Birth Name:

Nasr Abu Zayd

Male

Birth Date:

Thu, Oct 07, 1943

Time of Birth:

Unknown (using Noon)

Place of Birth:

Tanta, Gharbia, Egypt

Age:

81

Zodiac Sign:

Libra

Astrology Data:

Sun

13°

Lib

13'

About Nasr Abu Zayd

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"[This quote needs a citation] 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"[This quote needs a citation] 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. In 1995 an Egyptian Sharia court declared him an apostate, this led to threats of death and his fleeing Egypt several weeks later. He later quietly returned to Egypt where he died.

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Categories related to Nasr Abu Zayd: 2010 deaths, Leiden University faculty, October 7 births, 20th-century Muslim scholars of Islam, Muslim reformers, Cairo University alumni, Hermeneutists, Islamic philosophers, Osaka University faculty, Recipients of the Four Freedoms Award, 1943 births, People from Tanta, Cairo University faculty, Semioticians, Egyptian expatriates in the Netherlands, Liberal and progressive movements within Islam