Mahmoud Zakzouk
Mahmoud Zakzouk | |
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Minister of Religious Endowment | |
In office 1995–2011 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Mahmoud Hamdi Zakzouk 27 December 1933 Munich University |
Mahmoud Zakzouk (
Early life and education
Zakzouk was born in
Career
Zakzouk was a professor of
Zakzouk served as head of the Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs to which he was appointed in 1996.[4][6] He held the following posts: vice president of Al Azhar University (1995), member of the Islamic Research Academy, member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts in Salzburg[5] and head of the Egyptian Society of Philosophy.[4]
In July 2016, Zakzouk received the bishop Miguel Ángel Ayuso Guixot to give him a tour of Al Azhar University upon the request of Pope Francis and to discuss the formal resumption of dialogue between the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue and Al Azhar University.[7][8]
Views
Zakzouk argued in 2006 that the Baháʼí Faith "is 'not a revealed religion' for Muslims and thus not subject to special protection in Egypt."[9] He also publicly claimed that capital punishment for converts, more specifically those Muslim-born persons who convert to other religious beliefs, is legal.[10] In 2007, he called on Egyptian imams to condemn the practice of female genital mutilation.[11]
Zakzouk frowned on the use of the
In 2010, Zakzouk announced a plan to unify the Adhan, but the religious affairs committee in the parliament refused his proposal. Seven years later, actress Shereen Reda and the Minister of Religious Affairs, Gaber Tayae, relaunched Zakzouk's suggestions through a press campaign.[13][14]
Personal life and death
Zakzouk was married and had one child.[1] He died on 1 April 2020.[15][16][17]
Prizes
- 1997: Egyptian State Prize for Social Sciences[4]
Works
Zakzouk published many scientific articles and books, including On Philosophy Culture and Peace in Islam,[18] On the Role of Islam in the Development of Philosophical Thought (1989), Al Ghazalis Philosophie im Vergleich mit Descartes (Comparison of Al Ghazali's Philosophy with that of Descartes, 1992), Fragen zum Thema Islam (Questions on Islam, 1999) and Einführung in den Islam (Introduction to Islam, 2000).[2] He also contributed to The End of Tolerance? which was published in 2002.[19] The book focuses on interfaith origins of tolerance.[19]
References
- ^ a b "Ministry of Waqfs (Endowments)". SIS. Retrieved 30 August 2013.
- ^ a b c d "Professor Dr. Mahmoud Hamdi Zakzouk". Robert Bosch Stiftung. Retrieved 30 August 2013.
- ^ ISBN 9783598077357.
- ^ ISBN 978-1-4020-0647-0.
- ^ a b c d "Mahmoud Hamdi Zakzouk". DAAD. 31 January 2013. Retrieved 30 August 2013.
- ^ "Conferences". Al Azhar. Retrieved 30 August 2013.
- ^ Carol Glatz. (12 July 2016). Vatican working to re-establish dialogue with leading Sunni university, Catholicherald.com
- ^ Elise Harris. (21 February 2017). Vatican, Al Azhar team up to counter religious justification for violence, Cruxnow.com
- ^ David Faris (2010). Revolutions without revolutionaries? Social media networks and regime response in Egypt (PhD thesis). UPenn.
- ISBN 9780199812264.
- ^ Khaled Diab. (14 August 2007). Scars that refuse to heal, The Guardian
- ^ Yasmine Saleh (14 March 2008). "Zakzouk supports calls to equate women to men in court testimonies". Masress. Retrieved 8 November 2013.
- ^ Farah Tawfeek. (25 December 2017). Azhar Sheikh criticizes Shereen Reda's description of some calls to prayer as 'animal sounds', Egypt Independent
- ^ Farah Tawfeek. (27 December 2017). Endowments Ministry defends Shereen Reda’s likening of some prayer calls to 'animal sounds', Egypt Independent
- ^ "وفاة الدكتور محمود حمدي زقزوق وزير الأوقاف الأسبق عن 87 عامًا | المصري اليوم". www.almasryalyoum.com (in Arabic). Retrieved 1 April 2020.
- ^ "Egypt's Mufti mourns death of former Awqaf Minister". Egyptian government. 1 April 2020.
- ^ "Muslim Council of Elders mourns the passing of Council member and reputed Islamic Scholar Mahmoud Zakzouk". Muslim Council of Elders. 2 April 2020.
- ^ Mahmoud Zakzouk. On Philosophy Culture and Peace in Islam (PDF). Cairo: Shorouk.
- ^ a b The End of Tolerance?. ASIN 1857883179.
External links
- Media related to Mahmoud Zakzouk at Wikimedia Commons