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- This article is about Józef Bielawski, an arabist. See Józef Bielawski for other persons called Józef Bielawski.
Józef Bielawski (1910 - 1997) - was a Polish arabist and Muslim scholar. In the years 1948 - 1950 he was the cultural attaché of the Polish Embassy in Turkey. From 1968 he was a professor at the University of Warsaw, where he created the Arab and Islamic studies program. In 1979 he became a member of the Iraqi Academy of Science. He was a founding member of the Polish-Arab Friendship Association. He is also know for his translation of the Qur'an into Polish.[1] He is also the author of many books relating to Islam and Arabian culture.[2]
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- ^ http://www.planetaislam.com/koran.html (in Polish)
- ^ http://www.wiedza.pl/popup.php?id=513 (in Polish)
