Conversations With Europe’s Legendary Chief Rabbi
As I stood up to deliver my lecture at the University of Copenhagen, my host whispered that the Pakistani ambassador...
Ambassador Akbar Ahmed is Distinguished Professor of International Relations and holds the Ibn Khaldun Chair of Islamic Studies at the American University, School of International Service. He is also a global fellow at the Wilson Center Washington DC. His academic career included appointments such as Nonresident Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution; the First Distinguished Chair of Middle East and Islamic Studies at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, MD; the Iqbal Fellow and Fellow of Selwyn College at the University of Cambridge; and teaching positions at Harvard and Princeton universities. Ahmed dedicated more than three decades to the Civil Service of Pakistan, where his posts included Commissioner in Balochistan, Political Agent in the Tribal Areas, and Pakistan High Commissioner to the UK and Ireland
As I stood up to deliver my lecture at the University of Copenhagen, my host whispered that the Pakistani ambassador...
This piece is part of a series on Western Muslim converts, releasing during the month of Ramazan. The people profiled...
This piece is part of a series on Western Muslim converts, releasing during the month of Ramazan. The people profiled...
This piece is part of a series on Western Muslim converts, releasing during the month of Ramazan. The people profiled...
This piece is part of a series on Western Muslim converts, releasing during the month of Ramazan. The people profiled...
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In this article, I am presenting three remarkable letters for the reader to ponder. They were written in three different...
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Dr Akbar Ahmed will be writing his memoirs for TFT about his eventful life and multiple pursuits. This is the...
Our prayers and blessings for the departed soul of the late great Queen Elizabeth II. Her death represents the passing...
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“Benazir Bhutto has been killed, and we want you live on BBC television straight away, please.” It was early morning...
Prince Dara Shikoh was the crown prince of the Mughal Empire and son and heir of Shah Jahan, ruler of...
Editors' Note: We are publishing this two-part series of a deeply personal and moving account of how scholar and former Ambassador...
Editors' Note: We are publishing this two-part series of a deeply personal and moving account of how scholar and former Ambassador...
On the last day of February this year, we lost Malaika. Our beautiful, noble, gentle, dog was run over by...
Party members and some senior office holders of...
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