Member, the Steering Committee of the Afro-Asian Consultation on the Politics of Identity (CODESRIA / ICES) 1998 to date.

Member "Islamic Dynamics in Black Africa," based at the Centre d'Etude d'Afrique Noire, University of Bordeaux, Talence, France (1991 to date).

Past Member, "Religious Pluralism in Africa South of the Sahara," a joint working group of the Universit� de Pau, France and the Universit� de Bordeaux, France (1992-1994).

Past Member, "Transnational Religious Regimes" a working group of the Committee for International Peace and Security of the Social Science Research Council New York, USA (1991-1995).

Past Member, "Islamic group, the Fundamentalism Project," Funded by the MacArthur Foundation and sponsored by the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Contributed a chapter to Volume IV of the Project, USA (1990-92).

Past Member "Planning Committee of a Project on "Muslim Societies in West Africa Under French Colonial Rule," Based at Michigan State University and funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities" (1991-96).

Past Member, "Advisory Bord of the "Muslim Politics Project" based at the Council on Foreign Relations and funded by the Ford Foundation (1995-1998)