the 2009 Rumi Forum Education Award for service, leadership, and dedication to the cause of dialogue, peace, tolerance, community service, and understanding.