Research Interests

• Islamic legal theories and their modern applications particularly in the British context
• Islamic Political Thought
• Islamic Education in British context.

Bustami is currently writing a monograph on Modern Reconstructions of Islamic Jurisprudence.

Postgraduate Supervision

• Theories of Islamic Law
• Islamic Family law
• Islamic Commercial Law.

Select Publications

Masail Mu’asira fi fiqh al-Syiasa (Contemporary Issues in Islamic Politics), Khartoum: Intellectual Works Publications, 2007

Special Issue of the Journal of Beliefs and Values on the theme ‘Islamic Studies in Higher Education’, Dec 2007, Vol. 28, No. 3

Who Applies Islamic Law in non-Muslim Countries, Journal of Muslim Minority Affairs, Vol. 27, N0. 1, 2007,  pp. 79-91

Islamic Studies within Islam: definition, approaches and modern challenges, Journal of Beliefs and Values, Vol. 28, No. 3, 2007

‘Religious Education for Muslims in Birmingham: the case for faith-based provision in state schools’ in Nils Holm (ed.), Islam and Christianity in School Religious Education (Abo, Abo Akademi University, 2000)
 
‘Muslims and Worship in Schools in England’, Muslim Education Quarterly 17/4 (2000), pp. 30- 38
 
‘The Qur’an and Science: the debate on the validity of scientific interpretations’, Journal of Qur’anic Studies II/II (Dec. 2000), pp. 19 –35

The Concept of Sovereignty in Modern Islamic Political Thought (Leeds: Institute of Middle Eastern Studies, 1996)