<Research Notes>Afghan Diaspora Intellectual and Islam: The Locus of Mohammad Hashim Kamali's Life and his Ideology

This paper discuss how the Afghanistan Diaspora uses common religious and cultural trends in the realm of the Islamic World, and how they adopt strategies to consolidate their humanosphere. Islam is among the most important bonds for the Afghanistan Diaspora and, when they live in a Muslim country, it is also a common bond between the diaspora community and their Muslim host society. Strategies to consolidate the humanosphere provide a necessary foundation for human existence, for example, the natural environment (e.g. soil, air, and water), economy, networks of people, family, education, and the community. I am deeply interested in surveying the function of Islam in connecting the Muslim diaspora community with their host Muslim country. In this context, I am also interested in studying the thought of an Islamic intellectual, originally from Afghanistan, who has been very active in Malaysia. He is Mohammad Hashim Kamali. He is an intellectual leader of international influence. I also briefly want to mention Islamic Cosmopolitanism, where ‘Cosmopolitanism' refers to a citizen of the world. In addition, to further understand some of Hashim Kamali's literary work, ideas, thoughts, and wide-ranging vision in this rapidly changing global world, I introduce the term ‘Islamic Cosmopolitanism.