Egyptian Quranic thinker, author, and academic (1943-2010)
Nasr Abu Zayd
نصر حامد أبو زيد
Born
(1943-07-10)July 10, 1943
Tanta, Egypt
Died
July 5, 2010(2010-07-05) (aged 66)
Cairo, Egypt
Nasr Hamid Abu Zayd (Arabic: نصر حامد أبو زيد, IPA:[ˈnɑsˤɾeˈħæːmedˈæbuˈzeːd]; also Abu Zaid or Abu Zeid; July 10, 1943 – July 5, 2010) was an Egyptian Quranic thinker, author, academic and one of the leading liberal theologians in Islam. He is famous for his project of a humanistic Quranic hermeneutics, which "challenged mainstream views"[1] on the Quran, sparking "controversy and debate."[1] While not denying that the Quran was of divine origin, Zayd argued that it was a "cultural product"[2] that had to be read in the context of the language and culture of seventh century Arabs,[2] and could be interpreted in more than one way.[3] He also criticized the use of religion to exert political power.[4] In 1995 an Egyptian Sharia court declared him an apostate, this led to threats of death and his fleeing Egypt several weeks later.[4] He later quietly returned to Egypt where he died.[4]
Abu Zayd has been referred to as among "the big names" of the post-1967 Arab intellectual tradition.[5]
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^ abc"Nasr Abu Zayd, Who Stirred Debate on Koran, Dies at 66". The New York Times. REUTERS. 6 July 2010. Retrieved 10 December 2015.
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Nasr Hamid AbuZayd (Arabic: نصر حامد أبو زيد, IPA: [ˈnɑsˤɾe ˈħæːmed ˈæbuˈzeːd]; also Abu Zaid or Abu Zeid; July 10, 1943 – July 5, 2010) was an Egyptian...
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converted to Christianity; and a self-professed Muslim (Quranic scholar NasrAbuZayd in June 1995) has been found to be an apostate and his marriage declared...
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basis of Islam. Similar cases have occurred in Egypt: for example, NasrAbuZayd was accused of apostasy following his work on Islamic sources, describing...
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Egyptian magazine[which?] he declared that his main disciples in Egypt are NasrAbuZayd, Ali Mabrouk, and Kareem Essayyad.[citation needed] The scholar Carool...
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made clear by a 1995 ruling by the appeals court against professor NasrAbuZayd) Hisbah lawsuits in Egypt (in which the word "ḥisba" may rarely appear...
using blasphemy or apostasy as a pretext". In one high-profile case, NasrAbuZayd, a Muslim scholar "critical of old and modern Islamic thought" was prosecuted...
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