Abbas Panakkal

Abbas Panakkal is an Honorary Fellow at the Edward Cadbury Centre, University of Birmingham, UK. He also serves on the Advisory Board of the Religious Life and Belief Centre at the University of Surrey, UK. His published works include Hindu Amir of Muslims (Bloomsbury, 2025), Faith, Commerce and Cultural Exchange in the World of Ibn Battuta (editor, Palgrave Macmillan, 2026), Musaliar King (Bloomsbury, 2024), Southeast Asian Islam(editor, Routledge, 2024), Matrilineal, Matriarchal, and Matrifocal Islam (editor, Palgrave Macmillan, 2024), and South Asian Islam (editor, Routledge, 2023). Abbas holds directorial positions at both the Ibn Battuta International Centre of Intercultural Studies and the International Interfaith Initiative. Previously, he was affiliated with the School of History, University of St Andrews, Scotland, and served as a fellow at Griffith University, Australia. His research spans a diverse array of topics, including language, religion, law, indigenization, integration, interreligious engagement, and intercultural cooperation.