Mustafa Abu Sway (born 1958) is a

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ic scholar and the first holder of the Integral Chair for the Study of

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's Work at

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and

al-Quds University Al-Quds University () is a public university in the Jerusalem Governorate, Palestine. The main campus is located in Abu Dis town, near Jerusalem, with three more campuses in Jerusalem and other campuses in Ramallah and Hebron. It was establish ...

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Life

Mustafa Abu Sway was born in

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in 1958. He received his education at

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and

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in the United States. Abu Sway taught at the

International Islamic University The International Islamic University, Islamabad (IIUI) is an Islamic public university located in Islamabad, Pakistan.

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and was a visiting Fulbright scholar-in-residence at Wilkes Honors College of

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. He has served as a visiting professor of Islamic Studies at

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and as an associate professor of Philosophy and Islamic studies and Director of the Islamic Research Center at al-Quds University. A Senior Fellow of the

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, Mustafa Abu Sway was listed among the

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in the world in 2012 and 2020.

Works

* ''Islamic Epistemology: The Case of Al-Ghazali''(Kuala Lumpur, 1995) * ''Fatawa Al-Ghazali'' ( ISTAC, 1996) * ''Abraham in the Three Monotheistic Faiths'' (Jerusalem, 1998) * ''Kitab Al-Tarbiyah Al-Islamiyyah'' (2001)

References

External links

Google scholar page

{{DEFAULTSORT:Abu Sway, Mustafa Living people 1958 births Date of birth missing (living people) Academic staff of Al-Quds University Palestinian scholars Islamic studies scholars Islamic environmentalists Muslim scholars of Islamic studies