| Dr. Qibla Ayaz | |
| Office: | Chairman of the Council of Islamic Ideology |
| Term Start: | 6 November 2017 |
| Predecessor: | Muhammad Khan Sherani |
| Birth Date: | 6 October 1953 |
| Birth Place: | Bannu, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa |
| Education: | Masters in Islamic Studies PhD in Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies |
| Alma Mater: | University of Peshawar University of Edinburgh |
Dr. Qibla Ayaz is the current chairman of the Council of Islamic Ideology (CII).[1] [2] [3]
He was born on 6 October 1953 in Bannu, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.
After earning his Masters in Islamic Studies from the University of Peshawar in 1975, in which he will serve as vice-chancellor later, he got his PhD from the University of Edinburgh in the field of Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies in 1985, his unpublished thesis being, in 2 volumes, An unexploited source for the History of the Saljūqs: A translation of and critical commentary on the Akhbār Al-Dawlat Al-Sajūqiyya, under the supervision of Dr Carole Hillenbrand.[4]
He has published 5 books and more than 20 research articles.[5]