Ismail al-Faruqi

Ismail Raji al-Faruqi
Ismail Raji al-Faruqi
إسماعيل راجي الفاروقي
	Official portrait, c. 1980
Born	1 January 1921; Jaffa, Mandatory Palestine
Died	27 May 1986 (aged 65); Wyncote, Pennsylvania, United States
Cause of death	Murder by stabbing
Resting place	Forest Hills Cemetery, Pennsylvania; 40°07′49″N 75°01′31″W / 40.1303°N 75.0253°W
Nationality	Palestine; United States
Spouse	Lois Lamya al-Faruqi (m. 1951; died 1986)
Children	5
Academic background
Education	American University of Beirut (BA); Indiana University (MA, PhD); Harvard University (MA); Al-Azhar University;
Academic work
Discipline	Philosophy
Sub-discipline	Comparative religion, Islamic studies
Institutions	McGill University; Central Institute of Islamic Research; University of Chicago; Syracuse University; Temple University;
Main interests	Islam; Arabism; Judaism; Anti-Zionism; Christianity;
Notable works	Christian Ethics: A Historical and Systematic Analysis of its Dominant Ideas (1967); Islam and the Problem of Israel (1980); Al-Tawhid: Its Implications for Thought and Life (1982); The Cultural Atlas of Islam (co-authored with Lois Lamya al-Faruqi, 1986);
Notable ideas	Meta-religion; Islamization of knowledge; Urubah (Arabism); Revival of ijtihad;
Website	ismailfaruqi.com
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Ismail Raji al-Faruqi (Arabic: إسماعيل راجي الفاروقي, romanized: Ismāʿīl Rājī al-Fārūqī; [ʔisˈmæːʕiːl ˈɾaːdʒiː ɪl.fɑːˈɾuːqiː]; January 1, 1921 – May 27, 1986) was a Palestinian-American Muslim philosopher who worked extensively in Islamic studies and interfaith dialogue. He spent several years at Al-Azhar University in Cairo and taught at universities in North America, including McGill University in Montreal, Canada. Al-Faruqi was a professor of religion at Temple University, where he founded and chaired the Islamic Studies program. He also founded the International Institute of Islamic Thought (IIIT). Al-Faruqi authored over 100 articles and 25 books, including Christian Ethics: A Historical and Systematic Analysis of Its Dominant Ideas (1967) and Al-Tawhid: Its Implications for Thought and Life (1982).