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Muslim Scholars of 20th Century

Written by Jaber Swati 29 January 2011

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Africa Proper (Nigeria, Kenya, West Africa, Mauritania, Somalia, Sudan)

North Africa (Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Libya)

  • Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali (1927-), Morocco
  • Abd al-Qadir al-Jaza'iri (1808–1883), Algerian born Sufi scholar
  • Fatema Mernissi (1940-) is a Moroccan professor, lecturer, feminist writer and sociologist. Her work explores Islam and the role of women in it, analyzing the historical development of Islamic thought.
  • Abdessalam Yassine (1928-) is a Moroccan Imam, author of “Islam between the Call and the State” (1972) and “Tomorrow, Islam” (1973).

The Arabian Peninsula (Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Kuwait, Gulf States)

Western Europe

  • Ivan Aguéli Shaykh Abd al-Hadi Aqhili (1869–1917) Swedish-born Sufi and Islamic feminist.
  • Abdul Hadi Palazzi Shaykh Abdul Hadi Palazzi (1961–) Italy-born Sufi of Syrian origin, Secretary of the Italian Muslim Assembly, is active in refuting extremism and developing interfaith dialogue.
  • Muhammad Asad (1900–1992) German Jewish journalist and later foreign correspondent to the Middle East, Leopold Weiss converted to Wahhabi Islam and wrote several books including a highly regarded translation of the Qur'an.
  • Tariq Ramadan (1962-) Born in Switzerland to exiled Egyptian parents and his the grandson of the founder of the Muslim Brotherhood. He has written several major works primarily on Islamic theology and the position of Muslims in Europe.
  • Frithjof Schuon (1907–1998) Swiss-born Frithjof Schuon was known as a philosopher, metaphysician and author of numerous books on religion and spirituality, writing primarily in French. He is also considered one of the chief representatives of the Perennialist School.

[edit] Eastern Europe (Turkey, Albania, Bosnia,Kosovo)

Far and Near East (China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei, Malaysia,Central Asia)

Great Britain

  • Abu-Abdullah Adelabu London based Nigerian born Muslim cleric, academic and publisher is the founder and Amir (i.e. President) of Awqaf Africa London and Awqaf Africa Muslim Open College. Sheikh Adelabu studied in Damascus Syria, where he obtained a Ph. D. Degree. His students are behind several Islamic publications including EsinIslam.com, IslamAfrica.com and Delab International magazine.e
  • Ahmad Thomson Rhodesian-born British barrister and Muslim convert Ahmad Thomson is a high profile public figure for Islam in Britain, with several books to his credit.
  • Abdalqadir as-Sufi (1930-) Scotsman Abdalqadir as-Sufi is the leader of the Darqawi-Shadhili-Qadiri Sufi Tariqa, founder of the influential Murabitun Movement and author of numerous books on Islam, Sufism (Tasawwuf) and political theory.
  • Abdal Hakim Murad (1960-) High profile British convert T.J. Winter is Shaykh Zayed Lecturer of Islamic Studies in the Faculty of Divinity at Cambridge University and has several translations of classical works to his credit.
  • Marmaduke Pickthall (1875–1936) Novelist and orientalist British convert M.M. Pictkhall is forever linked to his famous translation The meaning of the Holy Qur'an.
  • Martin Lings (1909–2005) was an English Sufi Muslim writer and scholar, a student and follower of Frithjof Schuon, and Shakespearean scholar. He held a BA in Arabic and a PhD from the School of Oriental and African Studies (University of London).

Greater Levant (Iraq, Syria, Jordan, Palestine, Egypt)

North America

  • Hamza Yusuf (1960-) Public speaker, Shaykh Hamza spent years studying Islam and Arabic in the Muslim world following his conversion to Sunni Islam in 1977. Recently co-founded California-based Zaytuna College to implement his vision of a revival of Islamic sciences.
  • Abu Ameenah Bilal Philips (1952-) Jamaican-born Dr. Philips based in Canada; is a TV personality and a prolific author of numerous books and audio material.
  • Imam Zaid Shakir (1956-) Public speaker, Islamic scholar, and author. Imam Zaid spent years studying Islamic law, spirituality, and Arabic in the Muslim world following his conversion to Sunni Islam in 1977. Recently co-founded California-based Zaytuna College to implement the vision of a revival of Islamic sciences.
  • Louay Safi (1955-) author, Islamic scholar, and human rights activist. He is prolerific writers whose work deals with issues of Human Rights, Islam and Modernity, and Islamic Law.
  • Nuh Ha Mim Keller (1954-) Translator of classical Islamic books and a specialist in Islamic Law and an authorised sheikh in tasawwuf (Sufism) in the Shadhili Sufi order and currently lives in Amman, Jordan.
  • Sherman Jackson is Arthur F. Thurnau Professor of Near Eastern Studies, Visiting Professor of Law and Professor of Afro-American Studies at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
  • Leila Ahmed (1940-) Egyptian-born Ahmed is a Professor of Women's Studies and Religion at Harvard and has authored works on Islamic history and Muslim feminism.
  • Laleh Bakhtiar (1938-) Chicago-based Iranian-American Muslim convert Dr. Bakhtiar is a psychologist, book publisher, editor, translator of numerous classical works, including The Sublime Quran, an English translation of the Qur'an. She has lectured extensively in both academic and religious institutions.
  • Asma Barlas (1950-) Pakistani-born Professor. Barlas of New York is the author of several books on Islam and Muslims with emphasis of emancipatory interpretation of the Quran and Islamic feminism.
  • Ingrid Mattson (1963-) Canadian Muslim convert Prof. Mattson holds a PhD in Islamic Studies from the University of Chicago. In 2001, she was elected Vice-President of ISNA and in 2006 she was elected the first female President of the organization.
  • Amina Wadud (1952-) American Muslim convert Professor. Wadud is an Islamic feminist, imam, scholar, author and activist and a visiting professor at Gadyah Mada University's Center for Religious and Cross-Cultural Studies in Indonesia.
  • Jamal Badawi Egyptian-born Prof. Badawi is a long-time faculty at Saint Mary's University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, a well-known author, activist, preacher and speaker on Islam and Muslims.
  • Seyyed Hossein Nasr (1933-) Iranian-born Prof. Nasr from George Washington University is a prolific writer in the fields of Islamic Esotericism, Sufism, Philosophy of Science, and Metaphysics.
  • Jamaal al-Din M. Zarabozo (1960-) Former Imam of the Islamic Center of Boulder, Colorado, UC-Berkley graduate Imam Zarabozo, originally of Spanish heritage, is a prolific writer.
  • Taha Jabir Alalwani (1935-) Iraqi-born Dr. Alalwani was previously chairman of the Fiqh Council of North America. He writes frequently on the Islamization of Knowledge, the need for Ijtihad, and Muslim Minority Jurisprudence.
  • Muqtedar Khan (1966-) Indian-born Prof and Director of Islamic Studies at the University of Delaware has authored several books and articles on Islam, Islamic philosophy, international and interfaith relations. He has a reputation for a critical advocacy of tolerance and compassion in the understanding of Islam.
  • Ahmad Kutty (1946-) Dr. Kutty, originally from Kerala, India, is a long-time founding member of numerous Islamic organizations in Canada, having completed his Doctoral studies in Shari’ah thought at McGill University.
  • Wael Hallaq (1955-) Palestinian-American Dr. Hallaq is Professor in the Humanities at Columbia University and has numerous academic works in the field of Islamic Law and Philosophy to his credit.
  • Jerald F. Dirks (1950-) Dr. Dirks is a former ordained Methodist minister, Harvard Divinity College graduate, Muslim convert and popular author of several books on Islam and Christianity.
  • Abu Ammaar Yasir Qadhi (1975-) is an American Imam of Indian parentage, currently pursuing doctoral studies at Yale University, having graduated in Islamic Studies from Islamic University of Madinah.
  • Muzammil H. Siddiqi (1943-) is an American Islamic scholar, theologian and chairman of the Fiqh Council of North America.
  • Khaled Abou El Fadl (1963-) is a professor of law at the UCLA School of Law where he teaches Islamic law, immigration, human rights, international and national security law.
  • Omid Safi is Professor of Islamic Studies at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill where he specializes on Islamic mysticism (Sufism), contemporary Islamic thought and medieval Islamic history.
  • Sherifa Zuhur is a Professor of Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies and Director of the Institute of Middle Eastern, Islamic and Strategic Studies in Carlisle, Pennsylvania with degrees in Islamic studies, Middle Eastern history and Middle Eastern politics and Arabic from UCLA, magna cum laude.
  • Jonathan A.C. Brown is a Professor of Islamic Studies at the University of Washington with a Ph.D. from the University of Chicago and a degree from bachelor's Georgetown, Magna Cum Laude.
  • Shireen Qudosi (1980-) is an American Sufi Muslim writer on Islam in the 21st century, and editor of Qudosi Chronicles published among top conservative think tanks and blogs.

Persia (Iran)

Sub-Continent (Bangladesh, India, Pakistan)

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