About the Speaker: Prof Anwar Alam is Professor at Department of International Relations, Zirve University, Gazi Antep, Turkey. Earlier he was Professor and Director at the Centre for West Asian Studies, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi. An alumnus of Jawaharlal Nehru University, Prof Alam has been the recipient of the Indian Council of Social Science Doctoral Fellowship and several other prestigious international fellowships. He has authored several books and contributes articles in national and international refereed journals. His areas of interest include religion and politics, political Islam/ Islamic movements, globalisation and Muslim societies.