Professor Mohammed Arkoun (Berber: Muḥemmed Arkun, Arabic: محمد أركون; 1 February 1928 – 14 September 2010) was an Algerian scholar and thinker of Kabyle descent. He was considered to have been one of the most influential secular scholars in Islamic studies contributing to contemporary intellectual Islamic reform.
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Abdelhamid Ben Badis
Abdelhamid Ben Badis |
Born: December 4, 1889 Constantine, AlgeriaDied: April 16, 1940 Constantine, Algeria Era: 19th century philosophyRegion: Arab PhilosophySchool: Islamic philosophy
Abdelhamid Ben Badis (Arabic: عبد الحميد بن باديس, Ben Badis; December 4, 1889 – April 16, 1940) was an emblematic figure of the Islamic Reform movement in Algeria. In 1931, Ben Badis founded the Association of Algerian Muslim Ulema, which was a national grouping of many Islamic scholars in Algeria from many different and sometimes opposing perspectives and viewpoints.
Abdur Raheem Green
Abdur Raheem Green |