Philosopher
Shabbir Akhtar
Overview
Shabbir Akhtar was a British philosopher, poet, researcher, writer and multilingual scholar. He was on the Faculty of Theology and Religions at the University of Oxford. His interests included political Islam, Quranic exegesis, revival of philosophical discourse in Islam, Islamophobia, extremism, terrorism and Christian-Muslim relations as well as Islamic readings of the New Testament. Shabbir Akhtar was also a Søren Kierkegaard scholar. Akhtar's articles have appeared both in academic journals and in the UK press. Several of his books have been translated into the major Islamic languages.
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Ideas Shabbir Akhtar discusses
- Islamism
- British people
- The Guardian
- New Testament
- Oxford
- Philosophy of religion
- Pakistan
- University of Cambridge
- Søren Kierkegaard
- University of Oxford
- Malaysia
- Routledge
- England
Place in the tradition
Part of Contemporary Islamic philosophy.