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PHILOSOPHER

Nasr Abu Zayd

1943 - 2010

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Nasr Hamid Abu Zayd (Arabic: نصر حامد أبو زيد, IPA: [ˈnɑsˤɾe ˈħæːmed ˈæbuˈzeːd]; 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" on the Quran, sparking "controversy and debate." While not denying that the Quran was of divine origin, Zayd argued that it was a "cultural product" that had to be read in the context of the language and culture of seventh century Arabs, and could be interpreted in more than one way. He also criticized the use of religion to exert political power. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nasr Abu Zayd has received more than 168,762 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Nasr Abu Zayd is the 876th most popular philosopher (down from 867th in 2019), the 366th most popular biography from Egypt (down from 362nd in 2019) and the 18th most popular Egyptian Philosopher.

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  • 15

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Nasr Abu Zayd ranks 876 out of 1,081. Before him are Antoun Saadeh, Zaki al-Arsuzi, Jean Wahl, Jakob Friedrich Fries, Arai Hakuseki, and Charles Renouvier. After him are Konstantin Leontiev, Johannes Nikolaus Tetens, James Mark Baldwin, Simón Rodríguez, Hermias, and Robert Anton Wilson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, Nasr Abu Zayd ranks 251. Before him are Grover Washington Jr., Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu, Maurice Bishop, Don Simpson, Christine McVie, and Bjørn Wirkola. After him are Lobo, William Calley, James Turrell, Giovanni Goria, Walter Godefroot, and Valery Nepomnyashchy. Among people deceased in 2010, Nasr Abu Zayd ranks 145. Before him are Panajot Pano, Abraham Sutzkever, Emilio Eduardo Massera, Caterina Boratto, Ernst von Glasersfeld, and Rudolf Barshai. After him are Norman Wisdom, Palle Huld, Stephen J. Cannell, Tom Bosley, Iskandar of Johor, and Sinan Hasani.

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In Egypt

Among people born in Egypt, Nasr Abu Zayd ranks 366 out of 582. Before him are Mohamed Hassanein Heikal (1923), Haim Saban (1944), Ali ibn Ridwan (988), Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu (1943), Mohamed Salah (1992), and Abbās al-Aqqād (1889). After him are Osorkon IV (-800), Lysandra (-300), Julian Fellowes (1949), Bat Ye'or (1933), Hermias (401), and Sayf ad-Din Inal (1380).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Egypt

Among philosophers born in Egypt, Nasr Abu Zayd ranks 18. Before him are Ammonius Hermiae (440), Olympiodorus the Younger (495), Isaac Israeli ben Solomon (832), Julius Pollux (200), Ahmad al-Tayyeb (1946), and Syrianus (400). After him are Hermias (401), Thrasyllus of Mendes (-100), Isidore of Alexandria (450), and Leila Ahmed (1940).

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