Uthman Lateef

Dr. Uthman Lateef is Senior Researcher and Instructor at Sapience Institute. He has a BA in History, an MA in Crusader Studies, and a PhD in the 'Place of Fada'il al-Quds (Merits of Jerusalem) and Religious Poetry in the Muslim effort to recapture Jerusalem in the Crusades'. He has delivered many papers in the UK and internationally at renowned academic institutions. His publications include: ‘The Cutting Edge of the Poet’s Sword: Muslim Poetic Responses to the Crusades’ (Brill, 2018), ‘On Being Human: How Islam addresses othering, dehumanisation and empathy’ (Sapience Institute), published in February 2020 and launched in Christchurch New Zealand on the anniversary of the Christchurch mosque shootings (2019). His other works include ‘Navigating War, Dissent and Empathy in Arab/U.S relations: Seeing Our Others in Darkened Spaces’ (Springer, 2021) and 'Divine Perfection: Christianity and Islam on Sin and Salvation (Sapience Institute, 2022).