Maimul Ahsan Khan
Maimul Ahsan Khan (born 1954) is a professor of law currently teaching jurisprudence and international institutional law at the University of Dhaka.[1] He is specialized in jurisprudence, Islamic law, Islam and Muslim culture, political science, human rights, Middle Eastern, South Asian and Oriental studies. He earned his PhD from Tashkent State University in 1985.[2] He was awarded IIE-SRF fellowship for his academic contribution by the Institute of International Education (IIE).[3] In 2012, the IIE Scholar Rescue Fund featured him as one of the persecuted academics in the world.[2]
Khan taught at the University of Illinois-UIUC from 1998-2002,[4] the University of California-Davis and Berkeley from 2002-2006,[4] and the Technical University of Liberec-Czech Republic.[5] He has served as a Fulbright Fellow at the College of Law in University of Illinois-UC and as a country specialist on Afghanistan at Amnesty International (2001-2006).[2][5]
Selected works
Khan has authored books and scholarly articles in English, Russian and Bengali. His books include:
- Khan, Maimul Ahsan (1998). Huntington's Civilization Issues and Morality in Law. Dhaka: Bishwa Shahitya Bhaban. OCLC 40551085.
- —— (2003). Human Rights in the Muslim World: Fundamentalism, Constitutionalism, and International Politics. Durham, N.C.: Carolina Academic Press. ISBN 0-89089-045-5.[6]
- —— (2008). Islamic Jurisprudence and Women's Rights: Relevance to Modern Trade and Business. Dhaka: Nahar Light Foundation. OCLC 889632291.
- —— (2011). Jurisprudence: Reconstructing the Ideals of Politics, Legality and Morality. Dhaka: Law's Empire Publishing. ISBN 978-9843318114.
- —— (2011). The Vision and Impact of Fethullah Gulen: A New Paradigm for Social Activism. New York: Blue Dome. ISBN 978-1-935295-09-9.[7]
- —— (2012). Islamic Financing and Banking: From Traditional Views to Arab Spring. Malaysia: Lincoln University Press. ISBN 978-967-10937-0-2.
- —— (2014). Introduction to Legal Theories: Basic Jurisprudential Studies. Dhaka: Bangladesh Institute of Islamic Thought. ISBN 978-984-8471-25-8.
References
- ↑ "Faculty Members List: Department of Law". University of Dhaka.
- 1 2 3 "Maimul Ahsan Khan". IIE Scholar Rescue Fund.
- ↑ "Scholar Rescue Fund - About". Institute of International Education. Archived from the original on 2 June 2016.
- 1 2 http://www.amazon.com/Maimul-Ahsan-Khan/e/B001KIZ0N8
- 1 2 https://www.researchgate.net/publication/283299221_Scanned_copies_of_Work_Experiences_of_maimul_Ahsan_Khan
- ↑ "Book Review: The Muslim World: Fundamentalism, Constitutionalism and International Politics". American Muslim Perspective. Archived from the original on 9 June 2016.
- ↑ "Bangladeshi professor published his second book on Fethullah Gulen". Hizmet News. 7 December 2010.