Desmond Tutu Award Acceptance Remarks

Feb 18

On Thursday, February 18, 2016 I was humbled and honored to receive the 2016 Desmond Tutu Peace and Reconciliation Award from my university. At the ceremony, I made brief remarks. Several people at the event urged me share my remarks. Here it is: Good afternoon. This is unbelievable. An immigrant from India receiving the Desmond Tutu Peace Award at an Martin Luther...

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Local Muslim leaders reject Iraq extremists’ call to arms

Jul 08

Florida Times Union By Beth Reese Cravey A Northeast Florida Muslim leader decried as “silly” an extremist group’s recent call for Muslims worldwide to help build an Islamic state in conquered territory in Iraq and Syria. Most Muslims will “not react favorably,” said Parvez Ahmed, board member of the Islamic Center of Northeast Florida and an associate...

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Islamists Have Failed to Deliver

Dec 29

The military coup against the duly elected government of Egypt was without doubt a blow to democracy. However, the latest poll from Zogby Research shows an almost evenly divided Egyptian public. Fifty-one percent of Egyptians believe it was wrong to depose Mohammed Morsi, their legitimately elected president. While 46 percent believe that the military intervention...

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Florida ‘Anti-Sharia’ Bill is Bad Law

Apr 18

This article was coauthored by Mark Schlakman  senior program director at the Florida State University Center for the Advancement of Human Rights. Parvez Ahmed  associate professor of finance at the Coggin College of Business, University of North Florida, and frequent commentator on the American Muslim experience. Jack Romberg Rabbi at Temple Israel in...

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The Extreme Makeover of India’s (Possible) Next Leader

Apr 18

In Huffington Post, April 18, 2012 The Extreme Makeover of India’s (Possible) Next Leader by Parvez Ahmed That Narendra Modi was featured on the cover of Time (March, South Asia edition), around the tenth anniversary of an anti-Muslim massacre in the Indian state of Gujarat, was not surprising. Sparking outrage was the headline (Modi Means Business), which...

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Scope of Islamic Law

Nov 02

Question – What is Islamic Law composed of? žShariah: —Quran —Sunnah of Prophet Muhammad Sunnah, literally means path. The Sunnah of Prophet Muhammad consists of his sayings, actions, approval and disapprovals. žFiqh: —Collection of juridical opinions given by various jurists as they pondered over the day-to-day application of...

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