Prof. Dr. Muhammad Shahbaz Manj is currently working as Professor/Chairman Department of Islamic Studies, Division of Islamic and Oriental Learning  University of Education, Lahore. He has twenty-seven years of teaching/research/administrative experience. He has published fourteen books and more than hundred research papers in different HEC recognized National and International research journals. He has been supervising M Phil & PhD Scholars since last fourteen years. More than hundred M Phils and PhDs have done their research work under his supervision.  He has organized, participated and presented papers in more than eighty national and international Conferences and Seminars. He is a founding Editor of Research Journal “Al-Qamar” that is ranked by Higher Education Commission of Pakistan in Y category. He is reviewer of research theses and HEC recognized national and international research journals. His research interests involve Quranic Sciences, western approach towards Islam and Muslims, Muslim approach towards Islam and modern western civilization, jihad and extremism, Inter and Intra-faith harmony, mysticism, roots of religious fanaticism, blasphemy laws etc. He is continuously addressing international scholars and audience on different topics related to inter-faith harmony and Global peace. His scholarly works has inspired thousands of people and saved them from the path of religious extremism. His inclusive and wide-ranging approach towards religion and its role in the modern globalized world has been widely recognized and appreciated by leading and distinguished scholars across the globe.