Aref Ali Nayed

He studied Engineering (B.Sc.(Eng.)), Philosophy of Science (M.A.), and Hermeneutics (Ph.D.) at the University of Iowa and the University of Guelph . He also studied, as a special student, at the University of Toronto and the Pontifical Gregorian University . He is a Former Professor at the Pontifical Institute for Arabic and Islamic Studies (Rome), and the International Institute for Islamic Thought and Civilization (Malaysia). He is currently an Advisor to the Cambridge Interfaith Program at the Faculty of Divinity in Cambridge , and runs a family business as the Managing Director of Agathon Systems Ltd. (IBM, Nortel and NCR Partner for Libya). He is one of the key Islamic scholars responsible for A Common Word , a document of historical importance in the dialogue between Muslims and Christians.

Dr Aref Ali Nayed ( Arabic : عارف علي النايض) (born in 1962) is a Libyan Islamic scholar and the Libyan Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates . Nayed is the founder and director of Kalam Research & Media (KRM), based in Tripoli , Libya and Dubai . Until the outbreak of the revolution in Libya, he lectured on Islamic theology, logic, and spirituality at the restored Uthman Pasha Madrassa in Tripoli, and supervised graduate students at the Islamic Call College there. Before the liberation of Tripoli in 2011, he was appointed by the National Transitional Council as the coordinator of the Tripoli Taskforce. When Tripoli was liberated in late August 2011, the remit was broadened and he was made the lead coordinator of the Libya Stabilization Team. Earlier in the year, he was the coordinator for the Support Offices of the Executive Team of the National Transitional Council (NTC) of Libya. He is also the secretary of the Network of Free Ulema – Libya .

( Learn how and when to remove this message ) Dr. Aref Ali Nayed ( ; born 1962) is a Libyan Islamic scholar and a former Libyan Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates . Nayed is the founder and director of Kalam Research & Media (KRM), based in Tripoli , Libya and Dubai . Until the outbreak of the revolution in Libya, he lectured on Islamic theology, logic, and spirituality at the restored Uthman Pasha Madrassa in Tripoli, and supervised graduate students at the Islamic Call College there. Before the liberation of Tripoli in 2011, he was appointed by the National Transitional Council as the coordinator of the Tripoli Taskforce. When Tripoli was liberated in late August 2011, the remit was broadened and he was made the lead coordinator of the Libya Stabilization Team. Earlier in the year, he was the coordinator for the Support Offices of the Executive Team of the National Transitional Council (NTC) of Libya. He is also the secretary of the Network of Free Ulema – Libya . According to the Royal Aal al-Bayt Institute for Islamic Thought , Nayed is ranked 50th among the top 500 most influential Muslims in the world.

Libyan islamic scholar and diplomat ( Learn how and when to remove this message ) Dr. Aref Ali Nayed ( ; born 1962) is a Libyan Islamic scholar and a former Libyan Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates . Nayed is the founder and director of Kalam Research & Media (KRM), based in Tripoli, Libya and Dubai . Until the outbreak of the revolution in Libya, he lectured on Islamic theology, logic, and spirituality at the restored Uthman Pasha Madrassa in Tripoli, and supervised graduate students at the Islamic Call College there. Before the liberation of Tripoli in 2011, he was appointed by the National Transitional Council as the coordinator of the Tripoli Taskforce. When Tripoli was liberated in late August 2011, the remit was broadened and he was made the lead coordinator of the Libya Stabilization Team. Earlier in the year, he was the coordinator for the Support Offices of the Executive Team of the National Transitional Council (NTC) of Libya. He is also the secretary of the Network of Free Ulema – Libya .According to the Royal Aal al-Bayt Institute for Islamic Thought , Nayed is ranked 50th among the top 500 most influential Muslims in the world.