Kamel Omrane (; January 18, 1951 – May 14, 2018) was a Tunisian scholar of Islam and politician. He was the
Tunisian Minister of Religious Affairs.
Biography
He studied at Bardo High School and then at the École Normale Supérieure of Tunis where he obtained a master's degree in Arabic Language and Literature in 1973. In 1980, he received an M.A. in
Arabic literature
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from the
Ecole Normale Supérieure de Tunis in 1973 and the
agrégation
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in
Arabic language
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in 1980. He received a PhD in Muslim Civilization in 1994.
He was a
university professor
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from 1999 to 2018, has published a number of publications on Arab-Muslim thought and has participated in several conferences in Tunisia and abroad.
He held several positions including adviser to the Minister of Higher Education, Director of the Higher Institute of Documentation, Director General of Radio Stations of Tunisia, Special Advisor and Advisor to the Minister of Education, and Director General of the Quranic radio Zitouna. He was also a member of the Higher Islamic Council, the Higher Council of Culture, the Economic and Social Council, and the executive board of
UNESCO
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. He also hosted a program on cultural radio about Islam in his dealings with modernity, reform, east–west relations.
Honours
* Officier of the
Order of the Republic of Tunisia
* Officer of the
National Order of Merit of Tunisia
Publications
* (ar) ''The translation and its theories'' (الترجمة ونظرياتها), ed. Beït El Hikma, Carthage, 1989
* (ar) ''Reading the religious text'' (في قراءة النص الديني), ed. Maison tunisienne de l'édition, Tunis, 1990
* (ar) ''Conclusion and rejection in Islamic culture'' (الإبرام والنقض: قراءة في الثقافة الإسلامية), ed. Maison tunisienne de l'édition, Tunis, 1992
* (ar) ''Renewal and experimentation in Islamic culture'' (التجديد والتجريب في الثقافة الإسلامية), ed. Maison tunisienne de l'édition, Tunis, 1993
* (ar) ''The human being and his destiny in modern Arab-Islamic thought'' (الإنسان ومصيره في الفكر العربي الإسلامي الحديث), ed. Publications de la faculté des lettres de la Manouba, La Manouba, 2001
* (ar) ''Tunisia and its saints in the corpus of Sufis'' (تونس وأولياؤها الصالحون في مدونة المناقب الصوفية), ed. Publications de la faculté des lettres de la Manouba, La Manouba, 2008
* (ar) ''Passion of the text: approach of the civilizational texts'' (شغاف النص: في مقاربة النص ذي الطابع الحضاري), ed. Centre de publication universitaire, Tunis, 2008
* (ar) ''Cultural approaches'' (مداخل إلى الثقافة), ed. Ministry of Culture, Tunis, 2008
References
1951 births
2018 deaths
Religious affairs ministers of Tunisia
People from Tunis
Recipients of the Order of the Republic (Tunisia)
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