The Quran and Politics: A Study of the Origins of Political Thought in the Makkan Quran (Paperback)

Professor and Head of the Department of Social Sciences, Ibn Khaldoun Center for Humanities and Social Sciences, Qatar University. Eltigani Abdelgadir Hamid is currently a Professor and Head of the Department of Social Sciences, Ibn Khaldoun Center for Humanities and Social Sciences, Qatar University. He was a Professor of Politics and Islamic Studies at the Institute for Islamic World Studies, Zayed University, UAE. He holds a BA degree in Philosophy, a Master degree in Political Philosophy, with special reference to Islamic Political Thought and a Ph.D. in Politics (University of London). The academic positions he held includes: Professor of Politics and Islamic Studies (Zayed university), Language and Culture Instructor (Arabic Dept. Foreign Service Institute-US Department of State), Associate Professor (the Graduate School of Islamic & Social Sciences-Leesburg-Virginia, USA), Adjunct Professor of Islamic Studies (Shenandoah University, Winchester-USA), Associate Professor of Politics (Dept. of Political Science, International Islamic University, Malaysia), Assistant Professor (Dept. of Political Science, University of Khartoum, Sudan), Assistant Professor(Dept. of Islamic Studies, University of Khartoum, Sudan). His research interests expand over two areas: Western Political Thought and Islam (with especial reference to Political Thought, Movements and Qur’anic Studies). He publishes in both Arabic and English. One of his books (Qur’an and Politics) has been translated into English and Modern Turkish.