Noted Islam authority, anthropologist, writer and filmmaker Akbar Ahmed is featured beginning tonight on a special “River City Weekly” encore.

Ahmed – Ibn Khaldun chairman of Islamic studies and professor of international relations at American University in Washington, D.C., and a former high commissioner of Pakistan to Great Britain – discusses key tenets of the Muslim faith, the necessity of interfaith dialogue and meeting the challenge of inclusion in a post-Sept. 11 world.

“River City Weekly” with host Greg Hurd premieres on Sunflower Broadband Channel 6 at 6:30 p.m. Wednesdays with replays at 9:30 p.m. Wednesdays, 9 a.m., 5:30 p.m. and 9 p.m. Thursdays, 9:30 a.m. and 7 p.m. Fridays, 9 a.m. Saturdays, 9:30 p.m. Sundays, 9:30 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. Mondays, and 10 a.m. and 8:30 p.m. Tuesdays.

“River City Weekly” also is available anytime on Sunflower on Demand.