President Ayub Khan was right. Though watching the 1971 crisis from Islamabad, as a field marshal of the Pakistan Army, he had spotted what for me, a junior assistant commissioner in the field in East Pakistan that year, was glaringly obvious: no nation could fight on two fronts and hope […]
Archive: March 9, 2018
In one of his most recent tweets, President Trump accused and labelled Pakistan and alleged that it harbours terrorists and this has implied that it must “do more” (despite the fact that Pakistan has been fighting terrorism and its people are victims of terrorism) or face sanctions and even its […]
Sunday, March 4, 2018 – 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. In the latest of his studies examining relations between the West and the Muslim world, Ambassador Ahmed, author of Journey into Islam andJourney into America, draws on extensive discussions with people throughout Europe. Traveling with a team of researchers, Ahmed, the Ibn Khaldun Chair of Islamic […]
Date : Mar 13, 2018 Time : 6:00PM To 8:00PM Place : Hemisphere Suites, Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center 1300 Pennsylvania Ave. NW Washington, DC In today’s rapidly globalizing world, there are many political, social and cultural shifts taking place. For instance, the last decade has seen an […]
Akbar Ahmed has a well-earned reputation as one of the most balanced, learned and original interpreters of Islam in its engagement with the non-Muslim world. It is hard to exaggerate the importance of this work…at a time when myths and fantasies still stir up corporate fear between our communities… Dr. […]