Nasr abu zayd

Life and Times of Professor Nasr Abu Zayd

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  • The end of Ottoman Caliphate

    The end of Ottoman Caliphate
    Ottoman Caliphate 1299-1922
  • Nasr Abu Zayd Born

    Nasr Abu Zayd Born
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    Lifetime of Nasr Abu Zayd

  • Egyptian Revolution of 1952

    Egyptian Revolution of 1952
    Nasr Abu Zayd age 11
  • Assassination attempt on Gamal Abdel Nasser

    Assassination attempt on Gamal Abdel Nasser
    The Muslim Brotherhood was held responsible for the failed attempt on Nasser's life.
  • Enrolled in University

    Enrolled in University
  • Gamal Abdel Nasser Hussein death

    Gamal Abdel Nasser Hussein death
  • Recieved degree in Isamic studies

    Recieved degree in Isamic studies
  • Finished MA thesis

    Finished MA thesis
    Rationalism in Exegesis: A Study of the Problem of Metaphor in the Writing of the Mutazilites (Al-Ittijāh al-‘Aqlī fī al-Tafsīr: Dirāsah fī Qadīyat al-Majāz fī al-Qur’ân ‘inda al-Mu‘tazilah), Beirut and Casablanca 1982, 4th edition 1998.
  • Recieved his doctorate from Univesity of Cairo

    Recieved his doctorate from Univesity of Cairo
  • Anwar Sadat assassinated

    Anwar Sadat assassinated
  • Nasr Abu Zayd's second book published The Philosophy of Hermeneutics: A Study of Ibn al-‘Arabī's Hermeneutics of the Qur’ān (Falsafat al-Ta’wīl: Dirâsah fi Ta’wīl al-Qur’ān ‘inda Muḥyī al-Dīn ibn al-‘Arabī), Beirut and Casablanca 1983, 4th edition, 1998

  • Appointed an associate Professor of Islamic Studies at Cairo University

    Appointed an associate Professor of Islamic Studies at Cairo University
  • Ayatollah Khomeini issues Fatwā concerning "The Satanic Verses"

    Ayatollah Khomeini issues Fatwā concerning "The Satanic Verses"
    1989: Ayatollah sentences author to death Nasr Abu Zayd visiting Professor in Japan at the time.
  • Speaker of Egypt's Parliament Rifaat al-Mahgoub assassinated in Cairo

  • Attempted assassination of Naguib Mahfouz

    Attempted assassination of Naguib Mahfouz
  • Cairo's appeals court finds Nasr Abu Zayd guilty of being an apostate

    Cairo's appeals court finds Nasr Abu Zayd guilty of being an apostate
    Najjar, F. M. (2000). Islamic Fundamentalism and the Intellectuals: The Case of Nasr Hāmid Abu Zayd. British Journal Of Middle Eastern Studies, 27(2), 177-200. doi:DOI:10.1080/13530190020000529
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    Zayd protected by Egyptain security forces

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    Lived in self-exile from Eygpt

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    Visiting professor at a Dutch University

  • 1995 ruling upheld by highest available Egyptain court

    1995 ruling upheld by highest available Egyptain court
  • Deir el-Bahri, Egypt Terror Attacks

    Deir el-Bahri, Egypt Terror Attacks
  • The Qur'anic Concept of Justice by Nasr Abu Zayd published

  • Terror Attacks in New York and Washington

    Terror Attacks in New York and Washington
  • Nasr Abu Zaid with Esther R. Nelson publish book, Voice of an exile : reflections on Islam

  • Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt Terror Attack

  • James Dean Le Sueur Interview filmed