M. A. Muqtedar Khan

Muqtedar Khan ( Urdu : محمد عبد المقتدر خان; born 1966) is an associate professor in the Department of Political Science, and International Relations at the University of Delaware . He is also the founding Director of the Islamic Studies Program at the University of Delaware. Prior to that he was Chair of the Department of Political Science and the Director of International Studies at Adrian College . He earned his Ph.D. in international relations , political philosophy , and Islamic political thought , from Georgetown University in May 2000. Of Indian origin, the Hyderabad born Khan is a well known Muslim intellectual, whose articles and columns are widely published. He is a proponent of social change regarding treatment of women in some Islamic societies, but identifies himself as both traditional as well as liberal. In a sense he is a traditional scholar when it comes to issues of faith, but a liberal on topics such as democracy in the Islamic world, the place of women in society and on pluralism. He advocates freedom of thought and independent thinking, and he states that it is the inability of Muslims to sustain a dialogue with time and text that sometimes makes Islamic teachings look anachronistic or even intolerant. Khan is an important voice on US foreign policy in the Muslim World. He has testified at hearings hosted by the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee and the US House Armed Forces Committee. Khan is also a Fellow of the Institute for Social Policy and Understanding . He has been the President, Vice President and General Secretary of the Association of Muslim Social Scientists. In October 2008, he was awarded the Sir Syed Ahmed Khan Award for service to Islam by the Aligarh Muslim University Alumni. Khan maintains two websites that archive his short articles. They are " Ijtihad " and " Glocaleye ". He also writes for the " On Faith Forum of Washington Post and Newsweek ". Khan frequently comments on BBC , CNN , FOX , VOA TV , NPR and other radio and TV networks. His political commentaries appear regularly in newspapers in over 20 countries. He has also lectured in North America, East Asia, Middle East and Europe . Khan is from Hyderabad, India . He is married to Reshma and has a son Rumi, and a daughter Ruhi.

Muhammad Abdul Muqtedar Khan ( Urdu : محمد عبد المقتدر خان) , born 1966, is a professor in the Department of Political Science and International Relations at the University of Delaware . Khan is the founding director of the Islamic Studies Program at the university. He chaired the Department of Political Science and was Director of International Studies at Adrian College . He was a senior non-resident Fellow at the Brookings Institution from 2003 to 2008. He was a senior fellow of the Institute for Social Policy and Understanding from 2011-2014 and is a Senior Fellow of the Center for Global Policy since 2014. He earned his Ph.D. in international relations , political philosophy and Islamic political thought from Georgetown University in May 2000. Of Indian origin, Khan (born in Hyderabad ) is a well-known Muslim intellectual whose articles have been widely published. Although he is a proponent of change in the treatment of women in some Islamic societies, he identifies as traditional and liberal. Khan advocates independent thinking, and says that it is the inability of Muslims to sustain a dialogue with time and text which sometimes makes Islamic teachings appear anachronistic or intolerant. Khan has testified at hearings hosted by the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee and the US House Armed Forces Committee . A fellow of the Institute for Social Policy and Understanding , he has been the president, vice-president and general secretary of the Association of Muslim Social Scientists. In October 2008, Khan received the Sir Syed Ahmed Khan Award for service to Islam from Aligarh Muslim University . He maintains two websites which archive his articles: Ijtihad and Glocaleye. He has commented on the BBC , CNN , FOX , VOA TV , NPR and other radio and TV networks. Khan's political commentaries appear regularly in newspapers in over 20 countries, and he has lectured in North America, East Asia, the Middle East and Europe. Khan, married to Reshma, has a son (Rumi) and daughter (Ruhi).

Indian academic Muhammad Abdul Muqtedar Khan ( Urdu : محمد عبد المقتدر خان ) ( ) (born 1966) is an Indian American academic and a professor in the Department of Political Science and International Relations at the University of Delaware . Khan is the founding director of the Islamic Studies Program at the university. He chaired the Department of Political Science and was Director of International Studies at Adrian College . He was a senior non-resident Fellow at the Brookings Institution from 2003 to 2008. He was a senior fellow of the Institute for Social Policy and Understanding from 2011-2014 and is a Senior Fellow of the Center for Global Policy since 2014. He earned his Ph.D. in international relations , political philosophy and Islamic political thought from Georgetown University in May 2000. Of Indian origin, Khan (born in Hyderabad ) is a proponent of change in the treatment of women in some Islamic societies, he identifies as traditional and liberal. Khan advocates independent thinking, and says that it is the inability of Muslims to sustain a dialogue with time and text which sometimes makes Islamic teachings appear anachronistic or intolerant. Khan has testified at hearings hosted by the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee and the US House Armed Forces Committee . A fellow of the Institute for Social Policy and Understanding , he has been the president, vice-president and general secretary of the Association of Muslim Social Scientists. In October 2008, Khan received the Sir Syed Ahmed Khan Award for service to Islam from Aligarh Muslim University . He maintains two websites which archive his articles: Ijtihad and Glocaleye.

Indian academic Muhammad Abdul Muqtedar Khan (born 1966) is an Indian American academic and a professor in the Department of Political Science and International Relations at the University of Delaware . Khan is the founding director of the Islamic Studies Program at the university. He chaired the Department of Political Science and was Director of International Studies at Adrian College . He was a senior non-resident Fellow at the Brookings Institution from 2003 to 2008. He was a senior fellow of the Institute for Social Policy and Understanding from 2011-2014 and is a Senior Fellow of the Center for Global Policy since 2014. He earned his Ph.D. in international relations , political philosophy and Islamic political thought from Georgetown University in May 2000. Of Indian origin, Khan is a proponent of change in the treatment of women in some Islamic societies, he identifies as traditional and liberal. Khan advocates independent thinking, and says that it is the inability of Muslims to sustain a dialogue with time and text which sometimes makes Islamic teachings appear anachronistic or intolerant. Khan has testified at hearings hosted by the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee and the US House Armed Forces Committee . A fellow of the Institute for Social Policy and Understanding , he has been the president, vice-president and general secretary of the Association of Muslim Social Scientists. In October 2008, Khan received the Sir Syed Ahmed Khan Award for service to Islam from Aligarh Muslim University . He maintains two websites which archive his articles: Ijtihad and Glocaleye.