2024. Osman Bakar, “Defining the Core Identity of a 21st-Century Islamic University,” The Muslim 500: The World’s 500 Most Influential Muslims 2025 (Amman: The Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre). ISBN: 978-9957-635-69-5. https://themuslim500.com/2025-edition/guest-contributions-2025/defining-the-core-identity-of-a-21st-century-islamic-university.
2024. Osman Bakar, “The Qur’an’s Opening Chapter: Its Epistemological Significance for Scientific Exegesis,” Al-Shajarah: Journal of ISTAC, vol.29, no. 2, pp. 247-298. https://journals.iium.edu.my/shajarah/index.php/shaj/article/view/1968.
2024. Osman Bakar and Ayana J. Moon, “Anwar Ibrahim’s The Asian Renaissance Revisited,” Al-Shajarah: Journal of ISTAC, vol.29, no. 2. https://doi.org/10.31436/shajarah.v29i2.1972.
2024. Osman Bakar, “Book Review of Ziauddin Sardar, ed. Emerging Epistemologies: The Changing Fabric of Knowledge in Postnormal Times,” Al-Shajarah: Journal of ISTAC, vol. 29, no. 1, pp. 225-229. https://doi.org/10.31436/shajarah.v29i1.1840.
2024. Osman Bakar, “Silk Road, Islam, and Confucianism: Keynote Address,” Al-Shajarah: Journal of ISTAC, vol. 29, no. 1, pp. 239-244. https://doi.org/10.31436/shajarah.v29i1.1847.
2023. Muhammad Kalim Ullah Khan and Osman Bakar. “Afghan and Pakistani Taliban: A Comparative Study of Their Political Ideology and Religious Affiliations.” Al-Shajarah: Journal of ISTAC, vol. 28, no. 2, pp. 259-280.
2023. Md Yousuf Ali and Osman Bakar. “Abul Kalam Azad’s Idea of Religious Pluralism for an Inclusive Indian Nationalism: A Civilizational Revisit.” Al-Shajarah: Journal of ISTAC, vol. 28, no. 2, pp. 343-365.
2023. Osman Bakar, “Islamic Philosophy, Prophetic Intelligence, and the AI Agenda,” The Muslim 500: The World’s 500 Most Influential Muslims 2024 (Amman: The Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre), pp. 197-201. ISBN 978-9957-635-69-5. Available at: https://themuslim500.com/2024-edition/guest-contributions-2024/islamic-philosophy-prophetic-intelligence-and-the-ai-agenda
2023. Osman Bakar, Sultonov Uktambek, and Ganiyev Avazbek, “Central Asian Waqf Studies During Colonial Soviet, and Independence Periods: A Literature Review,” Al-Shajarah: Journal of ISTAC, vol. 28, no. 1, pp. 97-118.
2023. Osman Bakar, “The Genesis of Islamic Science: The Contribution of Classical Indian Science Revisited,” Al-Shajarah: Journal of ISTAC, vol. 28, no. 1, pp. 175-185.
2023. Osman Bakar, “Book Review of Daud Batchelor, Muhammad the Ultimate Leader: From Western Business Perspectives,” Al-Shajarah: Journal of ISTAC, vol. 28, no. 1, pp. 190-196.
2023, March 31. “The middle way is antidote to extremism.” New Straits Times. https://www.nst.com.my/opinion/columnists/2023/03/894873/middle-way-antidote-extremism
2023, March 22. “My Say: Addressing the lacuna in youth education.” The Edge Malaysia. https://theedgemalaysia.com/node/659834
2023, February 13. Ulasan: “Tiba masa perkukuh teras tamadun Malaysia agar lebih universal.” MalaysiaKini. https://www.malaysiakini.com/news/654862
2023, January 13. Ulasan: “Beza Hadhari Abdullah Badawi Dengan Madani Anwar Ibrahim.” Sumberkini. https://sumberkini.my/ulasan-beza-hadhari-abdullah-badawi-dengan-madani-anwar-ibrahim/
Osman Bakar. 2022. The clash of artificial and natural intelligences: Will it impoverish wisdom? In: The Muslim 500: The World’s 500 Most Influential Muslims, 2023. The Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre, Amman, Jordan, pp. 218-222. ISBN 978-9957-635-64-0. Available at: https://themuslim500.com/guest-contributions-2023/the-clash-of-artificial-and-natural-intelligences
Radzi Sapiee & Osman Bakar. 2022. Scientific history in pre-modern civilizations: A critical review. Al-Shajarah: Journal of the International Institute of Islamic Thought and Civilization (ISTAC), 27 (2), pp. 351-369. ISSN 1394-6870. Available at: https://journals.iium.edu.my/shajarah
Osman Bakar. 2022. Book Review: Science and Philosophy in the Indian Buddhist Classics, Vol. 2: The Mind. Al-Shajarah: Journal of the International Institute of Islamic Thought and Civilization (ISTAC), 27 (1), pp. 200-204. ISSN 1394-6870. Available at: https://journals.iium.edu.my/shajarah
Muhammad Kalim Ullah Khan & Osman Bakar. 2022. Religious authority, Ifta’ culture, and sectarianism in modern Pakistan: The impact of its intra-Islamic pluralism. Al-Shajarah: Journal of the International Institute of Islamic Thought and Civilization (ISTAC), 27 (1), pp. 53-75. ISSN 1394-6870. Available at: https://journals.iium.edu.my/shajarah
Osman Bakar. 2021. Book Review: Science and Philosophy in the Indian Buddhist Classics, Vol. 1: The Physical World. Al-Shajarah: Journal of the International Institute of Islamic Thought and Civilization (ISTAC), 26 (1), pp. 136-140. ISSN 1394-6870. Available at: https://journals.iium.edu.my/shajarah
Osman Bakar. 2021. Coronavirus in the Light of Traditional Integral Ecology. The Muslim 500: The World’s 500 Most Influential Muslims 2022. The Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre, Amman, Jordan, pp. 209-213. ISSN 978-9957-635-44-2. Available at: https://themuslim500.com/guest-contributions-2022/coronavirus-in-the-light-of-traditional-integral-ecology
Md. Yusuf Ali & Osman Bakar. 2021. Syed Ahmad Khan’s twin objectives of educational reforms in British India. Al-Shajarah: Journal of the International Institute of Islamic Thought and Civilization (ISTAC), 26(1), pp. 49-70. Available at: https://journals.iium.edu.my/shajarah
Osman Bakar. 2020. The Link between Coronavirus and Darwin according to Pervez Hoodbhoy: A Critical Response. Intellectual Discourse, 28(2), pp. 365-386. Available at: https://journals.iium.edu.my/intdiscourse
Md. Yousuf Ali & Osman Bakar. 2020. Issues of Hindu-Muslim relations in the works of Syed Ahmad Khan. Al-Shajarah: Journal of the International Institute of Islamic Thought and Civilization (ISTAC), 25(2), pp. 315-333. Available at: https://journals.iium.edu.my/shajarah
Osman Bakar. 2020. Islam in China and the challenge of Sinicization of religion: Past and present. In: The Muslim 500: The World’s 500 Most Influential Muslims, 2021. The Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre, Amman, Jordan, pp. 233-237. ISBN 978-9957-635-44-2. Available at: https://themuslim500.com/guest-contributions-2021/islam-in-china-and-the-challenge-of-sinicization-of-religion-past-and-present
Osman Bakar. 2019. Towards a postmodern synthesis of Islamic science and modern science: The epistemological groundwork. In: The Muslim 500: The World’s 500 Most Influential Muslims, 2020. The Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre, Amman, Jordan, pp. 197-201. ISBN 978-9957-635-44-2. Available at: https://themuslim500.com/guest-contributions-2020/towards-a-postmodern-synthesis-of-islamic-science-and-modern-science-the-epistemological-groundwork
Osman Bakar. 2018. The Poverty of Knowledge Synthesis in the Modern Muslim University: Implications for the Future Muslim Mind. In: The Muslim 500: The World’s 500 Most Influential Muslims, 2019. The Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre, Amman, Jordan, pp. 112-114. ISBN 978-9957-635-44-2. Available at: https://themuslim500.com/guest-contributions-2018/the-poverty-of-knowledge-synthesis-in-the-modern-muslim-university-implications-for-the-future-muslim-mind
Osman Bakar. 2017. Nature as a sacred book: A core element of Seyyed Hossein Nasr’s philosophical teachings. Sacred Web, 40, pp. 75-101. Available at: http://www.sacredweb.com/online_articles/sw40_osman_bakar.pdf
Amy Young & Pg Norhazlin Muhammad & Osman Bakar & Patrick O’Leary & Mohamad Abdalla. 2017. Children in Brunei Darussalam: Their Educational, Legal and Social Protections. International Journal of Islamic Thought, 11, pp. 6-16. Available at: http://journalarticle.ukm.my/11170/1/IJIT-Vol-11-June-2017_2_6-16-3-Amy-Young-1.pdf
Osman Bakar. 2017. “Religion, Science, and Technology: Islamic Bioethics” in The Oxford Encyclopedia of Islamic Bioethics, Ayman Shabana (ed.), Oxford University Press, Doha. Available at: http://www.oxfordislamicstudies.com/print/opr/t9002/e0256
Osman Bakar. 2017. “Philosophy of Science” in The Oxford Encyclopedia of Islamic Bioethics, Ayman Shabana (ed.), Oxford University Press, Doha. Available at: http://www.oxfordislamicstudies.com/ReferenceWorks/guide_21.html
Osman Bakar. 2016. Towards a new science of civilization: A synthetic study of the philosophical views of al-Farabi, Ibn Khaldun, Arnold Toynbee, and Samuel Huntington. Synthesis Philosophica, 62(2), pp. 313-333. Available at: https://doi.org/10.21464/sp31206
Osman Bakar. 2014. “Islam: Science, Technology, and Ethics from an Islamic Perspective” in Encyclopedia of Science, Technology and Ethics, vol. 1, pp. 605-611. Macmillan Reference USA, 4 vols., revised edition. Available at: https://www.encyclopedia.com/science/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/islamic-perspectives
Osman Bakar. 2014. “Cosmology and Models of the Cosmos” in The Oxford Encyclopaedia of Philosophy, Science, and Technology in Islam, vol. 1, pp. 156-163, Ibrahim Kalin (ed.), Oxford University Press, 2 vols. DOI: 10.1093/acref:oiso/9780199812578.001.0001. Available at: http://www.oxfordislamicstudies.com/article/opr/t445/e46
Osman Bakar. 2014. From secular science to sacred science: the need for a transformation. Sacred Web, 33, pp. 25-49. Available at: http://www.sacredweb.com/online_articles/sw33_bakar_sample.pdf
Pg Norhazlin binti Pg Haji Muhammad & Osman Bakar. 2013. Implementation of the “Integrated Education System” in Brunei Darussalam: Issues and Challenges. Journal of Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies (in Asia), 7(4), pp. 97-120. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1080/19370679.2013.12023234
2013. Islamic Civilisation as a Global Presence with Special Reference to Its Knowledge Culture. Islam and Civilisational Renewal, vol. 4, no. 4 (October 2013).
2012. The Identity Crisis of the Contemporary Muslim Ummah: the Loss of Tawhidic Epistemology as Its Root Cause. Islam and Civilisational Renewal, vol. 3, no. 4 (July 2012).
2012. The Arab Spring: Malaysian Responses. Islam and Civilisational Renewal, vol. 3, no. 4 (July 2012).
2012. The Qur’anic Identity of the Muslim Ummah: Tawhidic Epistemology as Its Foundation and Sustainer. Islam and Civilisational Renewal, vol. 3, no. 3 (April 2012).
2011. Family Values, the Family Institution, and the Challenges of the Twenty-First Century. Islam and Civilisational Renewal, vol. 3, no. 1 (October 2011).
2011. Islamic Science, Modern Science, and Post-Modernity: Towards a New Synthesis through a Tawhidic Epistemology. Revelation and Science, vol. 1, no. 3 (1433H/2011).
2011. The Evolving Face of Religious Tolerance in Post-Colonial Malaysia: Understanding Its Shaping Factors. Islam and Civilisational Renewal, vol. 2, no. 4 (July 2011).
2011. Malaysia’s Need for an Enlightened National Policy on Interreligious Peace: A Dictate of Maqasid al-Shari’ah. Islam and Civilisational Renewal, vol. 2, no. 2 (January 2011).
2011. The Place and Role of Maqasid al-Shari’ah in the Ummah’s 21st Century Civilisational Renewal. Islam and Civilisational Renewal, vol. 2, no. 2 (January 2011).
2010. Why Issues of Islamic Leadership are Important to ASEAN. Islam and Civilisational Renewal, vol. 2, no. 1 (October 2010).
2010. Interfaith Dialogue as a New Approach in Islamic Education. Islam and Civilisational Renewal, vol. 1, no. 4 (July 2010).
2010. Islam and the Three Waves of Globalisation: the Southeast Asian Experience. Islam and Civilisational Renewal, vol. 1, no. 4 (July 2010).
2010. Cultural Pluralism in a Globalised World: Challenges to Peaceful Coexistence. Islam and Civilisational Renewal, vol. 1, no. 3 (April 2010).
2010. Economics as a Science: Insights from Classical Muslim Classifications of the Sciences. Islam and Civilisational Renewal, vol. 1, no. 3 (April 2010).
2009. Islam and the Challenge of Diversity and Pluralism: Must Islam Reform Itself? Islam and Civilisational Renewal, vol. 1, no. 1 (October 2009).
2008. The Spirit of Islamic Science in the Hokkaido Science Symposium. IAIS Journal of Civilisation Studies, vol. 1, no. 1 (October 2008), pp. 203-207.
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2008. The Spiritual and Ethical Foundation of Science and Technology in Islamic Civilisation. IAIS Journal of Civilisation Studies, vol. 1, no. 1 (October 2008).
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2008. Islam and the Problem of Cultural Symbiosis. Al-Shajarah, Journal of ISTAC, vol. 13, No. 1 (2008), pp. 1-21.
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2008. Pengaruh Globalisasi Terhadap Peradaban. Jurnal Peradaban: Jurnal Rasmi Pusat Dialog Peradaban, Jilid 1 (2008).
2008. Cultural Symbiosis and the Role of Religion in the Contemporary World: An Islamic Perspective. KATHA – The Official Journal of the Centre for Civilisational Dialogue, vol. 4 (2008).
2007. “Malaysia” (co-author: Kamal Hassan) in Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern Islamic World, new edition, John Esposito (ed.). DOI: 10.1093/acref/9780195305135.001.0001
2005. “Islam: Science, Technology, and Ethics from an Islamic Perspective” in Encyclopedia of Science, Technology and Ethics. Macmillan Reference USA. Available at: https://www.encyclopedia.com/science/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/islamic-perspectives
2005. The Impact of the American War on Terror on Malaysian Islam. Journal of Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations, Vol. 16, No. 2 (April 2005), pp. 107-128.
2005. Gulen on Religion and Science: A Theological Perspective. The Muslim World, Vol. 95, Issue 3 (2005), pp. 359-372.
Reformulating a Comprehensive Relationship between Religion and Science: An Islamic Perspective. Islam and Science Journal, vol. 1, no. 1, pp. 29-44.
2003. Islam and the Malay Civilizational Identity: Tension and Harmony between Ethnicity and Religiosity. Journal of Malay Civilization, Issue 2003, pp. 107-122.
2002. “Islam” in Encyclopedia of Science and Religion. Macmillan Reference USA.
1996. Kebenaran dan Hikmah Dalam Konsep Ilmu Bersepadu. Pemikir, no. 3, Jan-March 1996, pp. 100-112.
1995. “Cosmology” in Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern Islamic World, vol. 1, pp. 322-328. John L. Esposito (ed.).
1995. “Abortion: Islamic Perspectives” in Encyclopedia of Bioethics, revised edition, vol. 1, pp. 38-42, Warren Thomas Reich (ed.), Simon and Schuster Macmillan, New York.
1994. The Common Philosophical Foundation of Traditional Medicines. Sophia, Winter 1994, no. 6, pp. 1-4.
1993. Symbol and Archetype: A Study of the Meaning of Existence: A Review Article. Studies in Tradition, 2:1 (Jan-March 1993), pp. 62-78.
1991. Atomistic Conception of Nature in Ash’arite Theology. Iqbal Review, 32:3 (October 1991), pp. 19-44.
1990. “Sufism in the Malay-Indonesian World” in Islamic Spirituality: Manifestations, vol. 20 of World Spirituality: An Encyclopedic History of the Religious Quest, pp. 159-189, S. H. Nasr (ed.), Routledge & Kegan Paul, London and The Crossroad Publishing Co., New York.
1990. The Philosophy of Islamic Medicine and Its Relevance to the Modern World. MAAS Journal of Islamic Science, 6:1 (Jan-June 1990), pp. 39-58.
1990. Designing a Sound Syllabus for Courses on Philosophy of Applied and Engineering Sciences in a 21st Century Islamic University. Muslim Education Quarterly, 7:3 (Spring 1990), pp. 19-25.
1988. The Influence of Islamic Science on Medieval Christian Conceptions of Nature. MAAS Journal of Islamic Science, 4:1 (Jan-June 1988), pp. 25-43.
1986. Islam and Bioethics. Greek Orthodox Theological Review, 3:2 (1986), pp. 157-179.
1986. The Meaning and Significance of Doubt in al-Ghazzali’s Philosophy. The Islamic Quarterly, 30:1 (1986), pp. 20-31.
1985. Umar Khayyam’s Criticism of Euclid’s Theory of Parallels. MAAS Journal of Islamic Science, 1:2 (July 1985), pp. 9-18.
1984. The Question of Methodology in Islamic Science. Muslim Education Quarterly, 2:1 (Autumn 1984), pp. 16-30.
1984. Ibn Sina’s Methodological Approach Toward the Study of Nature in His Oriental Philosophy. Hamdard Islamicus, vol. VII, no. 2 (Summer 1984), pp. 33-49.
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