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hyderabad , india 200px indian american 1966 dr.-muqtedar-khan-2078-20080601-2 . jpg m. a. muqtedar khan
 dr. m. a. muqtedar khan professor , writer , political commentator georgetown university
m. a. muqtedar khan

dr. m. a. muqtedar khan -lrb- urdu : محمد عبد المقتدر خان ; born 1966 -rrb- is an associate professor in the department of political science , and international relations at the university of delaware .
he is also the founding director of the islamic studies program at the university of delaware .
prior to that he was chair of the department of political science and the director of international studies at adrian college .
he was a non-resident fellow at the brookings institution from 2003-2008 .
he earned his ph.d. in international relations , political philosophy , and islamic political thought , from georgetown university in may 2000 .
of indian origin , the hyderabad born khan is a well known muslim intellectual , whose articles and columns are widely published .
he is a proponent of social change regarding treatment of women in some islamic societies , but identifies himself as both traditional as well as liberal .
in a sense he is a traditional scholar when it comes to issues of faith , but a liberal on topics such as democracy in the islamic world , the place of women in society and on pluralism .
he advocates freedom of thought and independent thinking , and he states that it is the inability of muslims to sustain a dialogue with time and text that sometimes makes islamic teachings look anachronistic or even intolerant .
khan is an important voice on us foreign policy in the muslim world .
he has testified at hearings hosted by the us senate foreign relations committee and the us house armed forces committee .
khan is also a fellow of the institute for social policy and understanding .
he has been the president , vice president and general secretary of the association of muslim social scientists .
in october 2008 , he was awarded the sir syed ahmed khan award for service to islam by the aligarh muslim university alumni .
khan maintains two websites that archive his short articles .
they are `` ijtihad '' and `` glocaleye '' .
he also writes for the `` on faith forum of washington post and newsweek '' .
khan frequently comments on bbc , cnn , fox , voa tv , npr and other radio and tv networks .
his political commentaries appear regularly in newspapers in over 20 countries .
he has also lectured in north america , east asia , middle east and europe .
khan is from hyderabad , india .
he is married to reshma and has a son rumi , and a daughter ruhi .
