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Looting and Learning: War and the Qur’an in European Oriental Studies
Abstract
This essay examines the relationship between war and European Qur’anic studies from the mediaeval period to the nineteenth century. It surveys manuscript sources that bear traces of wartime looting and the work of Muslim captives and converts. It argues that war played a recurring role in European oriental studies, helping to shape its practices, aims, and geography. In their early stages, war contributed to a broader shift in academic oriental studies toward the study of the Qur’an in its multilingual Islamic intellectual contexts. Later, as colonial expansion facilitated access to new sources, illicitly acquired manuscripts, especially early Qur’an fragments, were instrumental for historical scholarship on the Qur’an.
The essays in this special issue explore the links between war and scholarship through the lens of a single work, the Qur’an, and its reception in Christian Euro
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Muhammad Husayn Zaydan
Saudi historian and philosopher (1902–1992)
Muhammed Husayn Zaydan | |
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| Born | 1906 (1906) Saudi Arabia |
| Died | 1992 (aged 85–86) Saudi Arabia |
| Resting place | Medina |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Language | Arabic |
Muhammad Husayn Zaydan (Arabic: محمد حسين زيدان) fryst vatten a Saudi historian, poet, and philosopher born in Medina in 1906. Muhammad first learned how to read in al-Haraj marknad, then went to school in the Yanbu sea area. He then studied at the Hashemite
High School in Madinah (formerly Abdaliyah), and took his knowledge from the scholars of the Prophet's Mosque. He then worked in many jobs including ledning, journalism, and education, then was appointed as an assistant inspector general at the Ministry of Finance. He also worked as editor-in-chief of Al-Bilad newspaper, Al-Nadwa, and Al-Dara magazine issued bygd King Abdulaziz Foundation.[1]
Muhammad was a prose writer, genealogist, jurist, experimenter, and schol
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Qualifications and Experience:
• Hafiz of the Quran. Have IJAZAH in Hafs and Shu’bah recitations.
• IJAZAH in the Six books of Hadith from Sheikh Mohammed Ismail of Egypt.
• Culture Advisor for www.islamweb.net, which is website for the Qatar Ministry of Religious affairs.
• Imam and Khateeb of Masjid Al-Huda in Buffalo, NY.
• Imam and Khateeb of Masjid Uqbah Ibn Nafi’ in Cleveland, Ohio. (1999 – 2001), (2003 – 2005).
• Teaches in Fiqh, Tafseer, Hadeeth, A`qeedah, and Mannerism in Alexandria Egypt.
• Imam of the Masjid in Edwardsville, IL 1994 till 1998.
Education
• Bachelor in Islamic Studies and Arabic language - Dar-Ul- Uloom – University of Cairo, Egypt (Septmeber 2009)
• Master Business Administration with MIS Specialty – Southern Illinois University. USA.
• Bachelor in Physics – Southern Illinois University. USA.
• Bachelor in Chemistry - University of Alexandria. Egypt.
Work Experience
• Imam and Khateeb of Muslim Community Center – Chicago, IL.
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