Pakistani scholar Dr Mumtaz Ahmad
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Instudio today, we welcome Dr. Mumtaz Ahmad, the Executive Director of the Iqbal Institute in Islamabad and VP for academic affairs at the International Islamic University-Islamabad. He was a guest at a conference on Political Islam in JHN this past weekend.
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.
He has served as a member of many fellowships, too many to mention. Prior to joining Hampton University in 1990, Dr. Mumtaz Ahmad taught at Columbia College and Chicago State University. He has been a Visiting Professor at the International Islamic University in Kuala Lumpur and International Islamic University, Islamabad. He is also on the editorial board of several professional journals. Dr. Ahmad has published nine books and numerous journal articles, chapters in edited volumes, and encyclopedia articles on politics of contemporary Islamic movements, political sociology of religious groups, and political developments in South Asia and the Middle East.
Topics: Pakistan, the US and the Muslim world, post-Paris debate on free speech versus blasphemy
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.
He has served as a member of many fellowships, too many to mention. Prior to joining Hampton University in 1990, Dr. Mumtaz Ahmad taught at Columbia College and Chicago State University. He has been a Visiting Professor at the International Islamic University in Kuala Lumpur and International Islamic University, Islamabad. He is also on the editorial board of several professional journals. Dr. Ahmad has published nine books and numerous journal articles, chapters in edited volumes, and encyclopedia articles on politics of contemporary Islamic movements, political sociology of religious groups, and political developments in South Asia and the Middle East.
Topics: Pakistan, the US and the Muslim world, post-Paris debate on free speech versus blasphemy
