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WRITER

Muhammad Said Ramadan al-Bouti

1929 - 2013

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Muhammad Said Ramadan Al-Bouti (Arabic: مُحَّمَد سَعِيد رَمَضَان ٱلْبُوطِي, romanized: Muḥammad Saʿīd Ramaḍān al-Būṭī) (1929 – 21 March 2013) was a renowned Syrian Sunni Muslim scholar, writer and professor, where he was vice dean in the Damascus University and served as the imam of the Umayyad Mosque. Al-Bouti wrote more than sixty books on Islamic law and theology. He was a leading figure of Islamic neo-traditionalism which adhered to the four schools of thought in Sunni Islam and the orthodox Ash'arite creed. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Muhammad Said Ramadan al-Bouti has received more than 194,661 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Muhammad Said Ramadan al-Bouti is the 1,572nd most popular writer (up from 1,913th in 2019), the 540th most popular biography from Turkey (up from 599th in 2019) and the 42nd most popular Turkish Writer.

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  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.72

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  • 2.06

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Muhammad Said Ramadan al-Bouti ranks 1,572 out of 5,755Before him are Alexander Belyaev, Alice Walker, Olaudah Equiano, James Ellroy, Ippolita Maria Sforza, and Alistair MacLean. After him are Sri Chinmoy, Yan Fu, Táhirih, Remy de Gourmont, Else Lasker-Schüler, and Ono no Komachi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, Muhammad Said Ramadan al-Bouti ranks 123Before him are André Previn, Jigme Dorji Wangchuck, Hugo Claus, Osamu Yamaji, Joan Plowright, and Antonio Carbajal. After him are Branko Zebec, Alexis Weissenberg, Menahem Golan, Nureddin al-Atassi, Sam Nujoma, and Édouard Balladur. Among people deceased in 2013, Muhammad Said Ramadan al-Bouti ranks 88Before him are Antoni Ramallets, Otfried Preußler, Moritz, Landgrave of Hesse, Chris Kyle, Ken Norton, and Pedro Rocha. After him are Sergiu Nicolaescu, José Froilán González, Colin Wilson, Ladislao Mazurkiewicz, Zillur Rahman, and Seamus Heaney.

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In Turkey

Among people born in Turkey, Muhammad Said Ramadan al-Bouti ranks 540 out of 1,301Before him are Leo V, King of Armenia (1342), Jovan Vladimir (990), Theodore Metochites (1270), Drastamat Kanayan (1884), Barlaam of Seminara (1290), and Neslişah Sultan (1921). After him are Doukas (1400), Kemal Sunal (1944), Şehzade Korkut (1467), Hakan Şükür (1971), Tervel of Bulgaria (675), and Proclus of Constantinople (310).

Among WRITERS In Turkey

Among writers born in Turkey, Muhammad Said Ramadan al-Bouti ranks 42Before him are Kâtip Çelebi (1609), Mehmet Akif Ersoy (1873), Yeghishe Charents (1897), Petros Markaris (1937), Symeon the New Theologian (949), and Yaşar Kemal (1923). After him are Zeki Müren (1931), Xenophon of Ephesus (101), Nicander (-250), Hipponax (-600), Alexander Polyhistor (-100), and Adamantios Korais (1748).