Muqtedar Khan is one of the rising stars
among Muslim intellectuals in the West. "
 -- The Daily Star

"Voice of Moderate Islam" 
-- Los Angeles Times and the Boston Globe

"A Rare Moderate Voice"
 -- The Daily Times

"I think that Dr Khan helps reinforce
that the war on terrorism is
not a war on Islam" -- General Richard Myers,
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
(Feb 23, 2003).

Muqtedar Khan brings passion, eloquence
and intellectual power to bear on his subject.
-- Dr. Ali Mazrui

Muqtedar Khan's intelligent, reasoned,
self-critical, impassioned and provocative
Muslim voice makes a distinctive
and significant contribution to the process of reexamination and reform that has
been made even more urgent
in the aftermath of 9/11. 
-- John L. Esposito

To my mind, Dr. Muqtedar Khan has lived up
to the challenging role of of the
public intellectual in a time of crisis.
-- Akber  S. Ahmed

Khan believes his more liberal voice
highlights a historical tension between
traditionalist Islamic theologians,
who tend to furnish more
conservative fatwas  and
Islamic philosophers
who go for the more flexible rulings. 
-- Washington Post.

"But make no mistake: Khan, 36,
is one of a growing number of young,
moderate Muslim thinkers who believe
themselves engaged in a battle
for the soul of Islam." -- Newsday

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dr. Muqtedar Khan is Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science and International Relations at the University of Delaware.  He is also the Director of the Islamic Studies Program. He earned his Ph.D. in International Relations, Political Philosophy, and Islamic Political Thought,  from Georgetown University in May 2000. 

Dr. Khan is a Fellow with the Institute for Social Policy and Understanding.  He was a Senior Nonresident Fellow with the Brookings Institution [2003-2008] and a Fellow of the Alwaleed Center at Georgetown University [2006-2007]. He has been the President, Vice President and General Secretary of the Association of Muslim Social Scientists.

He is the author of American Muslims: Bridging Faith and Freedom (Amana, 2002), Jihad for Jerusalem: Identity and Strategy in International Relations (Praeger, 2004), Islamic Democratic Discourse (Lexington Books, 2006) and Debating Moderate Islam: The Geopolitics of Islam and the West (University of Utah Press, 2007).

Dr. Khan frequently comments on BBC, CNN International, FOX and VOA TV, Bridges TV, NPR and other radio and TV networks. His political commentaries appear regularly in newspapers in over 20 countries.  He has lectured in North America, East Asia, Middle East and Europe . Dr. Khan is from Hyderabad in India. He is married to Reshma and has a son Rumi, and a daughter Ruhi.

His articles on Islam and American Muslims can be read at www.ijtihad.org and his commentaries on global politics can be read at www.Glocaleye.org.

 

Media articles about 
Dr. Muqtedar Khan's work.

* The Prose of Khan, by Drew Ostroski, Delaware Today, June 2008.

*  Soft Voice, Strong Message, by Gary Soulsman, The News Journal, April, 2, 2006.

*  Who Owns Islamic Law by David Glen, Chronicle of Higher Education 02.2.5.2005

*  Muslims Who Love America by Peter Brownfeld, Doublethink, 02.14.2005.

* A Liberal Muslim goes to America by Iyanatul Islam,
The Daily Star, 10.06.2004.

* Muslims Debate Diverging Loyalties by Caryle Murphy, The Washington Post, 11.19.2001.

* The Mufti in the Chat Room by Emily Wax, The Washington Post, July 31, 1999.

Idea for Ijtihad By Stan Nelson
 Pueblo Chieftain, September 16, 2006

 

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