Abdul Satar Sirat
| Abdul Satar Sirat عبدالستار سيرت | |
|---|---|
| Born |
October 15, 1937 Samangan Province, Afghanistan |
| Nationality | Afghan |
| Ethnicity | Uzbek Afghan |
| Title | Doctor |
Abdul Satar Sirat (
pronunciation AHB-duhl sah-TAHR SEE-RAHT; عبدالستار سيرت) is an Islamic Scholar and former Afghan Justice Minister.
Education
- Bachelor's degree in Islamic Studies from Kabul University
- He has two masters first one in Islamic Sharia law and theology from Egypt, second from International Law.
- Completed under-graduate courses in Law at Columbia University, New York
- PhD in Islamic Studies from Pacific Western University, California
Work life
Satar Sirat served as the Dean of Faculty of Islamic Studies at Kabul University from 1964 to 1969. In 1969, he was appointed as the Minister of Justice of Afghanistan until King Zahir Shah was deposed in 1973.[1] In 1990, he was sent by Shah to Saudi Arabia and Islamabad, Pakistan for discussions on how to end the Afghan conflict. In 2000, Sirat lived in Jedda, Saudi Arabia and taught Islamic Studies at the King Abdulaziz University.[2]
References
- ↑ "In Depth | War on Terror | After the Taleban | Abdul Sattar Sirat". BBC News. Retrieved 2012-05-22.
- ↑ THE WARS OF AFGHANISTAN, pg 399, 402,417,477, Peter Tomsen