Ali Abdel Raziq
Egyptian Islam scholar, judge and government minister / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Ali Abdel Raziq (Arabic: ﻋﻠﻲ ﻋﺒﺪ ﺍﻟﺮﺍﺯﻕ) (1888–1966) was an Egyptian scholar of Islam, judge and government minister.[1] His writings, some controversial, debated the role of religion and Islamic history in 20th-century politics and government.[1]
While the implication of his arguments still remain a point of debate, his 1925 book Islam and the Foundations of Governance argued against a role for religion in politics or the political prescriptive value of religious texts.[1][2][3]
He argued that Islamic texts were and should remain neutral in political debate and civil institution building.[3] He attended Oxford University,[3] and he was a scholar and jurist at Al-Azhar, Cairo.[3]