Imam Ensar Sinani is the Imam of the Albanian Islamic Community in Seevetal, Hamburg, and a doctoral fellow at the University of Hamburg. He holds a master’s degree in Islamic Studies from the University of Hamburg. He wrote his thesis paper on “Freigelassene Sklaven zwischen rechtlicher Norm und gelebter Praxis: Untersuchung der Auswirkungen der rechtlichen Normen des hanafitischen Rechtes im Lichte der historischen Quellen” - “Freed Slaves between Legal Norm and Lived Practice: Examination of the Effects of the Legal Norms of Hanafi Law in Light of Historical Sources”. Previously, he studied Islamic Law at Al-Azhar University in Cairo (2010-2019), where he obtained a bachelor’s degree in Islamic Law in 2014. He then continued with the Master's Studies at the Department of Islamic Legal Theory (Uṣul al-Fiqh). His thesis paper, which is still to be defended, is on “The role of Istihsan in Upholding the Objectives the Sharia: An Analytical Study of al-Kasani`s (d. 587 AH) Work Bada'i al-Sana'I” – “Dawr al-Istihsan fi Ri'ayat al-Maqasid al-Shar'iyyah: Dirasah Tatbiqiyyah 'ala Kitab Bada'i al-Sana'i li'l-Imam al-Kasani.”

His current research focuses on the interaction between Law and Social Practice throughout Islamic History. He aims to explore the mutual influence of legal norms and social practices by examining documentary sources, such as legal documents, court registers, and other literary sources, compared to the legal literature, to find out whether they were influenced by each other. Additionally, he is researching the development of Islamic Law in our time and its ability to address the needs of 21st-century Muslims living in a globalized World. Since November 2023, he has been a member of the Junior European Council of Fatwa of the IGMG- Islamic Community, providing the Council with legal expertise regarding Hanafi Law.

Selected Publications:

The Albanian translation of Tawfiq Islam Yahya´s Work: Shaykh al-Islam Mustafa Sabri wa ʿalaqatuhu bi al-ʿulama' al-Albān – Shayk al Islam Mustafa Sabri and his Connections to the Albanian Scholars (forthcoming).

Selected Poems in Elez Ismaili´s Anthology of Islamic Poetry Shllime Shpirti, antologji me poezi të përshpirtshme dhe atdhedashurie¸Brezi i Ri, 2014.