Dr. Aynah Khadijah Molok Salic was born on August 24, 1989 at Barrio Salam, MSU Main Campus, Marawi City. She is currently designated as Assistant Professor of Islamic Studies (Muslim Law) of the Graduate Program Department of King Faisal Center for Islamic Arabic and Asian Studies, Mindanao State University Main Campus. She used to be a member of the MSU Intellectual Property Office of the University under the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research and Extension Services and the MSU Cultural Heritage Center from 2020 to 2022. She served as Administrative Officer of the MSU KFCIAAS from 2016-2020 before she got converted as member of the Faculty Force of the Center on October 2020.
Dr. Salic is currently enrolled in the Juris Doctor Program (Law) of the MSU College of Law as part of her aspiration to widen her knowledge and horizon in the Philippine Legal Profession as she is a member of the Philippine Shariah Bar. She obtained her Doctoral degree in Philosophy in Philippine Studies concentrating in Mindanao Society and Culture at the College of Social Sciences and Humanities, Mindanao State University Marawi in 2022 with special recognition as Best in Dissertation Writing. She also attained her Master’s degree in Islamic Studies (Muslim Law) of the same University in 2018. Dr. Salic took and passed the Special Shariah Bar Examinations given by the Supreme Court of the Philippines in 2014. In 2012, she completed her Bachelor’s degree in Islamic Studies (Shariah) at the KFCIAAS, MSU Marawi.
Dr. Salic is engaged in writing researches where culture and religion merge to give emphasis and address properly the current contemporary issues existing in the Meranaw Society today. She’s been invited in several speaking engagements on advocating peace in the society by means of utilizing academic profession and expertise particularly among the Meranaw youth in Lanao del Sur. She is also a practicing Shariah Counselor-at-Law handling court cases related to persons and family relations among Muslim in the country.
Dr. Salic is a full-blooded Alumna of the Mindanao State University from her primary to secondary education in MSU Integrated Laboratory School up to her bachelor’s to Juris Doctor degree of the Main Campus. She is also a native Meranaw Professional hailing from Wato Balindong, Ditsaan Ramain and Bacolod Kalawi, Lanao del Sur.
She is the eldest and only rose among the five children of Prof. Salic D. Abdul, former Dean of the MSU KFCIAAS and Mrs. Ramona-Ashia MD. Abdul. Her all male siblings are Mohammad Iqbal, Mohammad Hamdan, Mohammad Salic Jr and Nadheer Khan whom they would fondly call her as their “Ate Indz”.
