Qamar-ul Huda
Senior Program Officer, Religion and Peacemaking Program
Middle East | South Asia | Nonviolence | Islamic Philosophy and Ethics | Interfaith Dialogue |
Conflict Resolution | Religious Conflict
Phone: (202) 429-4707
E-mail: qhuda@usip.org
Qamar-ul Huda joined the U.S. Institute of Peace as a senior program officer in the Religion and Peacemaking program, one of the Centers of Innovation, in June 2005. His research focuses on Islamic thought and Islamic philosophy on violence, nonviolence, and conflict resolution. Prior to joining the Institute, Huda was a professor of Islamic studies and comparative religion at Boston College’s Theology Department (1997–2005) and a visiting professor of Islamic studies at the College of Holy Cross and Brandeis University.
He serves as adviser on interfaith relations to the archdiocese of Boston and has written on the subject of dialogue and interfaith studies as a critical way to foster peace. Previously, Huda focused on political, theological, and social history of Islamic mysticism and treatises dealing with Qur’anic hermeneutics.
He holds a B.A. from Colgate University and a Ph.D. in Islamic intellectual history from the University of California at Los Angeles.
Multimedia
America & Islam
Gallup World Poll
September 14, 2007
Islamic Reform in Practice: The Ideas of Mahmoud Taha
USIP Event
January 2006
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