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Ms Aaishah Lombard

Lecturer: Study of Islam
Name: Aaishah Lombard
Location: Room 608, A-Ring, Auckland Park Kingsway Campus
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Contact Details:
Tel: +2781 767 3780

Email: aaishahl@uj.ac.za

About Ms Aaishah Lombard

Aaishah Lombard is a Lecturer in Religion Studies at the University of Johannesburg and a PhD candidate, with a scholarly focus on Islam and Muslim lived realities in contemporary South Africa. A South African Muslim scholar with a strong grounding in traditional Islamic education, she holds an Aalimia qualification from Madressa Zakariya lil Banaat in Lenasia, rooted in the Darul Uloom tradition.

Expanding her academic trajectory, she earned a BA Honours in Islamic Studies and an MA in Semitic Languages and Cultures from the University of Johannesburg. Her research interests span Islamic liberation theology, religion and social justice, lived religion, practical theology, and Islamic psychology. She adopts ethnographic and liberationist methodologies to explore how faith-based worldviews inform individual and communal well-being, particularly within South African Muslim communities.

Aaishah is passionate about creating inclusive academic spaces grounded in decolonial, experiential, and dialogical pedagogies. She welcomes postgraduate supervision in areas related to Islam and contemporary society, liberation theology, and qualitative approaches to religion.

Qualifications:
  • MA in Semitic Languages and Cultures, University of Johannesburg, South Africa, 2023
  • BA Honours in Islamic Studies, University of Johannesburg, South Africa, 2020
  • Aalimia Qualification, Madressa Zakariya lil Banaat, Lenasia, South Africa, 2005
Selected Publications:

Lombard, A. 2023. Islam and gender-based violence: listening to the Indian Muslim community in Lenasia, Johannesburg. University of Johannesburg (South Africa).

Lombard, A. & Hankela, E. 2024. Agency in Community: Understanding Gender-Based Violence from within a Muslim Community in Lenasia, Johannesburg. Journal for the Study of Religion, 37(2). https://doi.org/10.17159/2413-3027/2024/v37n2a3