Shahab Ahmed

Shahab Ahmed
شہاب احمد
Born(1966-12-11)December 11, 1966
Singapore
DiedSeptember 17, 2015(2015-09-17) (aged 48)
NationalityPakistani
Academic background
Education
Academic work
DisciplineIslamic studies
Institutions
Notable worksWhat is Islam? The Importance of Being Islamic

Shahab Ahmed (Urdu: شہاب احمد; December 11, 1966 – September 17, 2015) was a Pakistani[1] scholar of Islam at Harvard University. Professor Elias Muhanna of Brown University described Ahmed's posthumous work What Is Islam? as "a strange and brilliant work, encyclopedic in vision and tautly argued in the manner of logical proof, yet pervaded by the urgency of a political manifesto".[2] The work was also listed in The Chronicle of Higher Education as one of the eleven best scholarly books of the 2010s, chosen by Noah Feldman.[3]

  1. ^ Shahid, Natasha (September 25, 2015). "The revisionist". The Friday Times. Archived from the original on January 16, 2023.
  2. ^ Muhanna, Elias (January 11, 2016). "Contradiction and Diversity". The Nation. 302 (2&3): 28.
  3. ^ "The Best Scholarly Books of the Decade". The Chronicle of Higher Education. April 14, 2020. Retrieved December 26, 2020.