Mohammed Arkoun
Algerian/French philosopher (1928-2010) · Algeria · On the map · Academics · Died at 82
Mohammed Arkoun was an Algerian/French scholar and thinker. He was considered to have been one of the most influential secular scholars in Islamic studies contributing to contemporary intellectual Islamic reform.
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In a career of more than 30 years, he had been a critic of the tensions embedded in his field of study, advocating Islamic modernism, secularism, and humanism. During his academic career, he wrote his numerous books mostly in French, and occasionally in English and Arabic.
