Sachiko Murata

Sachiko Murata is a part-time Professor of Religious Studies at Stony Brook University and affiliated with the Institute for Sufi Studies. She has held academic roles since 1983 at Stony Brook and has been lecturing at the Kenan Rifai Center for Sufi Studies in Beijing since 2012. Her work focuses on Islamic thought, Sufism, and comparative religious studies, particularly in Chinese Muslim contexts.

• Bachelor of Arts in Family Law from Chiba University (Japan)
• PhD in Persian Literature from Tehran University (1971)
• Master of Arts in Islamic Jurisprudence from Tehran University (1975)

Her research interests span Islamic theology, Sufi philosophy, and cross-cultural religious dialogues. She co-authored works on figures like Huiru, a Chinese scholar linked to the Akbarian school, alongside William C. Chittick and Tu Weiming. She has collaborated with the Imperial Iranian Academy of Philosophy and remains active in global Islamic studies networks.

Lectures and academic engagements at the Kenan Rifai Center highlight her involvement in institutional platforms for Sufi Studies.