Shaykh Mustafa Abd ar-Rizq ( ar, مصطفى عبد الرازق) (1885 – 15 February 1947) was an Egyptian Islamic philosopher.
Early life
He was born in Abu Jirj,
Minya Governorate
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Etymology
The name originates from the chief city of the governorate, origi ...
.
Career
Abd ar-Rizq succeeded
Mustafa al-Maraghi
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Al-Maraghi was active in encouraging reforms within lega ...
as
rector of al-Azhar. His appointment encountered resistance, since he was not a member of the Council of Supreme
ulama
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:
King Farouk
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pressured for the law to be altered to allow him to assume office. Historian
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characterized ar-Rizq as a "rebel member of al-Azhar" during his era.
A follower of
Muhammad Abduh, Abd ar-Rizq wanted "to prove the compatibility of
traditional Islamic philosophy with the rationalism of modern thought".
His brother,
Ali Abdel Raziq, was an Egyptian scholar of Islam, religious judge and government minister.
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He was involved with the
al-Umma party (1907–1925), an influential political party in early-20th century Egypt.
He was among the contributors of ''
al-Siyasa'', newspaper of the
Liberal Constitutional Party. In November 1940 Raziq was appointed minister of waqf to the
cabinet led by
Prime Minister
A prime minister, premier or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. Under those systems, a prime minister i ...
Hussein Sirri Pasha.
References
Further reading
* I. M. Abu Rabi', 'Al-Azhar and rationalism in modern Egypt: the philosophical contributions of Shaykhs Mustafa 'Abd al-Raziq and 'Abd al-Halim Mahmud', ''Islamic Studies'', vol. 27, no. 2 (Summer 1988), pp. 129–50
* G. C. Anawati and M. Borrmans, 'Le cheikh Mustafa 'Abd al-Raziq et son ecole', in ''Tendances et courants de l'Islam arabe contemporaine'', München, 1982, pp. 30–35
* Taha Hussein, 'Le cheikh Mostafa 'Abd el-Razeq tel que je l'ai connu', ''Mélanges'', vol. 4 (1957), pp. 249–53
1885 births
1947 deaths
Islamic philosophers
Egyptian philosophers
Grand Imams of al-Azhar
People from Minya Governorate
20th-century philosophers
Endowments Ministers of Egypt
Members of Academy of the Arabic Language in Cairo
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