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Contact: Tom Parisi, NIU Office of Public Affairs
(815) 753-3635
October 27, 2004
Visiting scholar will lecture on Islam, international relations
DeKalb, Ill. — Visiting scholar Muddathir Abdel-Rahim will present a public lecture titled, “Islam and International Relations: Peace, Conflict and Diplomacy,” from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 4, in the Heritage Room of Holmes Student Center.
Abdel-Rahim is a professor of political science and Islamic studies at the International Institute of Islamic Thought and Civilization in Malaysia. He joins NIU’s Center for Southeast Asian Studies through funding from the American University of Beirut program, “Understanding Contemporary Islam.”
“Diplomacy in the Arab and Muslim world is rooted in Islam, a word that means peace,” Abdel-Rahim said.
“My lecture will examine the principles on which international relations were conceived and evolved in Islamic civilization, going back to the rise of Islam in the 7th century. In the Muslim world view, peace remains the highest priority.”
Abdel-Rahim is visiting NIU for the fall semester, presenting lectures in various political science and anthropology courses. Originally from the Sudan, he at one time served as a Sudanese ambassador to the Nordic countries.
He also has worked for the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization and has taught at universities in Africa, England, the United States and the Arab world. He has been teaching in Malaysia for the past decade.
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