Akbar S. Ahmed is an anthropologist. He holds the Ibn Khaldun Chair of Islamic Studies and is a professor of international relations at the American University. He has a Ph.D. from School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) of the University of London.

From 1982 to 1988, Ahmed was the Pakistani Commissioner of three Divisions in Baluchistan; from 1988 to 1999, he was a fellow of the Selwyn College, Cambridge; and from 1999 to 2000, he was the Pakistani High Commissioner to the United Kingdom.

He has appeared on Oprah three times, as well as on the BBC's Living Islam (1993). Ahmed was born in Allahabad , India.

Works

• The Conceit of Innocence: Losing the Conscience of the West in the War Against Bosnia ISBN 0890967709
• Discovering Islam: Making Sense of Muslim History and Society ISBN 0415285259
• Islam, Globalization and Postmodernity ISBN 0415093678
• Islam Today: A Short Introduction to the Muslim World ISBN 1860642578
• Islam in Tribal Societies: From the Atlas to the Indus ISBN 0710093209
• Islam Under Siege: Living Dangerously in a Post-Honor World ISBN 0745622100
• Jinnah, Pakistan, and Islamic Identity: The Search for Saladin ISBN 0415149665
• Living Islam: From Samarkand to Stornoway ISBN 0563364416
• Millennium and Charisma among Pathans: A Critical Essay in Social Anthropology ISBN 0710005474
• Pakistan: The Social Sciences' Perspective ISBN 0195773888
• Pakistan Society: Islam, Ethnicity and Leadership in South Asia ISBN 0195773500
• Postmodernism and Islam: Predicament and Promise ISBN 0415062934
• The Quaid: Jinnah and the Story of Pakistan ISBN 0195777387
• Religion and Politics in Muslim Society: Order and Conflict in Pakistan ISBN 0521246350
• Resistance and Control in Pakistan ISBN 0415349117
• Toward Islamic Anthropology: Definition, Dogma, and Directions ISBN 0912463058

External links

• Curriculum vitae