ʿAbd al-Rāziq, Muṣṭafā - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE
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von Kügelgen, Anke
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Muṣṭafā ʿAbd al-Rāziq (c. 1885-1947) was a liberal thinker, educated in Cairo and Paris. In his various roles as journalist, minister of awqāf , and rector of al-Azhar University, he attempted national reform. As a professor he created a new approach to the history of Islamic philosophy. ʿAbd al-Rāziq was born into a wealthy and respected family in Abū Jirj/Jurj, a village in Upper Egypt. His grandfather Aḥmad was qāḍī of the province, his mother was a descendant of the Prophet, and his father Ḥasan (d.