Ghazi bin Muhammad

Ghazi bin Muhammad with Shemagh , 2011

Ghazi bin Muhammad ( Arabic غازي بن محمد, DMG Ġāzī b. Muḥammad ; * October 15, 1966 in Amman ) is a Jordanian prince and professor of Islamic philosophy at the University of Jordan who advocates dialogue between religions. He is the personal representative and special advisor to King Abdullah II of Jordan and the chairman of the board of trustees of the Royal Aal al-Bayt Institute for Islamic Thought , an international Islamic institute and think tank with its headquarters in Amman, the capital of the Kingdom of Jordan .

He is the founder of Al-Balqa Applied University and the World Islamic Sciences and Education University (WISE).

He is considered a direct descendant of the Prophet Mohammed. He is the son of Prince Muhammad bin Talal of Jordan and his first wife Firyal Irshaid, as well as the grandson of King Talal of Jordan and cousin of King Abdullah II of Jordan . He has been married to Areej Omar Zawawi from Oman since 1997 . The couple has three children.

He was educated at Harrow School in London : (1979-1984), of Princeton University : (1984-1988), the Trinity College of Cambridge University : (1988-1989; 1990-1993) and Usul al-Din College from al-Azhar University in Cairo (2007–2010).

In 2006 Ghazi bin Muhammad was one of the signatories of an open letter from Islamic scholars to Pope Benedict XVI. after his Regensburg speech .

He was also the coordinator of the response, signed by 138 Islamic scholars, to the attacks against the Pope after his Regensburg speech.

He has received numerous prizes, honors and awards.

In 2008 he received the Eugen Biser Prize .

He has been traded as a candidate for the Nobel Peace Prize for several years .

The Muslim 500 was his idea .

Publications

( yale.edu ; PDF; 3.3 MB)

• True Islam and the Islamic Consensus on the Message of Amman / Kitab Ijma 'Al-Muslimin' ala Ihtiram Mathahib al-Din (compiler, editor and author of introduction [Arabic and English]; The Aal al-Bayt Institute for Islamic Thought, Amman , Jordan, 2006). (Limited 1st, 2nd and rev. 2nd edition published as: The Book of the Schools of Islamic Jurisprudence / Kitab Ihtiram Al-Mathahib; The Aal al-Bayt Institute for Islamic Thought, Amman, Jordan, 2006.)
• Al-Insan (Man), (et al .; published, in Arabic, by the Jordanian Ministry of Education as the text-book for the 12th Grade National Curriculum for General Studies, Amman, 2001; revised 2nd edition in 2007).
• The Sacred Origin of Sports and Culture (published by Fons Vitae, KY, USA, 1998). (Trans. Into Turkish and published by Insan Yayinlari, Istanbul, 2002.)
• The Holy Sites of Jordan (ed .; published by Turab, Amman, 1996; 2nd edition 1999).
• The Tribes of Jordan at the Beginning of the Twenty-first Century (published by Turab, Amman, 1999).
• War and Peace in Islam: The Uses and Abuses of Jihad , ed. v. Prince Ghazi bin Muhammad, İbrahim Kalın & Mohammad Hashim Kamali . 2013 ( MABDA English Monograph Series )

literature

• Safaa M. Afifi El-Sheikh: Western Churches in the Image of Contemporary Egyptian and Arab Religious Scholars: A Contribution to the Open Letter to Pope Benedict XVI. (Doctorate from HU zu Berlin) Dissertation to obtain the academic degree of Doctor of Philosophy 2012 ( Online ; PDF; 1.8 MB) (see p. 148 ff .: Prince Ghazi ibn Muhammad)

Web links

Commons : Ghazi bin Muhammad  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• berkleycenter.georgetown.edu: Ghazi bin Muhammad bin Talal
• yale.edu: World Dialogue Report (PDF; 3.3 MB)
• al-uzaizat.com: His Royal Highness Prince Ghazi Bin Mohammad Bin Talal speech before Pope Benedict XVI on May 10, 2009
• jordantimes.com: Prince Ghazi, Egypt mufti visit Al Aqsa

Video

• youtube.com - The Global Relevance of the Amman Message - An Interfaith Dialogue (Speech by Prince Ghazi bin Muhammad, King Hussein Mosque , Amman , March 12, 2013)

References and footnotes

1. ↑ past and present ( Memento of the original from May 8, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. aalalbayt.org 
2. ↑ engl. Royal Aal al-Bayt Institute for Islamic Thought (abbr.RABIIT, Arabic مؤسسة آل البيت للفكر الإسلامي, DMG Muʾassasat Āl al-Bait li-l-Fikr al-Islāmī )
3. ↑ The Kingdom of Jordan: Intra-Faith Dialogue, Inter-Faith Diplomacy ( Memento of the original from February 24, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. By Drew Kumpf, The Review of Faith and International Affairs Mar. 20, 2009. 
4. ↑ its.org.uk ( Islamic Texts Society )
5. ↑ sueddeutsche.de
6. ↑ yale.edu: World Dialogue Report (PDF; 3.3 MB)
7. ↑ islam.de Open letter to His Holiness Pope XVI. (PDF; 224 kB)
8. ↑ zenit.org: Jordanian king breaks the protocol at the papal reception
9. ↑ Ghazi bin Muhammad bin Talal: The Genesis of "A Common Word" . In: Royal Aal al-Bayt Institute for Islamic Thought (Ed.): A Common Word Between Us and You. 5-Year Anniversary Edition (=  English Monograph Series 20 ). Amman 2012, p. 131-134 ( PDF document [accessed May 30, 2013]).
10. ↑ eugen-biser-stiftung.de: Eugen Biser Prize 2008 ( Memento of the original from April 23, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. ( Explanation ( Memento of the original from May 7, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this note .; PDF; 115 kB)  
11. ↑ prio.no (2013) ; prio.no (2012) ; theforeigner.no (2011) ( Memento of the original from June 29, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. ; reuters.com (2009) 
12. ↑ cemoan.org - accessed April 13, 2019