Professor Tahir Kasnawi is currently a senior lecturer at Hasanuddin University, Makassar, Indonesia, in Several Social Sciences related subjects. Also serving as Director of Doctoral Program at the University. He did his Ph.D. study in The School of Social Sciences, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia. Besides activities in giving lectures, he also conducts various field researches on social development issues in Indonesia, as well as involve in many series of National and International Seminars. In addition, he currently serves as a vice chairman of The Provincial office of The Council of Indonesian Ulama (MUI), and chairman of expert group at The Indonesian Muslim Scholar Association (ICMI) South Sulawesi, and Member of Inter-religion Harmony Forum (FKUB) of South Sulawesi.