Ovamir Anjum

Ovamir Anjum is the Imam Khattab Chair of Islamic Studies at the Department of Philosophy, University of Toledo.[1] He studies the connections between theology, ethics, politics, and law in classical and medieval Islam, with a subfocus on its comparisons with western thought.[2] Related fields of study include Islamic philosophy and Sufism.[2]

He completed a Masters in Social Sciences from the University of Chicago and a Masters in Computer Science from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.[2] He obtained his Ph.D. in Islamic intellectual history at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. His dissertation, published in 2012 by Cambridge University Press, is entitled Politics, Law, and Community in Islamic Thought: The Taymiyyan Moment.[3]

Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant

He believes that the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant is heretical and run by poorly educated imams stating that "their claim of being a caliphate is a joke" and that "If you’re actually learned in the Islamic tradition you would know that these people are heretics. It’s like saying the KKK is Christian."[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Religious Studies Faculty, Department of Philosophy". University of Toledo. Retrieved 10 May 2013.
  2. 1 2 3 "Ovamir Anjum Biography". University of Toledo. Retrieved 10 May 2013.
  3. ↑ Anjum, Ovamir (2012). Politics, Law, and Community in Islamic Thought: The Taymiyyan Moment. Cambridge University Press.
  4. ↑ Toledo Blade: "Clerics challenge ISIS’ view of Islam - Local imams denounce terrorism" by Tom Troy November 22, 2015
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