Top 2 Quotes & Sayings by Akbar S. Ahmed

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American professor Akbar S. Ahmed.
Last updated on September 19, 2024.
Akbar S. Ahmed

Akbar Salahuddin Ahmed, is a Pakistani-American academic, author, poet, playwright, filmmaker and former diplomat. He currently is a professor of International Relations and holds the Ibn Khaldun Chair of Islamic Studies at the American University, School of International Service in Washington, D.C. Akbar Ahmed served as the Pakistan High Commissioner to the UK and Ireland. He currently is a Global Fellow at the Woodrow Wilson Center.

If we do not take this road of dialogue and understanding then I fear for the next generation. There are enough people preaching hatred, which encourages violence. We are living in times when technology, biology and chemistry have created the possibility of killing in large numbers. And, unfortunately, the cruelty and killing are often justified through a distorted interpretation of religion.
The American mass media have achieved what American political might could not:  World domination. — © Akbar S. Ahmed
The American mass media have achieved what American political might could not: World domination.
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