Mustafa 'Abd ar-Raziq
Shaykh Mustafa Abd ar-Raziq (Arabic: مصطفى عبد الرازق) (1885 – 15 February 1947) was an Egyptian Islamic philosopher.[1]
Early life
[edit | edit source]He was born in Abu Jirj, Minya Governorate.
Career
[edit | edit source]Abd ar-Raziq succeeded Mustafa al-Maraghi as rector of al-Azhar. His appointment encountered resistance, since he was not a member of the Council of Supreme Ulama: King Farouk pressured for the law to be altered to allow him to assume office.[2] Historian Fawaz Gerges characterized ar-Raziq as a "rebel member of al-Azhar" during his era.[3]
A follower of Muhammad Abduh, Abd ar-Raziq wanted "to prove the compatibility of traditional Islamic philosophy with the rationalism of modern thought."[4]
His brother, Ali Abdel Raziq, was an Egyptian scholar of Islam, religious judge and government minister.[5]
He was involved with the Hizb al-Umma (1907–1925), an influential political party in early-20th century Egypt.[3] He was among the contributors of al-Siyasa, newspaper of the Liberal Constitutional Party.[6] In November 1940 Raziq was appointed minister of waqf to the cabinet led by Prime Minister Hussein Sirri Pasha.[7]
References
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Further reading
[edit | edit source]- I. M. Abu Rabi', 'Al-Azhar and rationalism in modern Egypt: the philosophical contributions of Shaykhs Mustafa 'Abd al-Raziq and 'Abd al-Halim Mahmud', Islamic Studies, vol. 27, no. 2 (Summer 1988), pp. 129–50
- G. C. Anawati and M. Borrmans, 'Le cheikh Mustafa 'Abd al-Raziq et son ecole', in Tendances et courants de l'Islam arabe contemporaine, München, 1982, pp. 30–35
- Taha Hussein, 'Le cheikh Mostafa 'Abd el-Razeq tel que je l'ai connu', Mélanges, vol. 4 (1957), pp. 249–53
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