Timothy Winter
Timothy Winter alias Abdal-Hakim Murad (* 1960 ) is a British Islamic scholar at the Faculty of Divinity at the University of Cambridge and one of the leading British Islamic religious scholars.
He was taught at Westminster School and received a Master of Arts degree in Arabic. He is the general writer for the Islamic text series of al-Ghazālī , after his translations of Death and What Comes After and The Discipline of the Soul (both works by al-Ghazālī), he has received much acclaim.
Timothy Winter is a member of Pembroke College , Cambridge and a member of the Sheikh Zayed Lectureship in Islamic Studies . He is also Director of Islamic Studies at Wolfson College and Administrator of The Muslim Academic Trust , Director of The Anglo-Muslim Fellowship for Eastern Europe, and President of the British Friends of Bosnia and Herzegovina .
His projects are mostly Muslim-Christian relations, Islamic ethics and the Orthodox response to Islamic extremism (orthodox Muslim response to extremism)
He regularly attends Islamic courses in Cairo and Jeddah , where he was taught by Ahmad Mashhur al-Haddad and Ismail al-Adawi , among others . He has translated some classic Arabic works, including Imam al-Baihaqi's Seventy-Seven Branches of Faith and Selections from the Fath al-Bari .
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He was one of the 138 signatories of the open letter a common word between us and you ( Engl. A Common Word Between Us and You ), the personalities of Islam to "leaders of Christian churches everywhere" (Engl. "Leaders of Christian Churches, everywhere ... ") (October 13, 2007).
Web links and sources
- Abdal-Hakim Murad - Article
- Editorial Advisory member - Abdal-Hakim Murad- books
- Director of the Sunna Project - Abdal-Hakim Murad - Islamic Basics
See also
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Winter, Timothy |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Murad, Abdal-Hakim |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British Islamic scholar and translator |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1960 |