Osman Bakar

Yang Berbahagia Emeritus Professor Datuk
Osman Bakar
Rector of the International Islamic University Malaysia
Incumbent
Assumed office
23 September 2024
Constitutional HeadTunku Azizah Aminah Maimunah Iskandariah
Preceded byDzulkifli Abdul Razak
Personal details
Born1946
Temerloh, Malaysia
Alma materUniversity of London, Temple University
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Osman Bakar (born 1946) is the 7th Rector of International Islamic University Malaysia who has served since 23 September 2024. He is an emeritus professor of philosophy at the University of Malaya,[2] the Chair Professor and Director of Sultan Omar Ali Saifuddien Centre for Islamic Studies (SOASCIS), Universiti Brunei Darussalam[3] and an Islamic philosopher.[4][5][6] He is a fellow at the Center for Civilisational Dialogue in the University of Malaya and Doshisha University in Japan and a former President of the Islamic Academy of Sciences of Malaysia.[7] He was the recipient of the honorary title "Dato" by the Sultan of Pahang in 1994 and "Datuk" by the King of Malaysia in 2000, and was Included in the list of 500 most influential Muslims in the world several times.[8][9][10]

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