Pradana Boy

Pradana Boy is a lecturer in Islamic Studies at the Faculty of Islamic Studies, University of Muhammadiyah Malang, Indonesia. From 2015 to 2018 he led the Center for the Study of Islam and Philosophy (Pusat Studi Islam dan Filsafat) at the same university. He was trained as an Islamic legal scholar at the University of Muhammadiyah Malang, where he received his degree in Islamic Legal Studies (2000). In 2007 he obtained his Master of Arts in Asian Studies from the Australian National University (ANU). He pursued his doctorate at the Department of Malay Studies, National University of Singapore and completed his studies in 2015. His publications include Fatwa in Indonesia: An Analysis of Dominant Legal Ideas and Modes of Thought of Fatwa-Making Agencies and Their Implications in the Post-New Order Period (2018). Pradana is currently serving the Indonesian Government as Assistant to Presidential Staff for International Religious Affairs.