"The Many Faces of Political Islam: Multiple Manifestations or Multiple Ideologies?" Lecture by Professor Mohammed Ayoob

The Institute of Islamic Studies and The Research Group in International Security (REGIS) present Professor Mohammed Ayoob (Michigan State University): "The Many Faces of Political Islam: Multiple Manifestations or Multiple Ideologies?". MOHAMMED AYOOB is University Distinguished Professor of International Relations, Michigan State University and Coordinator of MSU’s Muslim Studies Program. A specialist on conflict and security in the Third World, his publications on the subject have included conceptual essays as well as case studies dealing with South Asia, the Middle East, the Persian Gulf, and Southeast Asia. He has acted as a consultant to the International Commission on Intervention and State Sovereignty; the High Level Panel on Threats, Challenges and Change appointed by the UN Secretary General; and the Ford Foundation. He has authored, co-authored, or edited 13 books and published about 90 research papers and scholarly articles in leading journals such as World Politics, International Studies Quarterly, International Studies Review, and Foreign Policy. His books include The Politics of Islamic Reassertion (St. Martin’s Press, 1981), The Third World Security Predicament: State Making, Regional Conflict, and the International System (Lynne Rienner Publishers, 1995), The Many Faces of Political Islam (University of Michigan Press, 2008), and Religion and Politics in Saudi Arabia: Wahhabism and the State (Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2009).