Medhat Maher is the Director of the Center for Civilization Studies and Research, Cairo, Egypt. He holds a master’s degree at Cairo University with a thesis entitled “The Reality of Jurisprudence in Islamic Political Heritage: Jurisprudential, Philosophical, and Social Models.” His doctoral dissertation was titled “The Equation of Power, Interest, Ethics, and Law in International Politics: Theory and Application from Comparative Paradigms.” Dr. Maher is the author of numerous academic publications engaging his political and Shari’ah academic background with pressing issues of the Muslim Umma.