Newswise — Muqtedar Khan, University of Delaware associate professor of political science and international relations and director of UD's Islamic Studies Program, is available to discuss the terror attacks in India. Khan's areas of interest are politics of the Middle East and South Asia, political Islam, Islamic political thought and American foreign policy in the Muslim world. Khan teaches courses on Arab and Middle Eastern politics, politics of development, globalization and Islam in world affairs.
His books include American Muslims: Bridging Faith and Freedom; Jihad for Jerusalem: Identity and Strategy in International Relations; Debating Modern Islam; and Islamic Democratic Discourse.
Khan has become well-known in the public arena for his writings and commentaries and has been quoted in prominent U.S. newspapers, such as The New York Times and Washington Post, and in other periodicals worldwide, including those in England, Canada, Saudi Arabia, India, Pakistan, Indonesia and Japan. He is a frequent commentator on radio and TV networks and maintains a Weblog, entitled Globalog and a column on Islam and global affairs, titled "Ijtihad: A Return to Enlightenment."
Growing up in India, Khan, who is known for his moderate views, at first pursued a career in business. While in India, he met his wife, Reshma, and the couple moved to the United States, where he earned his doctorate in international relations, political philosophy and Islamic political thought from Georgetown University. After teaching at Adrian College in Michigan, he joined the University of Delaware faculty in the fall of 2005.
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