Wikipedia's first sentence called it “polish arabist and muslim scholar”. Today it says “polish arabist and scholar of islam”.
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Józef Bielawski for other persons called Józef Bielawski .1Grave of Józef Bielawski at the Powązki cemetery in Warsaw Józef Bielawski (August 12, 1910 in Stara Wieś – September 19, 1997 in Warsaw ) was a Polish arabist and Muslim scholar .2 A graduate of Jagiellonian University , where he studies law as well as oriental languages, 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 known for his translation of the Qur'an into Polish .
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See Józef Bielawski for other persons called Józef Bielawski . Grave of Józef Bielawski at the Powązki cemetery in Warsaw Józef Bielawski (August 12, 1910 – September 19, 1997) was a Polish arabist and scholar of Islam . A graduate of Jagiellonian University , where he studies law as well as oriental languages, 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 known for his translation of the Qur'an into Polish .
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Grave of Józef Bielawski at the Powązki cemetery in Warsaw Józef Bielawski (August 12, 1910 – September 19, 1997) was a Polish Arabist and scholar of Islam . A graduate of Jagiellonian University , where he studies law as well as oriental languages, 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 known for his translation of the Qur'an into Polish .
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Grave of Józef Bielawski at the Powązki cemetery in Warsaw Józef Bielawski (August 12, 1910 – September 19, 1997) was a Polish Arabist and scholar of Islam . A graduate of Jagiellonian University , where he studies law as well as oriental languages, 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 known for his translation of the Qur'an into Polish .
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Polish Islamic scholar (1910–1997) Grave of Józef Bielawski at the Powązki cemetery in Warsaw Józef Bielawski (August 12, 1910 – September 19, 1997) was a Polish Arabist and scholar of Islam . A graduate of Jagiellonian University , where he studies law as well as oriental languages, 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 known for his translation of the Qur'an into Polish .
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polish arabist and muslim scholar
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polish arabist and scholar of islam
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