Dr. Khaleel Mohammed

Khaleel Mohammed is an associate professor of religion at San Diego State University where he is also a core faculty member of the university's Center for Islamic and Arabic Studies and a faculty member of SDSU's Homeland Security Graduate program.

A Canadian citizen, Dr. Mohanned has studied in Mexico, Canada, Saudi Arabia, Mauritania, Syria and Yemen, at both traditional Islamic institutions and Western universities. After earning his bachelor's degree in religion and psychology, he received a Saudi government scholarship and studied at the Kulliyat al-Shariah, Muhammad bin Saud University, in Riyadh. Upon his return to Canada, he complete an M.A. in religion (majoring in Judaism and Islam, Concordia University), and then his Ph.D. (Islamic law) at McGill University in Montreal.

He was the first Kraft-Hiatt postdoctoral fellow in Islamic Studies at Brandeis University and during his two-year fellowship there, researched the image of the Jew in the Hadith Literature. In the aftermath of 9/11, Dr. Mohammed has attended workshops, conferences, and seminars in Holland, Canada and several states if the U.S., examining and teaching about the causes of religious violence as well as examining the possibility of harmonious coexistence between followers of different religions.