Muqtedar Khan

University of Delaware, Political Science and International Relations, Faculty Member

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Emerging Hindu Rashtra and Its Impact on Indian Muslims: A Video Summary

This is a short video summary of our article "Emerging Hindu Rashtra and Its Impact on Indian Mus... more This is a short video summary of our article "Emerging Hindu Rashtra and Its Impact on Indian Muslims" which was published in the journal Religions on august 27th, 2021. the article is part of the special issue edited by Jeff Haynes on Religion and International Relations. You can read the entire open access article by clicking this link: https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/12/9/693/htm

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India's Defense Budget, Weapons Purchases and Policies | Khanversation with Lt. Gen. V. P. Singh

Khanversation, 2023

In this Khanversation I discuss India's defense procurement strategy and defense policy with Lt. ... more In this Khanversation I discuss India's defense procurement strategy and defense policy with Lt. General V. P. Singh.

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Book Review of Islam and Good Governance: A Political Philosophy of Ihsan

Political Theology, 2022

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Review of Muqtedar Khan's Islam and Good Governance: A Political Philosophy of Ihsan

Marmara University, 2021

M. A. Muqtedar Khan, who is widely known for his earlier edited work Islamic Democratic Discourse... more M. A. Muqtedar Khan, who is widely known for his earlier edited work Islamic Democratic Discourse and his article What is Enlightenment? An Islamic Perspective, presents this time a monograph which is focused on a single task. The argument of the book is carefully structured to invite the reader to reflect upon a long-lasting problem. Moreover, it not only analyzes the problem thoroughly but also offers a solution to it by doing justice to both historical and conceptual aspects of the problem. The author intends to propose an alternative paradigm for Muslims in overcoming their ongoing troubles regarding international security, conflict resolution, foreign policy, interfaith relations and social reform and development, and nation-building. Khan argues that instead of focusing on a structural level by demanding a Shariah-based state, Muslims can find ways to deal with social and political issues by invoking the principle of Ihsan, which has been traditionally understood as having a personal rather than communal connotation. Khan seeks to apply Ihsan in a communal setting to show that it promises a way out of a split worldview which consists in "two worlds, the real one where they have to deal with the world of nation-states and existing laws and then the imaginary one wherein they talk about Islamic identity, the Muslim world and Islamic things that exist as ideals or existed in an idealized memory of the past." (p. 249) He advises Muslims that if they bring these two worlds together by implementing the Ihsan principle in the public sphere, then the Islamist threat would be destined to end. After the introductory chapter, Khan goes on in chapter 2 to demonstrate that the principle of Ihsan could not find a place in the development of Islamic law after the prophet. Chapter 3 is intended to survey Muslim approaches to modernity and lists Modernists, Islamists, Traditionalists as major camps, among which he explicitly favors the Modernist approach.

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ISLAM AND CIVILISATIONAL RENEWAL BOOK REVIEW

Islam and Civilizational Renewal, 2020

The work currently under review, by M. A. Muqtedar Khan, professor at the University of Delware (... more The work currently under review, by M. A. Muqtedar Khan, professor at the University of Delware (USA) and expert in Islamic thought, governance and international relations, is a unique addition to the subject area, exploring new dimensions of Islamic political philosophy. A serious, critical evaluation of the subject-theory visa -vis practice-Khan challenges the many political understandings held by classical and modern Islamic political thinkers. Human minds (irrespective of their religious bents) have searched through the ages for a world order capable of providing peace and tranquillity to all people. Consequently, a number of political theories have emerged deliberating on the process and structure of governance and government. Disappointed with conventional forms of government (viz. democracy, secularism, socialism, republicanism and presidential) Muslim scholars have attempted to present a valid and universal alternative capable of transforming contemporary scenes of chaos and confusion into something resembling order. In the recent past, however, Muslim scholars and other Islamic reform movements have failed to convince humanity (especially people of different faiths) that the Islamic approach to good governance is the solution modern minds are searching for. As in his prior publication on Islamic political thought, Khan here presents his subject in a different and unique way, anchoring the political philosophy of Islam to its most recommended principle of ihsan (excellence). The book is a brief yet critical and comprehensive treatment of Islamic political thought spread over eight chapters, including an introduction (pp.1-8) and conclusion (pp.247-50). The book also contains a bibliography (pp.251-69) and index (pp.271-8). The book begins "the quest for a Political philosophy of Ihsan" by highlighting the philosophical and theological foundations of that

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Book Review of Ihsan and Good Governance by K. Bullock

Journal of contemporary Religion, 2020

This is the first book review of Ihsan and Good Governance in an academic journal. There have bee... more This is the first book review of Ihsan and Good Governance in an academic journal. There have been several media articles and multimedia interviews about the book so far.

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Islam and Good Governance: A Political Philosophy of Ihsan

This is an announcement of my latest book Islam and Good Governance: A Political Philosophy of Ih... more This is an announcement of my latest book Islam and Good Governance: A Political Philosophy of Ihsan, Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.

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Debating Moderate Islam: The Geopolitics of Islam and the West

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Islamic Democratic Discourse: Theory, Debates, and Philosophical Perspectives

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American Muslims: Bridging Faith and Freedom

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Jihad for Jerusalem: Identity and Strategy in International Relations

The review of this book is posted.

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Papers by Muqtedar Khan

India Grand Strategy India’s Grand Strategy | India’s claim of pursuing ‘strategic autonomy’ in its foreign policy is a facade

Frontline Magazine, 2024

This article published in the prestigious and prominent Indian magazine Frontline elaborates Indi... more This article published in the prestigious and prominent Indian magazine Frontline elaborates India's grand strategy and struggle to balance relations with Russia, China and the US.

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The Political Philosophy of Islamic Movements

Palgrave Macmillan eBooks, Feb 19, 2014

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American Foreign Policy and the Continuing Struggle against Anti-Americanism in the Muslim World

Palgrave Macmillan eBooks, Feb 19, 2014

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قائد کا تصورِ آزادی

Noor e Tahqeeq, 2018

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Moderate Muslims Are the Key to the Future of Islam and American-Muslim Relations

DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals), Jul 1, 2005

I found that in Ariel Cohen's responses, the devil is, so to speak, in the details. I defini... more I found that in Ariel Cohen's responses, the devil is, so to speak, in the details. I definitely agree with his understanding of what characteristics constitute a moderate Muslim eschewing violence, and advocating tolerance and plu-ralism. But when he begins to identify ...

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Closing Thoughts

Palgrave Macmillan US eBooks, 2019

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Islam and Peace

American journal of Islam and society, Apr 1, 1998

At a time when the Muslim world is suffering from an unmitigated epidemic of violence, both from ... more At a time when the Muslim world is suffering from an unmitigated epidemic of violence, both from within and from without, Muslim scholars and peace and social activists got together for two days to examine the Islamic tradition of peace and to explore strategies to once again realize this Islamic ideal. The conference consisted of over 25 panelists with nearly 75 attendees in the audience. For reasons not divulged, the conference was closed and attendance was by invitation only. The hosts, M u b a d Awad and Karim Crow of Nonviolence International and Abdul Aziz Said, the Mohammed Said Farsi Professor of Islamic Peace at American University, were very gracious and managed to put up an excellent show that was reminiscent of the hey days of Islamic civilization. In a land so far away from the Islamic heartland, for two days, the conference repduced a feeling that once again the world was under the merciful and benign shadow of Islamic traditions. The conference had an unusual format. Only a few of the participants were invited to present papers on subjects that dealt with the meaning of peace in Islam, the barriers to peace in the Muslim world, and the tensions between heightened religious identity and violence. The rest of the panelists acted as discussants who contributed their own perspectives on the subject. The audience was allowed extended time to interact with the panel. The conference consisted of two keynote addresse-ne on each day-by Seyyed Hossein Nasr (Professor of Islamic Studies at George Washington University) and Seyyeda Rabab Sadr Chareffedine (Chaqerson of Imam Al-Sadr Foundation of Lebanon). However, Seyyeda Rabab Chareffedine could not make it, instead her son Raed read her speech. The participants came from the Muslim world as well as the West.

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1- Introduction: Governance of Muslims in Contemporary Democracies

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Constituting Religion: Islam, Liberal Rights, and the Malaysian State. By Tamir Moustafa. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2018. 187p. $99.99 cloth, $29.99 paper

Perspectives on Politics, May 21, 2021

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Liberal Islam

American journal of Islam and society, Jul 1, 1999

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