Louay M. Safi
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Louay M. Safi is a Syrian-American author.
Safi was born in Damascus and received his B.Sc. in civil engineering as well as an M.A. and a Ph.D. from Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan. Safi has written numerous books on socio-political development, modernization, democracy, human rights, and Islamic resurgence.
Safi has served as Executive Director and Director of Research for the International Institute of Islamic Thought (IIIT), editor of the Journal of Islamic Social Sciences , and President of the Association of Muslim Social Scientists (1999-2003). He has also taught at the International Islamic University in Malaysia and George Washington University
Currently, Safi is Executive Director of ISNA Leadership Development Center (ILDC), Plainfield, Indiana. He serves on the board of several leading Muslim organizations, including the Center for the Study of Islam and Democracy (CSID), the Islamic Horizons, and the Association of Muslim Social Scientists (AMSS). He is fellow with the Institute of Social Policy and Understanding (ISPU) and serves on the steering committee of the Muslim-Christian Initiative on the Nuclear Weapons Danger (MCI).
He has appeared on numerous radio and TV programs, including CNN, BBC, Monte Carlo, Fox News, PBS, Middle East TV (MBC), Al-Jazeera TV, Voice of America, Malaysian Television, and others.
[edit] Books
- The Challenge of Modernity (University Press of America, 1994)
- The Foundation of Knowledge (International Islamic University of Malaysia, 1996)
- Al-‘Aqidah wa al-Syiasah (International Institute of Islamic Thought, 1996)
- Truth and Reform (The Open Press, 1998)
- I’mal al ‘Aql (Dar al-Fikr, 1998)
- Peace and the Limits of War (International Institute of Islamic Thought, 2001)
- Tensions and Transitions in the Muslim World, (University Press of America, 2003)
- Blaming Islam: Examining the Religion Building Enterprise (Institute for Social Policy and Understanding, 2006)
[edit] External links
- Bio of Louay M. Safi
- INSIGHT - Louay Safi's Commentary on Islam and current affairs
- Article by Louay Safi at Media Monitors Network
- Articles by Louay Safi
- Institute of Social Policy and Understanding (ISPU)
- Muslim-Christian Initiative on Nuclear Weapons Danger (MCI)
- ISNA Leadership Development Center (ILDC)
- Quranic Themes
- More References to Louay Safi on Wikipedia
- List of North American Muslims
