Professor Dr. Muhammad Akram is the Director General of the Islamic Research Institute and Professor of Study of Religions at International Islamic University, Islamabad, Pakistan. He is also Working as Director General, Shariah Academy, International Islamic University, Islamabad.

MA Islamic Studies (Punjab University)
MA; M Phil Usuluddin (International Islamic University Islamabad)
Sahādat al-Ālimiyyah (Traditional Islamic Learning)
PhD, History of Religions (Erfurt University)
Chevening Fellow Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies

Areas of Interest:
Contemporary Islamic Thought, Theory and Method in the Study of Religion, Interfaith Relations, Modern Religious Movements in South Asia, Usūl al-Fiqh