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Muhammad al-Nuwayhi

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Muhammad al-Nuwayhi (1917-1980) was an Egyptian literary scholar.[1] He was Professor of Arabic literature at Cairo University.

Muhammad al-Nuwayhi was a student of Muhammad Khalaf Allah.[2]

Al-Nuwayhi argued that Islam, properly understood, was a progressive religion compatible with modernity.[3] Its distortion into fundamentalism had been caused by a special class of people monopolizing the interpretation of religion and inappropriately turning religious sources into timeless regulations.[4]

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  1. ^ Muhammad A. Abubakar, 'The problems of Arabic literary education in the Arab world: Muhammad al-Nuwayhī's contribution to the theme', Islamic Studies, Vol. 26, No. 2 (Summer 1987), pp. 165-77
  2. ^ M. M. Badawi (1993). Modern Arabic Literature. Cambridge University Press. p. 430. ISBN 978-0-521-33197-5. Retrieved 30 August 2012.
  3. ^ Baha Abu-Laban and Sharon McIrvin Abu-Laban, ed. (1986). The Arab World: Dynamics of Development. BRILL. pp. 92–3. ISBN 978-90-04-08156-7. Retrieved 30 August 2012.
  4. ^ Boullata, Issa J. (1990). Trends and issues in contemporary Arab thought. State University of New York Press. pp. 62–68. ISBN 978-0-7914-0194-1. Retrieved 31 August 2012.

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