17
Nov
2026
Guest Speaker
Guest Speaker
Prof. Mustapha Benhamza
President of the Regional Council of Ulema of the Oriental Region
Supreme Council of Ulema, Morocco
Biography
Mustapha Benhamza is a Moroccan theologian, jurist and scholar, born in Oujda in 1949. His academic training combines Islamic sciences and Arabic studies: he holds a degree in Islamic law from the Faculty of Theology in Fez and a degree in Arabic literature, graduated from Dar al-Hadith al-Hassania in Rabat, and earned a Diplôme d’études supérieures from Mohammed V University and a State Doctorate from Mohammed First University in Oujda.
He taught Islamic studies at Mohammed First University in Oujda, where he also headed the Department of Islamic Studies. His work covers Islamic law and its foundations, Islamic thought, Arabic language and literature, manuscripts and their critical edition, and contemporary questions relating to the family, society, education, dialogue and coexistence.
He currently chairs the Regional Council of Ulema of the Oriental Region and is a member of the Supreme Council of Ulema of Morocco. He also heads the Al-Baath Institute of Religious Sciences in Oujda and is a member of the Muslim Council of Elders, the Council of Mohammed First University, the Al-Azhar Islamic Research Academy and Morocco’s Economic, Social and Environmental Council.
He is the author of numerous scholarly works and has taken part in many academic meetings in Morocco and abroad. He has delivered several Hassanian Lectures in the presence of His Majesty King Mohammed VI.