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№ 001 A life & work, 1949 —

Ahmed Subhy
Mansour

A permanent home for the work of a Quranist scholar — 143 books, over 5,000 articles, nearly 7,000 fatwas, more than 1,700 recorded talks — in Arabic and English, free to read in perpetuity.

Born
b. 1949 · Abu Hariz, Sharqia, Egypt
Role
Quranist scholar · Reformist
Held
Founder, International Quranic Center · Fellow, Harvard Human Rights Program · Fellow, Woodrow Wilson Center
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143
Books
~140 distinct works
5,000+
Articles
sparse · 1998–2024
~6,800
Fatwas
174 bundled parts
1,700+
Videos
six named series
“The text was given complete. What followed — schools, methods, controversies — was the response of human communities, and must be read as such.”
The Quran & Its Sufficiency · 2003 · ch. 4
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01 For the first-time reader

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A compressed argument for the Quran-only methodology, written for the non-specialist. Available in Arabic and English, open in the in-page reader.

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02 For the scholar

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143 books in reverse chronology, more than 5,000 searchable articles, nearly 7,000 fatwas with a thematic key. Cite from any page without leaving it.

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03 For the curious

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Recorded series — Quranic Moments, Hidden History, the Friday Symposium, and others. More than 1,700 episodes, indexed and playable from the library.

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Articles
  1. On the Confusion Between Religion and Tradition
    2024 · Reform of Islamic thought
  2. Wahhabism and the Industry of Fear
    2024 · Critique of Wahhabism & Salafism
  3. Religious Freedom Is Not a Concession
    2023 · Democracy & religious freedom
  4. The Quran Did Not Veil Women
    2023 · Women's rights
Fatwas
  1. #7012
    On praying behind a different school
    part 174
  2. #7011
    On the meaning of "Islam" in Q. 3:19
    part 174
  3. #7010
    On hadith claiming abrogation of verses
    part 174
  4. #7009
    On marriage outside the Book
    part 174
Video series
  • Quranic Moments 1,108
    episodes
  • Hidden History 184
    episodes
  • Friday Symposium 220
    episodes
  • Ask Dr. Mansour 96
    episodes
Passages
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A life in passages

  1. 1949
    Born in Abu Hariz, Kafr Saqr, Sharqia, Egypt.
  2. 1973
    Joins Al-Azhar University as instructor of history.
  3. 1985
    Doctorate; first major monograph on Mamluk Egypt.
  4. 1987
    Dismissed from Al-Azhar over Quran-only positions.
  5. 2000
    Imprisoned in Egypt; held without trial.
  6. 2002
    Granted political asylum in the United States.
  7. 2004
    Founds the International Quranic Center.
  8. 2005
    Testifies before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee.