| 2016-2020 | Listed among The Muslim 500, The World’s Most Influential Muslims by The Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre an independent research entity affiliated with the Royal Aal al-Bayt Institute for Islamic Thought in Amman, capital of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. |
| 2016- | Qatar National Research Fund for research project on Genomics and Islamic Ethics collaboration with the Research Center for Islamic Legislation & Ethics, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Doha, Qatar. |
| 2016-2018 | Grant as member of the Core Research Group, “Making Peace with Jihadists? Religious armed conflict and prospects for conflict resolution,” Department of Peace and Conflict Research (DPCR), Uppsala University, Sweden |
| 2018- | John Templeton Foundation grant “Advancing Theological and Scientific Literacy in Madrasa Discourses in India and Pakistan.” Grant renewed for an additional two-years |
| 2015- | John Templeton Foundation, grant for research project, “Advancing Theological and Scientific Literacy in Madrasa Discourses in India.” 3-year project. |
| 2012-2014 | Member, Contending Modernities research project, University of Notre Dame, “Science and the Human Person: Catholic, Muslim, and Secular Perspectives.” 3-year commitment |
| 2012 | Visiting Professor, June summer session, University of Paderborn, Germany |
| 2012 | Langford Award, Duke University for excellence in scholarship and invited to deliver the distinguished Langford lecture. |
| 2010 | Fellow Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Study, Stellenbosch, South Africa (Feb-April) |
| 2009 | American Academy of Religion Collaborative Research Grant |
| 2009 | Listed in a joint survey by Georgetown University’s The Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding and Jordan’s The Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre as one of 500 influential Muslims. |
| 2006 | American Academy of Religion Best First Book in the History of Religions award for Ghazali and the Poetics of Imagination (Chapel Hill, University of North Carolina Press, 2005). |
| 2005 | Choice Outstanding Academic Title Award for 2005 for “Ghazali and the Poetics of Imagination.” Choice is a publication division of the American Library Association. |
| 2005 | Carnegie Scholar 2005 |
| 2005 | Ford Foundation editorial grant to co-ordinate a cohort of international scholars and workshops towards preparing a volume of articles titled: Philanthropy for Social Justice in Muslim Societies. |
| 2004 | Awarded a Ford Foundation planning grant “Mapping Knowledge, Shaping Muslim Ethics: Seeking a Paradigm Shift” to explore the challenges and questions involved in re-thinking contemporary Muslim ethics. Grant period extended to 20006. |
| 2002-2003 | New Beginnings in Ethics, Duke University |
| 1999-2002 | Awarded Ford Foundation grant to convene a pan-African research project “Muslim Family Law in Sub-Saharan Africa.” Three-year project involved 60 international scholars investigating Muslim family law in sub-Saharan Africa. Convened thee international symposia: |
| 2000 | Daressalam, 2001 Dakar and 2002 Cape Town. |
| 1999 | Erasmus Fellow, University of Notre Dame |
| 1996 | Social Science Faculty Grant for research in curriculum planning and design, University of Cape Town |
| 1996 | Centre for Scientific Development, International Travel Grant,Pretoria, South Africa |
| 1996 | Mellon Library Grant, University of Cape Town, South Africa |
| 1995 | Affiliate Research Fellow, Office for African Studies, American University in Cairo (November–December) |
| 1993 | Centre for Scientific Development, International Travel Grant, Pretoria, South Africa |
| 1990-1991 | University of Chicago, South African Fellowship (Oct. 1990-Feb. 1991) |
| 1986 | USIS International Visitors Program to United States (November) |
- Board of Trustees Doha Institute, Qatar
- Member Joint Advisory Board, Georgetown, Qatar
- Advisory Committee Member Journal of Law and Religion
