Humanities Profiled: Dr. Sulayman Nyang at American Muslim Council

E. Ethelbert Miller interviews Professor Sulayman Nyang of the department of African Studies at Howard University in Washington, DC. Nyang responds to questions about Islam as it is practiced around the world, with a particular attention to clarifying or dispelling common misconceptions. Nyang served as the Deputy Ambassador of the Gambian Embassy in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia and as a member of the Academic Council of the Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding. Dr. Nyang also co-directed Muslims in the American Public Square (MAPS), a study that examines Muslim, Catholic, mainline Protestant, evangelical Christian, African-American Christian, Hispanic Christian and Jewish communities. Furthermore, he has written extensively on Islamic, African, and Middle Eastern affairs.