AQ-03 Ahl Al-Quran (Quranists) 3/3 - A true Scholar of Islam
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Bio: Dr.
Ahmed Subhy Mansour (also
Ahmad Subhy Mansour and
Ahmad Subhi Mansur), born March 1, 1949, in Abu Harair,
Kafr Saqr,
Sharqia,
Egypt is an Egyptian-born noted
Islamic scholar and cleric, with expertise in
Islamic history, culture, theology, and politics. He founded the small
Egyptian Quranists sect that is neither
Sunni nor
Shiite, was exiled from Egypt, and lives in the
United States as a political refugee.
ansour was an advocate for democracy and human rights in Egypt for many years, during which time he was isolated by
Islamic extremist clerics and persecuted by the government. He was arrested and served time in prison for his liberal political, religious, and social views.
In May
1985,
Mansour was discharged from his teaching and research position due to his liberal views, which were not acceptable to the religious authorities who controlled much of university policies and programs.
Mansour sought and was granted political asylum in the United States in
2002. He has served as a visiting fellow at the
National Endowment for Democracy, and at the
Human Rights Program at
Harvard Law School.
Mansoor received his junior middle school education in
1964, and ranked second in the
Republic on the national exam. He graduated from Al-Azhar
Secondary School, in Sharkeya, Egypt, in
1969, and ranked fourth in country on the national university entrance examination. He then attended
Al-Azhar University in Cairo, a prestigious Sunni religious university. There he studied
Muslim History, earning his
B.A with
Highest Honors in
1973, his
M.A. with Honors in
1975, and his
Ph.D with Highest Honors in
1980.
He founded a small Egyptian sect the Quranists, who believe: the Quran is the sole source of
Islam and its' laws (they reject hadith, or reported traditions of
Muhammad), is comprehensive and completely sufficient in itself, was revealed to Mohamed to clarify all controversial and mysterious religious issues, was Mohamed's only tradition and he was ordered to abide by it alone, and Islam is the religion of
peace, mercy, justice, freedom of speech, and freedom of religion. Its fundamental principles put it squarely at odds with those Muslims who follow the principles of the Wahabists and other Islamists who consider the central tenet of Islam to be a requirement to wage violent jihad.
From 1973--80 he was an
Assistant Teacher and Lecturer, from 1980--87 he was
Assistant Professor, of Muslim History in the
College of
Arabic Language at
Al Azhar University.
In May 1985, Mansour was discharged from his teaching and research position in Egypt due to his liberal views, which were not acceptable to the religious authorities who controlled much of university policies and programs. Because of his unconventional scholarship,
Al-Azhar University accused him of being an enemy of Islam. He was tried in its canonical court, and expelled March 17,
1987. In 1987, beginning with his arrest on
November 17, and in
1988 he was imprisoned by the
Egyptian government for his views, including his advocacy of religious harmony
and tolerance between Egyptian Muslims,
Christian Copts, and
Jews.
In 1991--92, he worked with
Farag Foda to establish a new political party in Egypt, Mostakbal ("
The Future Party"), dedicated to a secular democratic state, and to defend the
Christian Egyptians. Foda was assassinated in June
1992.
From 1994--96, he was a
Member of the
Board of Trustees of the
Egyptian Organization for Human Rights, which worked to protect
Egyptians from human rights offenses. In
1996, Mansour established a weekly conference at the
Ibn Khaldoun Center -- headed by Dr.
Saad Eddin Ibrahim -- in order to discuss Islamist dogma, religion-based terror, and other issues. It functioned until June
2000, when the Center was closed down by the Egyptian government and
Ibrahim was arrested.
Mansour sought and was granted political asylum in the United States in 2002
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