Akbar Ahmed, the Ibn Khaldun Chair of Islamic Studies at American University in Washington D.C., sees Islam facing not just one crisis, but two:  Besides its tension with the West, Islam’s internal conflicts set Shi’a against Sunni, rich against poor, and tribe against tribe.  Ahmed joins host Geoffrey Kemp, Director of Regional Strategic Programs at the Nixon Center, to discuss how Islam’s internal crisis affects global relations as well as the importance of Muslims’ number one role model.

Host> Geoffery Kemp, director, Regional Strategic Programs, Nixon Center
Guest> Akbar Ahmed, Ibn Khaldun Chair of Islamic Studies, American University 

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