Dr. Qudsia Firdous is Senior Lecturer in Islamic Studies at Riphah International University, Islamabad, and holds a Ph.D. in Comparative Religion (Usuluddin) from IIUI. Her work centers on Islamic ethics, interfaith harmony, peacebuilding, and religious healing, with a focus on integrating spiritual traditions into contemporary contexts. She has published widely in HEC-recognized journals and presented at leading conferences in Turkey and Hong Kong. Beyond academia, she directs a Quran Academy and provides counseling, advancing Islamic psychotherapies, cross-cultural dialogue, and value-based education that bridges scholarship and community wellbeing.