Wikipedia's first sentence called it “arthur f”. Today it says “american scholar of islam”.
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The opening as it read in 2015
Jackson (born 1956), also known as Abdul Hakim Jackson is an American scholar .1He is the King Faisal Chair of Islamic Thought and Culture and Professor of Religion and American Studies and Ethnicity at the University of Southern California. He was formerly the Arthur F. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania and has taught at the University of Texas at Austin , Indiana University , Wayne State University and the University of Michigan . From 1987 to 1989, he served as Executive Director of the Center of Arabic Study Abroad in Cairo, Egypt. He is author of several books, including Islamic Law and the State: The Constitutional Jurisprudence of Shihâb al-Dîn al-Qarâfî (E.J. He has been featured on the Washington Post - Newsweek blog, "On Faith," as well as the Huffington Post . In 2009 and 2012 he was named among the 500 most influential Muslims in the world by the Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Center in Amman, Jordan, and the Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding. He has also been recognized by Religion Newswriters Association ReligionLink as among the top ten experts on Islam in America. His students include Mohammad Hassan Khalil , currently associate professor of Religious Studies at Michigan State University .2 University of Southern California .
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The opening as it stood in 2010
He received his Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1991. He has taught at the University of Texas at Austin, Indiana University, Wayne State University and was recently offered a full professorship at Stanford University . From 1987-89, he served as Executive Director of the Center of Arabic Study Abroad in Cairo, Egypt. In addition to numerous articles, he is author of Islamic Law and the State: The Constitutional Jurisprudence of Shihâb al-Dîn al-Qarâfî (E.J. Brill, 1996), On the Boundaries of Theological Tolerance in Islam: Abû Hâmid al-Ghazâlî’s Faysal al-Tafriqa (Oxford, 2002) and, most recently, Islam and Blackamerican: Looking Towards the Third Resurrection (Oxford, 2005). He is co-founder of the American Learning Institute for Muslims ( ALIM ), a former member of the Fiqh Council of North America, past president of the Sharî‘ah Scholars’ Association of North America (SSANA) and a past trustee of the North American Islamic Trust (NAIT). He is featured on the Washington Post - Newsweek blog, "On Faith," and is listed by Religion Newswriters Foundation's ReligionLink as among the top ten experts on Islam in America.
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Jackson , also known as Abdul Hakim Jackson is an American scholar of Islam . University of Southern California .
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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023
Jackson , also known as Abdul Hakim Jackson (born 1956) is an American scholar of Islam . University of Southern California .
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arthur f
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american scholar of islam
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