Brother, friend and colleague, Prof Dr Mumtaz Ahmad Passed Away

From: Husnul Amin Reply-To: Sociology of Islam <sociology_of_islam-g@vt.edu>
Date: Thursday, March 31, 2016 at 6:15 AM
To: Sociology of Islam <sociology_of_islam-g@vt.edu>
Subject: [Sociology_of_Islam] Prof Dr Mumtaz Ahmad Passed Away

Salam

With deep pain I have to share this shocking news that reknowned political scientist, erudite scholar of political Islam and a very kind human being Prof Dr Mumtaz Ahmad has passed away last night. After retirement from Hampton Unversity,  Prof Mumtaz Ahmad remained in various capacities from time to time with International Islamic University Islamabad. His last association with the university  was as the Executive Director of Iqbal International Institute for Research and Dailogue.

His funeral will be held at Gujar Khan, Rawalpindi, Pakistan at 14 hrs.

Soon we will contribute a detailed post about his life and work.

Best
Dr Husnul Amin 

Mumtaz Ahmed

Dr. Mumtaz Ahmad, Executive Director, IRD associated with the University since 2007. He is a Professor of Political Science at Hampton University, VA, USA. He received an M.A in Political Science from Karachi University, an M.A. in Development Administration from the American University of Beirut, and Ph.D in Political Science from the University of Chicago.
He has served as: member of "Islam and Social Change Project" of the University of Chicago; Research Fellow at the Brookings Institution, Washington, D.C; Senior Fulbright Fellow in Bangladesh and Pakistan; Fellow of the United States Institute of Peace (USIP) in Sudan, Pakistan and Malaysia; American Institute of Bangladesh Studies Fellow; American Institute of Pakistan Studies Fellow; member of the "Fundamentalism Project" of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences/University of Chicago; and Senior Consultant for the "Muslims in American Public Square" Project of Georgetown University. He is currently President of the South Asian Muslim Studies Association (SAMSA), an affiliate of the Association of Asian Studies (AAS) and Vice-President of Centre for Islam and Public Policy (CIPP), Washington, D.C.
Prior to joining Hampton University in 1990, Dr. Mumtaz Ahmad taught at Columbia College and Chicago State University. He has been a Visiting Professor at the International Islamic University in Kuala Lumpur and International Islamic University, Islamabad. He is also on the editorial board of several professional journals. Dr. Ahmad has published nine books and numerous journal articles, chapters in edited volumes, and encyclopedia articles on politics of contemporary Islamic movements, political sociology of religious groups, and political developments in South Asia and the Middle East.
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