Dr. Emad Hamdeh

Dr. Emad Hamdeh is an Associate Professor of Arabic and Islamic Studies at Embry Riddle University. He has published several articles on contemporary Muslim reform movements and Islamic law. He is also the author of The Necessity of Hadith in Islam (International Islamic Publishing House, 2011) and Salafism and Traditionalism: Scholarly Authority in Modern Islam (Cambridge University Press, 2020). He holds a Ph.D. and MPhil in Theology from the University of Exeter (United Kingdom) and an M.A. in Islamic Studies and Christian-Muslim Relations from Hartford Seminary (United States).