Muhammad al-Nuwayhi
Muhammad al-Nuwayhi (1917-1980) was an Egyptian literary scholar.[1] He was Professor of Arabic literature at Cairo University.
Muhammad al-Nuwayhi was a student of Muhammad Khalaf Allah.[2]
Al-Nuwayhi argued that Islam, properly understood, was a progressive religion compatible with modernity.[3] Its distortion into fundamentalism had been caused by a special class of people monopolizing the interpretation of religion and inappropriately turning religious sources into timeless regulations.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ Muhammad A. Abubakar, 'The problems of Arabic literary education in the Arab world: Muhammad al-Nuwayhī's contribution to the theme', Islamic Studies, Vol. 26, No. 2 (Summer 1987), pp. 165-77
- ^ M. M. Badawi (1993). Modern Arabic Literature. Cambridge University Press. p. 430. ISBN 978-0-521-33197-5. Retrieved 30 August 2012.
- ^ Baha Abu-Laban and Sharon McIrvin Abu-Laban, ed. (1986). The Arab World: Dynamics of Development. BRILL. pp. 92–3. ISBN 978-90-04-08156-7. Retrieved 30 August 2012.
- ^ Boullata, Issa J. (1990). Trends and issues in contemporary Arab thought. State University of New York Press. pp. 62–68. ISBN 978-0-7914-0194-1. Retrieved 31 August 2012.
Further reading
[edit]- Muhammad Auwal Abubakar (1984). The Contribution of Muhammad Al-Nuwayhi to Modern Arabic Literary Criticism in Egypt. University of Edinburgh. Retrieved 30 August 2012.
- Reuven Snir, 'al-Nuwayhi, Muhammad', in Julie Scott Meisami, ed., Encyclopedia of Arabic Literature, London: Routeledge, 1998, II, p. 590.
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