Tamir Moustafa

Tamir Moustafa is Professor of International Studies at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, Canada. His research explores the intersection of law, religion, and governance, with deep empirical focus on Egypt and Malaysia. His work examines how courts operate as tools of state control and as spaces for resistance, as well as how law shapes religious and legal consciousness. He is the author of influential studies on the judicialization of religion and has conducted extensive fieldwork in Egypt and Malaysia. Professor Moustafa holds a PhD in Political Science from the University of Washington and a BA from the University of California, San Diego. He has held leadership roles in the Law and Society Association and the American Political Science Association, and co-founded the Islamic Law and Society Collaborative Research Network.