Muhammad Abduh
Egyptian Islamic jurist, religious scholar and liberal reformer
- Lived
- 1849–1905
- Country
- Ottoman Empire
Updated September 2026
About Muhammad Abduh
Muhammad Abduh was an Egyptian Islamic scholar and judge who served as Grand Mufti of Egypt. He was a central figure of the Arab Nahḍa and Islamic Modernism in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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