Namira Nahouza

Namira Nahouza
BornJuly 1979 (age 44)
Marseille, France
EducationRennes Institute of Political Studies (Sciences Po Rennes),
University of Exeter
OccupationProfessor of Religious Studies
Known forWahhabism and the Rise of the New Salafists: Theology, Power and Sunni Islam

Namira Nahouza (born July 1979)[1] is a French author, academic researcher, university lecturer, teacher of Arabic and religious studies, and research fellow at Cambridge Muslim College, whose research focusses on contemporary Salafi-Wahhabi theories of Qur'anic and Hadith interpretation. She is probably best known for her book Wahhabism and the Rise of the New Salafists: Theology, Power and Sunni Islam, which was originally a PhD thesis submitted to the University of Exeter in 2009.[2][3][4][5]

Biography

She was born in Marseille in July 1979. She graduated from the Institute of Political Studies of Rennes (France) and the University of Exeter (United Kingdom). Holder of a master's degree in Arabic (University of Rennes and INALCO) in 2004. She completed her PhD in Arab and Islamic Studies at the University of Exeter and has an MA in European Studies. During her university studies, Namira completed several internships: at the French Embassy in Cairo, at the Permanent Representation of the Comoros to the United Nations in New York and France in 2001.[3][4]

Works

Namira's works include:[6]

  • Indépendance et partition des Comores, 1974-1978 (Moroni, Comoros: KomÉdit, 2005).[3]
  • Contemporary Wahhabism Rebranded as Salafism: The Issue of Interpreting the Qur'anic Verses and Hadith on the Attributes of God and Its Significance (Exeter: University of Exeter, 2009).[Note 1]
  • Wahhabism and the Rise of the New Salafists: Theology, Power and Sunni Islam (London and New York: I. B. Tauris, 2018).

Notes

  1. ^ This work studies the theology of Wahhabis/Salafis.[7] Originally a Ph.D. dissertation submitted to the University of Exeter (2009).[8]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Namira NAHOUZA". gov.uk. GOV.UK. Archived from the original on 19 Dec 2022.
  2. ^ "Research Fellows" (PDF). Unity: Newsletter of the Cambridge Muslim College. No. 5. May 2016. p. 6. Retrieved 19 May 2023.
  3. ^ a b c "Namira Nahouza". editions-komedit.com (in French). KomÉdit (Moroni, Comoros). 23 September 2018. Archived from the original on 19 Dec 2022.
  4. ^ a b "Namira Nahouza". data.bnf.fr (in French). Bibliothèque nationale de France. Archived from the original on 19 Dec 2022.
  5. ^ "Namira Nahouza". bloomsbury.com. Bloomsbury Publishing. Archived from the original on 19 Dec 2022. Namira Nahouza is based in Birmingham where she teaches Arabic and Religious Studies.
  6. ^ "Nahouza, Namira 1979 [WorldCat Identities]". worldcat.org. WorldCat. Archived from the original on 19 Dec 2022.
  7. ^ Nahouza, Namira (15 April 2009). "Contemporary Wahhabism rebranded as Salafism: the issue of interpreting the Qur'anic verses and hadith on the Attributes of God and its significance". ore.exeter.ac.uk. Open Research Exeter (ORE) - University of Exeter. Archived from the original on 19 Dec 2022.
  8. ^ Richard Gauvain (2013). Salafi Ritual Purity: In the Presence of God. Routledge. p. 364. ISBN 9780710313560.

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