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Racism In America And Islam: Remembering Bilal, Muqtedar Khan Jul 2015

Racism In America And Islam: Remembering Bilal, Muqtedar Khan

Muqtedar Khan

This article reflects on Bilal, the African companion of Prophet Muhammad and its relevance to race relations in America.


Indian Muslims In The Age Of Muslim Uprisings, Muqtedar Khan May 2015

Indian Muslims In The Age Of Muslim Uprisings, Muqtedar Khan

Muqtedar Khan

No abstract provided.


New Atheists And The Economy Of Outrage, Muqtedar Khan Apr 2015

New Atheists And The Economy Of Outrage, Muqtedar Khan

Muqtedar Khan

This article critiques the assault on Islam by the New Atheists and the economy of outrage that enables them.


The Arab Fall: War Of All Against All, Muqtedar Khan Feb 2015

The Arab Fall: War Of All Against All, Muqtedar Khan

Muqtedar Khan

This article explore the geopolitics of the Arab World with the rise of Daesh - ISIS.


New Atheists And The Same Old Islamophobia, Muqtedar Khan Jan 2015

New Atheists And The Same Old Islamophobia, Muqtedar Khan

Muqtedar Khan

This article exposes the Islamophobia of the New Atheists.


What Is Islamic Democracy? The Three Cs Of Islamic Governance, Muqtedar Khan Dec 2014

What Is Islamic Democracy? The Three Cs Of Islamic Governance, Muqtedar Khan

Muqtedar Khan

This book chapter explores the three Cs of Islamic Governance; Constitution, Consultation and Consent.


Has Modernity Failed The Muslim World?, Muqtedar Khan Oct 2014

Has Modernity Failed The Muslim World?, Muqtedar Khan

Muqtedar Khan

Modernity had come to the Muslim World. But it did not deliver. There is no stability, no freedom, no real democracy and no earned prosperity and no scientific vitality in the Muslim World. Perhaps rather than continuing to ask the old question is Islam compatible with modernity, we need to ask has modernity failed Muslims.


Pakistan Needs Regional And Global Alliances To Fight The Extremists, Muqtedar Khan Jun 2014

Pakistan Needs Regional And Global Alliances To Fight The Extremists, Muqtedar Khan

Muqtedar Khan

A regional coalition will make the struggle against extremism more potent, more durable and less expensive, but it will take more than deft diplomacy to achieve.


Islam, Democracy And Islamism After The Counterrevolution In Egypt, Muqtedar Khan Mar 2014

Islam, Democracy And Islamism After The Counterrevolution In Egypt, Muqtedar Khan

Muqtedar Khan

This article examines Muslim Brotherhood's governance during its brief reign and advances recommendations for reform.


Islamic Reformers In North America, Muqtedar Khan, Marvin Whitaker Jan 2013

Islamic Reformers In North America, Muqtedar Khan, Marvin Whitaker

Muqtedar Khan

The Essay summarizes the contributions of North American Islamic Reformers.


American Exceptionalism And American Muslims, Muqtedar Khan May 2012

American Exceptionalism And American Muslims, Muqtedar Khan

Muqtedar Khan

The article argues that not only are some Muslims embracing the idea of American Exceptionalism but also extrapolating it to imagine American Muslim Exceptionalism.


The Moroccan Path To Islamism, Muqtedar Khan May 2012

The Moroccan Path To Islamism, Muqtedar Khan

Muqtedar Khan

This article reviews the balance of power between the King and the new Parliament which is dominated by the Islamists in Morocco. It also explores how Islamists came to power in Morocco.


Three Dimensions Of The Emerging Political Philosophy Of Islam, Muqtedar Khan Dec 2011

Three Dimensions Of The Emerging Political Philosophy Of Islam, Muqtedar Khan

Muqtedar Khan

This chapter explores how jurists, philosophers and theologians contribute to islamic political theory.


Written Statement Submitted To Senate Judiciary Subcommittee On The Constitution, Civil Society And Human Rights “Protecting The Civil Rights Of American Muslims”, Muqtedar Khan Mar 2011

Written Statement Submitted To Senate Judiciary Subcommittee On The Constitution, Civil Society And Human Rights “Protecting The Civil Rights Of American Muslims”, Muqtedar Khan

Muqtedar Khan

This testimony describes the nature of the new Islamophobia on the rise in the US.


Islam, Revolution And Radicalism: The Co-Constitution Of Reality And Virtuality, Muqtedar Khan, Reid T. Smith Jan 2011

Islam, Revolution And Radicalism: The Co-Constitution Of Reality And Virtuality, Muqtedar Khan, Reid T. Smith

Muqtedar Khan

No abstract provided.


Democracy Is Indispensable: A Political Philosophy Of Islamic Governance, Muqtedar Khan Jun 2010

Democracy Is Indispensable: A Political Philosophy Of Islamic Governance, Muqtedar Khan

Muqtedar Khan

This essay identifies some of the key components of islamic governance to show the compatibility of Islam and Democracy.


European Fears: The End Of Secularism, Muqtedar Khan Jan 2009

European Fears: The End Of Secularism, Muqtedar Khan

Muqtedar Khan

This paper argues that the presence of Islam in Europe is generating a fear the secularism is coming to an end.


Islamic Governance And Democracy, Muqtedar Khan Jan 2009

Islamic Governance And Democracy, Muqtedar Khan

Muqtedar Khan

The chapter argues that democracy is necessary for Islamic governance. It also provides a discussion on why Muslims need an Islamic state.


Islam And The New Europe: The Remaking Of A Civilization, Muqtedar Khan Jan 2007

Islam And The New Europe: The Remaking Of A Civilization, Muqtedar Khan

Muqtedar Khan

The paper argues that it is not Muslims but Western Intellectuals, with outdated notions of what Europe means, who are having a difficulty in assimilating into the New Europe.


Globalization And Terrorism, Muqtedar Khan Feb 2004

Globalization And Terrorism, Muqtedar Khan

Muqtedar Khan

No abstract provided.


Islamic Democratic Theory: Between Political Philosophy And Jurisprudence, Muqtedar Khan Jan 2004

Islamic Democratic Theory: Between Political Philosophy And Jurisprudence, Muqtedar Khan

Muqtedar Khan

The essay compares the contributions that Philosophers, Jurists and Theologians make to the discourse on Islam and Democracy.


American Muslims As Allies In The War On Terrorism, Muqtedar Khan Jan 2004

American Muslims As Allies In The War On Terrorism, Muqtedar Khan

Muqtedar Khan

This chapter argues that rather than threat to America, American Muslims can be strong allies against extremism.


The Islamic State, Muqtedar Khan Jan 2004

The Islamic State, Muqtedar Khan

Muqtedar Khan

This essays explores classical and contemporary approaches to theorizing the state from an Islamic perspective. It examines the works of Al-Mawardi, Al-Farabi, Ibn Khaldun, Ibn Tamiyyah, Maulana Maududi and Muhammad Abdul and Jamaluddin Afghani.


Islamic Democratic Theory: Between Political Philosophy And Jurisprudence, Muqtedar Khan Jan 2004

Islamic Democratic Theory: Between Political Philosophy And Jurisprudence, Muqtedar Khan

Muqtedar Khan

The article compares the role that jurists, theologians and philosophers play in shaping the discourse on Islam and Democracy.


Radical Islam, Liberal Islam, Muqtedar Khan Dec 2003

Radical Islam, Liberal Islam, Muqtedar Khan

Muqtedar Khan

This article extols the virtues of Liberal Islam and argues for the strategic compatibility of Liberal Islam and Liberal Democracy.


Teaching Globalization, Muqtedar Khan Aug 2003

Teaching Globalization, Muqtedar Khan

Muqtedar Khan

This article provides helpful conceptual guidelines for teaching Globalization.


Prospects For Muslim Democracy: The Role Of Us Policy, Muqtedar Khan Jan 2003

Prospects For Muslim Democracy: The Role Of Us Policy, Muqtedar Khan

Muqtedar Khan

This paper explores the role of US foreign policy in promoting Democracy in the Muslim World.


The Islamic State And Religious Minorities, Muqtedar Khan Sep 2002

The Islamic State And Religious Minorities, Muqtedar Khan

Muqtedar Khan

This article explores the challenge religious minorities present to an Islamic State in the light of modern values of democracy and human rights.


Shura And Democracy, Muqtedar Khan Jan 2002

Shura And Democracy, Muqtedar Khan

Muqtedar Khan

No abstract provided.


The Compact Of Medina: A Constitutional Theory Of The Islamic State, Muqtedar Khan May 2001

The Compact Of Medina: A Constitutional Theory Of The Islamic State, Muqtedar Khan

Muqtedar Khan

The essay explores the Compact of Medina as a constitutional basis for a modern Islamic state.