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Abdelwahab El-Affendi
Biography
Dr Abdelwahab El-Affendi is Reader in Politics at the Centre for the Study of Democracy, University of Westminster and co-ordinator of the Centre's Democracy and Islam Programme. He is currently an ESRC/AHRC Fellow in RCUK's Global Uncertainties Programme, and Visiting Fellow at the Centre of Islamic Studies, University of Cambridge. El-Affendi is author of numerous books including: Turabi's Revolution: Islam and Power in Sudan (1991), Who Needs an Islamic State? (1991 - 2008), Rethinking Islam and Modernity (2001), The Conquest of Muslim Hearts and Minds: Perspectives on U.S. Reform and Public Diplomacy Strategies(2005) and About Muhammad: The Other Western Perspective on the Prophet of Islam (2011).