Profiles

US Correspondent for Weekly Blitz

International Correspondent for Amader Shomoy (Dhaka)

Special Advisor to the Intelligence Summit on Bangladeshi Affairs.

Vice President; Gallagher Bassett Services, Itasca, IL

Owner and Founder: http://www.interfaithstrength.com

- Currently working on a book about the immediate Islamist threat to India based on his journey there, interviews with various sectors, and direct evidence. 

- Historical context for the Israeli-Arab conflict

- Media coverage of the Middle East

- India, Bangladesh and South Asia

- Islamist Radicalism

- Islamist-Communist Alliance

- Ethnic Cleansing and attempted Islamist genocide of South Asian Hindus and other minorities

- US Presidential Election

- Terrorism and Counter Terrorist Efforts 

Ph.D. from University of Pennsylvania

“Special Congressional Recognition,” 2005

Nominated for 2006 Lorenzo Natali Prize for jounalism

Member Islam-Israel Fellowship Council

Advisory Board Member Bangladesh Minority Lawyers Association

Named one of Congressman Mark Kirk's "Ten for the Tenth"

Special Recognition 2007, Bangladesh Editors Forum

Special Recognition 2007, Bangladesh Minority Lawyers Association

Member, Scholars for Peace in the Middle East

Delievered 2008 Arvind Ghosh Memorial Lecture

1987-2000: Consultant; Owner/Operator various health care facilities.

1980-1994: College Lecturer

1980-1987: Community Activist; Manager, Professional Health Care

1974-1980: Assistant Professor, College instructor; Sociology and Social Sciences;

DePaul University, Roosevelt University, Camden (NJ) County College,

University of Pennsylvania (Graduate Teaching Assistant)

Essays and social commentaries on the Middle East, Bangladesh, terrorism, and other topics published extensively on several continents; a frequent guest on radio programs in the US, Canada, and Israel; frequent speaker at various seminars, heargings, etc.

Successfully fought for the release of Bangladeshi journalist, Salah Uddin Shoaib Choudhury, imprisoned after writing articles warning about the rise of Islamic radicals, urging Bangladesh to recognize Israel, and advocating for religious equality.

Dr. Benkin is currently helping Bangladeshi Hindu refugees who have been victimized and plundered by their country's Vested Property Law. This act has enabled Bangladeshi rulers and others to plunder, rape, and rob religious minorities. It has become the cornerstone of a decades-long effort at to ethnicly cleanse Bangladesh of its non-Muslim population. He visited over a dozen refugee camps, observed porous borders, and met with numerous vicims and organizations. He started organizing people and is committed to making the world aware of this genocide in the making and securing justice for its victims.  He will return to India in 2009.

Since 2006, Dr. Benkin also has been investigating and exposing the emerging South Asian threat stemming from the cooperation of radical Communists and radical Islamists. He has termed this the "Red-Green Alliance" and continues to speak about the atrocities and strategic advantages it already has carried out, as well as the very real threat it poses to us all.  This is also part of his ongoing efforts in South Asia; specifically India and Nepal.