Talk:Asad Q. Ahmad

By Sachi Anjunkar

Asad Q. Ahmad is an Associate Professor of Arabic and Islamic Studies at the University of California, Berkeley as of May 2024. According to his university profile, he specializes in early Islamic social history and pre-modern Islamic intellectual history, with a special focus on the rationalist disciplines, such as philosophy, logic, legal theories, and astronomy.

He has published no books, papers, or research pertaining to Hindus, the Indus Civilization, or caste.

In 2016, he signed a letter addressed to the State Board of Education, California Department of Education, dated May 17, 2016. The letter stated the following:

1. "There is no established connection between Hinduism and the Indus Civilization."
2. "It is inappropriate to remove mention of the connection of caste to Hinduism."

Publications related to India

1. Ahmed, Asad Q. Palimpsests of Themselves: Logic and Commentary in Muslim India. University of California Press, 2022.