Dr. Tariq Islam was schooled at Oxford Grammar School, Glanville Road, Oxford, UK and graduated with an honours in Philosophy from the London Metropolitan University (then the Polytechnic of North London), Kentish Town, London, UK. He was awarded MPhil and PhD from the Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, with dissertation titled 'Thinking as Activity' and thesis 'Gilbert Ryle's Analysis of Thinking', respectively. He was appointed an Assistant Professor at Aligarh Muslim University initially on ad hoc basis in 1981 and then from 1987 and was promoted as Associate Professor in 1998. He has recently been concentrating on Political Philosophy. He is presently engaged in a project funded by the Indian Council for Philosophical Research titled 'Political Islam: Its Philosophy and Ramifications'. He has several publications to his credit and has attended and presented papers at several National and International seminars.