A.S. was born and raised in Egypt and holds two doctorates with an emphasis on Islam and its history. He is a professor of Islamic studies and director of the Jenkins Center for the Christian Understanding of Islam at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. He has taught at several schools in the United States and the Middle East and authored A Concise Guide to the Life of Muhammad (Baker Academic, 2022), Conversion to Islam (Oxford University Press, 2021), Basics of Arabic (Zondervan 2021), A Concise Guide to the Quran (Baker Academic, 2020), and The Stated Motivations for the Early Islamic Expansion (Peter Lang, 2018), among others.
A.S. Ibrahim | Recent attacks on Christians in Nigeria and Syria stem from jihadist strategy and apathetic governments
A.S. Ibrahim | The Shiite socialist’s primary win says a lot about the genius—and naïveté— of voters
A.S. Ibrahim | The president has good reasons to remove sanctions, but he must be cautious
A.S. Ibrahim | The international community should rally around Israel’s efforts against Iran’s evil regime
A.S. Ibrahim | The U.K. prime minister’s rhetorical shift on immigration doesn’t address many legitimate concerns
A.S. Ibrahim | Political Islam’s abuse of the asylum system puts Americans at risk
A.S. Ibrahim | The president was right to prioritize U.S. interests—but he should avoid unqualified praise of authoritarian regimes
A.S. Ibrahim | President Trump accomplished a lot during his four-day visit to the Middle East
A.S. Ibrahim | Western nations should show the resolve of the Middle East in regard to the Muslim Brotherhood
A.S. Ibrahim | Faced with overwhelming force, the Yemeni terrorists press the pause button ... for now
