Dr. Abdullah al-Ahsan

Dr. Abdullah al-Ahsan is a professor of comparative civilization studies. He most recently taught at the Department of Political Science and International Relations at Istanbul Şehir University and the Department of History and Civilization at the International Islamic University Malaysia. Dr. Ahsan holds an MA in Islamic Studies from McGill University and a Ph.D. in History from the University of Michigan. He has contributed many articles on the relationship between contemporary Islamic and Western civilizations. His works include The Organization of the Islamic Conference: Introduction to an Islamic Political Institution (International Institute of Islamic Thought, 1988) and Ummah or Nation: Identity Crisis in Contemporary Muslim Society (Islamic Foundation, 1992). He has edited, along with Stephen B Young, Guidance for Good Governance: Explorations in Qur'anic, Scientific, and Cross-cultural Approaches (International Islamic University Malaysia, 2008 and 2013). His latest edited book, Qur'anic Guidance for Good Governance: A Contemporary Perspective (2017), was published by Palgrave Macmillan. His books and articles have been translated into Arabic, Bengali, Bosnian, Turkish, and Urdu.