Muhammad at-Tāhir ibn ʿĀshūr
Muhammad at-Tāhir ibn ʿĀshūr ( Arabic محمد الطاهر بن عاشور, DMG Muḥammad aṭ-Ṭāhir b. ʿĀšūr ; born in September 1879 in Tunis ; died on August 12, 1973 in La Marsa ) was a Tunisian religious scholar and university professor. He was an important representative of Islamic modernism . His best known work is his Koran exegesis Tafsir at-Tahrir wa-t-Tanwir .
Life
Ibn Ashur was born into an upper-class family of Andalusian descent in Tunisia. His grandfathers were the clergyman Mohamed Tahar Ben Achour I (1815–1868) and the politician Mohammed Aziz Bouattour (1825–1907). At the age of six he began to study the Koran, from 1892 he studied Islamic theology at the University of Ez-Zitouna and stayed his whole life as a scholar and teacher after his studies, which he graduated with the title Tatwi in 1899 University. In 1905 he became a professor at the university. From 1905 to 1932 he also taught at the Collège Sadiki .
In 1932 he became chairman of the Ez-Zitouna Mosque . As early as the next year, he was deposed again because of resistance from traditionalists who rejected his reformist ideas. In 1945 he managed to become chairman of the mosque again. In 1952, however, he was removed from this position by the government. When the University of Ez-Zitouna was modernized with the independence of Tunisia in 1956, he was its rector until he retired in 1960.
Awards
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Un Tunisien d'exception: Le Cheikh-el-islam Tahar Ben Achour. In: Leaders. June 4, 2017, accessed March 22, 2019 (French).
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| SURNAME | ʿĀschūr, Muhammad at-Tāhir ibn |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | محمد الطاهر بن عاشور |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Tunisian religious scholar and university professor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 1879 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Tunis |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 12, 1973 |
| Place of death | La Marsa |