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Tahir al-Jaza'iri ( ; 1852 CE/1268 AH – 1920 CE/1338 AH ) was a 19th century Syrian Muslim scholar and educational reformer and a great scholar of Tafsīr, Ḥadīth, Fiqh, Uṣūl, history and the Arabic language.1 "Between Ṣūfī Reformism and Modernist Rationalism: A Reappraisal of the Origins of the Salafiyya from the Damascene Angle" . " "He Was the Muhammad Abduh of Syria" a Study of Tahir al-Jazairi and His Influence" .2
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Syrian Muslim scholar and educator (1852–1920) Tahir al-Jaza'iri ( Arabic : طاهر الجزائري ; 1852–1920 ) was a 19th century Syrian Muslim scholar and educational reformer and Islamic scholar. "Between Ṣūfī Reformism and Modernist Rationalism: A Reappraisal of the Origins of the Salafiyya from the Damascene Angle" .
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a 19th century syrian muslim scholar and educational reformer and a great scholar of tafsīr
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a 19th century syrian muslim scholar and educational reformer and islamic scholar
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