Omid Safi

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أوميد صافي

1970 CE · 1390 AH† †

† Hijri date derived by computation from the Gregorian/Julian date; it may differ from the transmitted date by a day or two.

Iranian-American scholar of Islam (born 1970 in Jacksonville, Florida), professor of Asian and Middle Eastern studies at Duke University and former director of the Duke Islamic Studies Center. A specialist in Sufism, he edited Progressive Muslims (2003) and wrote Memories of Muhammad (2009) and Radical Love (2018).