Mustafa 'Abd al-Raziq

Shaykh Mustafa Abd al-Rizq (Arabic: مصطفى عبد الرازق‎) (1885 – 15 February 1947) was an Egyptian Islamic philosopher.[1] He was born in Abu Jirj, Minya Governorate.

Abd al-Rizq succeeded Mustafa al-Maraghi as rector of al-Azhar. His appointment encountered resistance, since he was not a member of the Council of Supreme ulama: King Farouk pressured for the law to be altered to allow him to assume office.[2]

A follower of Muhammad Abduh, Abd al-Rizq wanted "to prove the compatibility of traditional Islamic philosophy with the rationalism of modern thought".[3]

His brother, Ali Abdel Raziq, was an Egyptian scholar of Islam, religious judge and government minister.[4]

References
  1. Goldschmidt, Jr., Arthur (2000). Biographical Dictionary of Modern Egypt. Lynne Rienner Publishers. p. 8. ISBN 978-1-55587-229-8. Retrieved 26 March 2013.
  2. Rainer Brünner (2004). Islamic Ecumenism In The 20th Century: The Azhar And Shiism Between Rapprochement And Restraint. BRILL. p. 131. ISBN 978-90-04-12548-3. Retrieved 29 March 2013.
  3. Ibrahim M. Abu-Rabi' (2001). "The Arab World". In Seyyed Hossein Nasr; Oliver Leaman (ed.). Routledge History of World Philosophies: History of Islamic philosophy. Vol. 1. Routledge. pp. 1088–1092. ISBN 978-0-415-05667-0. Retrieved 29 March 2013.
  4. Marshall Cavendish Reference. Illustrated Dictionary of the Muslim World Muslim World. Marshall Cavendish, 2010 ISBN 9780761479291 p.79.

Further reading
  • I. M. Abu Rabi', 'Al-Azhar and rationalism in modern Egypt: the philosophical contributions of Shaykhs Mustafa 'Abd al-Raziq and 'Abd al-Halim Mahmud', Islamic Studies, vol. 27, no. 2 (Summer 1988), pp. 129–50
  • G. C. Anawati and M. Borrmans, 'Le cheikh Mustafa 'Abd al-Raziq et son ecole', in Tendances et courants de l'Islam arabe contemporaine, München, 1982, pp. 30–35
  • Taha Hussein, 'Le cheikh Mostafa 'Abd el-Razeq tel que je l'ai connu', Mélanges, vol. 4 (1957), pp. 249–53


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