Dr Haji Mohammed Hussain was appointed
as the Director of Balai Khazanah Islam Sultan Haji
Hassanal Bolkiah, Prime Minister’s Office on 01 June
2021.
Prior to this appointment, he served as
Deputy Rector of Sultan Sharif Ali Islamic University
(UNISSA), Ministry of Education (26 June 2014 - 31 May
2021); Senior Lecturer at the Sultan Omar ‘Ali
Saifuddien Centre for Islam Studies (SOASCIS),
Universiti Brunei Darussalam (12 May 2014 - 25 June
2014); Acting Assistant Rector UNISSA (16 June 2012 - 31
July 2013); Senior Lecturer at Faculty of Usuluddin,
UNISSA (09 July 2011 - 11 May 2014); Dean, Faculty of
Usuluddin, UNISSA (01 August 2010 - 31 December 2012);
Deputy Dean, Faculty of Usuluddin, UNISSA (20 August
2009 - 31 July 2010); Lecturer, Faculty of Usuluddin,
UNISSA (01 April 2008 - 08 July 2011); and Lecturer at
Sultan Haji Omar ‘Ali Saifuddien Institute of Islamic
Studies (IPISHOAS), Universiti Brunei Darussalam (17
February 2003 - 31 March 2008).
He received a Bachelor’s degree
(Honours) in Islamic Studies, specialising in Hadith and
its Sciences from the Islamic University of Madinah,
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in 2000. In 2003, he obtained a
Master’s degree in Fundamental Principles of Religion
specialising in Hadith from the University of Jordan,
Amman, Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. In 2009, he received
his PhD degree in Arabic and Islamic Studies from the
Department of Arabic and Islamic Studies, School of
Language and Cultures, Faculty of Arts and Social
Sciences at the University of Sydney, Australia.
