Dr. Akbar S. Ahmed, Ibn Khaldun Chair of Islamic Studies and professor of International Relations at American University in Washington DC, is the world's leading authority on contemporary Islam according to the BBC.
Dr. Akbar S. Ahmed
Dr. Akbar S. Ahmed, Ibn Khaldun Chair of Islamic Studies and professor of International Relations at American University in Washington DC, is the world's leading authority on contemporary Islam according to the BBC. Former High Commissioner of Pakistan to Great Britain has advised Prince Charles and met with President George W. Bush on Islam.
His numerous books, films and documentaries have won awards. His books have been translated into many languages including Chinese and Indonesian. Dr. Ahmed is regularly interviewed on CNN, CBC, the BBC and ARY TV and has appeared several times on the Oprah Winfrey Show and Night Line. In February 2005 the National Cathedral held a special Evensong Service to honor Dr. Ahmed. He is also a Senior Fellow at The Case Foundation in Washington, D.C. He spoke at the Chairman's Distinguished Speakers Lecture Series at the Pentagon and gave the inaugural lectures for the first Chair in Jewish-Muslim Studies at the University of Illinois-Chicago. Dr. Ahmed is Principal Investigator for Islam in the Age of Globalization, a project supported by The Brookings Institution, American University and The Pew Research Center, and Visiting Fellow at Brookings in addition to his appointment at American University. He was Finalist in the Most Inspiring Person of the Year 2005 poll conducted by Belief Net.