Hamza Abu Faris (), is a

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n scholar and politician who was born in Msallata on 13 January 1946. He was named Awqaf & Islamic Affairs Minister on 22 November 2011 by Abdurrahim El-Keib.

Education

Hamza Abu Faris was awarded a teaching certificate in

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and religion teaching from Tripoli in 1967. In 1971 he earned a secondary certificate in the Department of Literature and then advanced to study at the Teachers' College for Higher Education in Tripoli. Abu Faris obtained his bachelor's degree in

French Language French ( or ) is a Romance languages, Romance language of the Indo-European languages, Indo-European family. Like all other Romance languages, it descended from the Vulgar Latin of the Roman Empire. French evolved from Northern Old Gallo-R ...

and

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after studying at the Department of Languages. He earned his master's degree from Al Fateh University in

Islamic Studies Islamic studies is the academic study of Islam, which is analogous to related fields such as Jewish studies and Quranic studies. Islamic studies seeks to understand the past and the potential future of the Islamic world. In this multidiscipli ...

under the supervision of Dr. Abd' al-Salaam Abu Naji in 1984. In 2000 Hamza Abu Faris received his Ph.D. in Islamic Sciences, with an emphasis in comparative

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(Islamic jurisprudence) from the University of Zaytuna in

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; his doctoral thesis was entitled "Judge Abdul Wahab al-Baghdadi and his approach to Exegesis of the Prophetic Message."

Religious training

Hamza Abu Faris' relationship with Shariaa sciences (knowledge and training in Islamic legal traditions) begins, at the hands of a local village Shaikh; he completed memorizing the

Qur'an The Quran, also romanized Qur'an or Koran, is the central religious text of Islam, believed by Muslims to be a revelation directly from God ('' Allāh''). It is organized in 114 chapters (, ) which consist of individual verses ('). Besides ...

in 1982. Specialties: *

Maliki The Maliki school or Malikism is one of the four major madhhab, schools of Islamic jurisprudence within Sunni Islam. It was founded by Malik ibn Anas () in the 8th century. In contrast to the Ahl al-Hadith and Ahl al-Ra'y schools of thought, the ...

jurisprudence from (al Malik's) famous works *

Tawhid ''Tawhid'' () is the concept of monotheism in Islam, it is the religion's central and single most important concept upon which a Muslim's entire religious adherence rests. It unequivocally holds that God is indivisibly one (''ahad'') and s ...

(principle of God's oneness) *The science of Hadith (traditions concerning the life of the Prophet Mohamed) *Quranic exegesis * Muwatta (a foundational text in the Maliki school of Islamic jurisprudence) *al-Zurqani's exegesis thereof *Sahih al Bukhari (canonical Hadith compilation) *Sahih Muslim (canonical Hadith compilation) Special expertise in the fields of inheritance and jurisprudential knowledge.

Teaching career

Hamza Abu Faris taught at high school level for several years before teaching at the Faculty of Law at the University of Benghazi and later at the Faculty of Law of Nasser University of Tarhuna. Abu Faris was later appointed to the Faculty of Law at Al Fateh University in Tripoli.

Other activities

Served as co-researcher for the Fiqh Council of the Muslim World League in

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, and the European Council for Fatwa and Research. Participated in a TV program called Islam and Lifestyles on local Libyan TV Channel, which was broadcast live on Fridays and Saturdays.

References

External links

Hamza Abu Faris Personal Website (AR)

Hamza Abu Faris CV (AR)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Abu Faris, Hamza Islamic affairs ministers of Libya Libyan scholars Living people Members of the National Transitional Council Members of the Interim Government of Libya 1946 births University of Libya alumni University of Tripoli alumni University of Ez-Zitouna alumni Academic staff of the University of Benghazi Academic staff of the University of Tripoli