Observing The Observer: The State of Islamic Studies in American Universities (Paperback)

Dr. Mumtaz Ahmad was Professor of Political Science at Hampton University, Hampton, VA, and Executive Director, Iqbal International Institute for Research & Dialogue, associated with the International Islamic University, Islamabad , since 2007. He received an M.A in Political Science from Karachi University, an M.A. in Development Administration from the American University of Beirut, and Ph.D in Political Science from the University of Chicago. Before joining Hampton University in 1990, he was a Research Fellow at the Brookings Institution, Washington DC. Ahmad was President of the South Asian Muslim Studies Association (SAMSA), and member of the editorial advisory boards of several professional journals. Dr. Ahmad was a member of the “Islam and Social Change” project of the University of Chicago, a member of “Fundamentalism Project” of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and a Senior Consultant on “Muslims in American Public Square” project of Georgetown University. He was a Senior Fulbright Fellow in India, Pakistan and Bangladesh; the United States Institute of Peace (USIP) Fellow in Sudan, Malaysia and Pakistan; and Senior Fellow of the American Institute of Pakistan Studies and the American Institute of Bangladesh Studies. He has published extensively on Islamic political movements and radical groups, madrasah education in South Asia, and the politics of Islamic resurgence in the Middle East and South Asia. Dr. Ahmad is the author of nine books and numerous journal articles, book chapters, and encyclopedia entries on Islam and politics.