Mohamed Nassir is Head at the Studies in Inter-Religious Relations in Plural Societies Programme (SRP), part of the S Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS) at the Nanyang Technological University (NTU).

Mohamed Nassir graduated in December 2017 with a Master of Arts (Religion in Global Politics) from the School of Oriental & African Studies (SOAS, University of London). At SOAS, he studied Religion in Global Politics, Early Development of Islam, Modern Trends in Islam, Southeast Asia History, and completed his dissertation on “The Effectiveness of Malaysia’s Counter-Extremism Strategies”. His first degree was in Information Systems, having graduated in 2001 with a First-Class Honours Degree (B.Sc.) from Staffordshire University (UK). He is currently enrolled in the doctorate program at the International Institute of Islamic Thought and Civilisation (ISTAC-IIUM).

Mohamed Nassir worked for some years in the software development industry before moving to the field of Islamic education. He worked at the Muslim Converts Association of Singapore (MCAS) or Darul Arqam (Missionary & IT Department, 1998 to 2000), and then at the Abdul Aleem Siddique Mosque as the Mosque Manager (2002-2007). In 2007, he founded the SimplyIslam Education Group and was its CEO till 2023.

Mohamed Nassir attained international and local standing – he was listed in “The 500 Most Influential Muslims 2009” [click here] and “The 500 Most Influential Muslims 2010” [click here] published by the Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre (Jordan) [website] and The Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Center for Muslim Christian Understanding (Georgetown University, USA) [website]. In December 2010, he was mentioned in a Berita Harian article (“Kenali 50 Wajah”) as among four individuals who are expected to play a crucial role in directing and shaping the ‘face’ of the Singapore Malay-Muslim community.

Mohamed Nassir is also regularly featured and interviewed in the local media discussing issues of national and community interests and has appeared in numerous newspaper articles and current affairs programs (documentaries).

• Islamic Education
• Interfaith Studies
• Religious Extremism & Terrorism
• Salafism-Wahhabism – Exclusivist Trends in Religiosity

RSIS Commentaries

• Singapore’s Principled and Balanced Approach to the Israel-Palestine Conflict

  14 November, 2023

• Interview by Current Affairs Program, Detik (MediaCorp). Interviewed (July 2019) to discuss Mohamed Nassir’s postgraduate studies at SOAS and his stay in London (2016/2017), as well as his thoughts on diversity, harmony, insularity, and extremism.
• “Is Singapore’s Muslim Community At Risk of Becoming Insular? SimplyIslam’s CEO Says, Yes” (June 2019, click here). Interviewed by Kymelya Sari for Rice Media for an article that discussed on the state of Muslims in Singapore and the region, as well as SimplyIslam’s work on education and community building.
• “CEO of SimplyIslam seeks knowledge in Britain” (“CEO SimplyIslam timba ilmu di Britain”, April 2018, click here). Interviewed by Singapore’s Berita Harian whilst pursuing his Masters at SOAS (London), the article highlighted Mohamed Nassir’s career path leading to his establishing SimplyIslam, along with his experience studying at SOAS and being in the UK during several terrorist attacks and tragedies – Westminster attack (March 2017), Manchester Arena bombing (May 2017), London Bridge attack (June 2017) and the Grenfell Tower fire (June 2017).
• “The spirit of resilience of the British people should be exemplified” by Mohamed Nassir (“Semangat daya tahan warga Britain wajar dicontohi”, March 2017, click here). Mohamed Nassir wrote an article (published by Singapore’s Berita Harian) on his observations as a Masters student in the UK, having lived through several terrorist attacks in the UK.
• “One Voice” a 2-part Documentary (MediaCorp). Interviewed (January 2012) and featured to showcase Singapore’s efforts to rally communities and build social resilience following the 9/11 attacks in USA and the Jemaah Islamiyah terrorist group arrests (2002) in Singapore.
• “Misguided” a 4-part Documentary on Terrorism (MediaCorp). Interviewed (January 2010) and featured in the current affairs documentary.