Namira Nahouza | |
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Born | July 1979 (age 45) |
Education | Rennes Institute of Political Studies (Sciences Po Rennes), University of Exeter |
Occupation | Professor of Religious Studies |
Known for | Wahhabism and the Rise of the New Salafists: Theology, Power and Sunni Islam |
Namira Nahouza (born July 1979)[1] is a French author, academic researcher, university lecturer, teacher of Arabic and religious studies, and research fellow at Cambridge Muslim College, whose research focusses on contemporary Salafi-Wahhabi theories of Qur'anic and Hadith interpretation. She is probably best known for her book Wahhabism and the Rise of the New Salafists: Theology, Power and Sunni Islam, which was originally a PhD thesis submitted to the University of Exeter in 2009.[2][3][4][5]
Namira Nahouza is based in Birmingham where she teaches Arabic and Religious Studies.