Dr Rijal is
the Head of the Doctoral Study Program in Islamic Studies, Indonesian International Islamic
University (UIII). He has been teaching Islam in social-cultural
issues related to Islam at UIN Syarif
Hidayatullah Jakarta. He pursued obtained his
first MA in Interdisciplinary Islamic Studies from UIN Syarif Hidayatullah,
while his second MA in Asian Studies was obtained from the Australian National
University (ANU). He holds his PhD degree from the Department of Political and
Social Change at the Australian National University with a special focus on
Islam in Indonesia. His academic interests
includes Islamic studies, Indonesian studies,
Muslim movements, Hadhrami Arab diaspora, piety and youth, and Islam and
popular culture. His publications have appeared in various journals including Archipel, Indonesia and the Malay World, Studia
Islamika, Al-Jami’ah: Journal of
Islamic Studies, and Journal of
Indonesian Islam.
