Dr. U. Ryad – History of Islam
- Lecturer History of Islam
| Telephone number: | +31 (0)71 527 2568 |
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| E-Mail: | u.ryad@hum.leidenuniv.nl |
| Faculty / Department: | Faculteit der Geesteswetenschappen, Leids Instituut Godsdienstwetenschappen |
| Office Address: |
Witte Singel-complex Matthias de Vrieshof 1 2311 BZ Leiden Room number 1.02b |
| Personal Homepage: | www.hum.leiden.edu/religion/organisation/institute-staff/ryad.html |
Umar Ryad is currently assistant professor of the study of Islam in the modern world. He studied at the Faculty of Languages and Translation, Al-Azhar University in Cairo (1998, BA Islamic Studies in English), and got his MA degree in Islamic Studies (Cum Laude) from the University of Leiden in 2001. In 2003-2006 he has been affiliated as assistant-in-training at the Leiden Institute for the Study of Religions. Since September 2006 he has been working as a lecturer within the section of Islamic Theology. His PhD dissertation (‘Islamic Reformism and Christianity: A Critical Study of the Works of Muhammad Rashid Rida and his Associates (1898-1935)’ focuses on the interaction between Islam and Christianity in the early 20th century as reflected in the writings of the Muslim scholar Sheikh Muhammad Rashîd Ridâ (1865-1935). His current research includes the dynamics of the networks of Islamic reformist movements, Muslim polemics on Christianity, the history of Christian missions in the modern Muslim World, and transnational Islam in interwar Europe.
Teaching
Modern Trends and Thinkers in Islam (BA, in Dutch) Modern Islamic Theology (BA, in Dutch) Qur’anic Sciences (BA, in Dutch) Qura’nic Exegesis (BA, in Dutch) Islamic Jurisprudence for Muslims in the West: The Role of Fatwas (MA, in English)
Selected Publications
- Islamic Reformism and Christinaity. A Critical Reading of the Works of Muhammad Rashid Rida and his Associates (1898-1935) (Leiden, 2008)
- ‘A Printed Muslim Lighthouse in Cairo al-Manar's Early Years, Religious Aspiration and Reception (1898-1903)’. Arabica: Journal of Arabic and Islamic Studies/Arabica: Revue d'Etudes Arabes, 56 (1), pp. 27-60
- 'The Dismissal of A.J. Wensinck from the Royal Academy of the Arabic Language in Cairo', in: W.B. Drees & P.S. van Koningsveld (eds.), The Study of Religion and the Training of Muslim Clergymen in Europe: Academic and Religious Freedom in the 21th Century, Leiden University Press 2008
- ‘From an officer in the Ottoman army to a Muslim publicist and armament agent in Berlin: Zekî Hishmat Kirâm (1886–1946),’ Bibliotheca Orientalis, 63/3-4 (2006), pp. 235-268
- ‘Muslim Response to Missionary Activities in Egypt: With a Special Reference to the Al-Azhar High Corps of Ulamā’ (1925-1935)’, in Heleen Murre-Van den Berg (ed.), New Faith in Ancient Lands: Western Missions in the Middle East in the Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries, Brill, 2006, pp. 281-307
2012
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Ryad, U. (2012)
A Salafi Student in Orientalist Philology in Nazi Germany: Taqi al-Din al-Hilali and His Academic Experience in Germany 1930-40. Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin, Zukunftsphilologie Lecture Series
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2011
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Ryad, U. (2011)
A bridge between old and new: the contributions of early Muslim: modernists/reformists to the education at al-Azhar in Egypt. Georg-August University of Göttingen Institute of Arabic and Islamic Studies, International Conference: Knowledge and Education in Classical Islam Historical Foundations– Contemporary Impact
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Ryad, U. (2011)
Among the believers in the land of the colonizer: Mohammed Ali van Beetem’s role among the Indonesian community in the interwar Netherlands. Bogor - Indonesia, The 3rd international conference within the Training Indonesia's Young Leaders Programme: 'Is Indonesian Islam Different? An International Comparative Perspective'
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Ryad, U. (2011)
Building up an Islamic reformist readership community in South East Asia: Rashid Rida’s influence and Networks in Indonesia. The Islamic Academy of Banten - Indonesia, Public Lecture
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Ryad, U. (2011)
Documents on the German Arms Trade in the Arabian Peninsula: Readings in the Archive of Zeki Kiram. (Documentary Studies Series, 2). Cairo: National Archives of Egypt.
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Ryad, U. (2011)
Salafiyya, Ahmadiyya and European converts to Islam in the interwar period: The reception of the conversion of Europeans in Al-Fath magazine in Cairo. The Leiden University Centre for the Study of Islam and Society (LUCIS), International Conference: Transnational Islam in interwar Europe
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Ryad, U. (2011)
The Roots of Pan-Islamist Reformist Admiration towards Germany in the Interwar Period: Rashid Rida and Al-Manar (1898-1935) as a Case Study. Washington DC, Islam in interwar Europe [organized by Umar Ryad], Annual Meeting of the Middle East Studies Association
(Conference lecture)
2010
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Ryad, U. (2010)
A Moroccan Salafi Globetrotter in Nazi Germany: The Intellectual and Political Role of Taqi al-Din al-Hilali during World War II. Center for Contemporary Middle East Studies, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Re-mapping divides and interactions: The Fusion of horizons in Middle Eastern-European intellectual encounters
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Ryad, U. (2010)
A New Light on Islamic Reformism in inter-war Holland:. San Diego, 44th Annual Meeting of the Middle East Studies Association
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Ryad, U. (2010)
Book review: American Evangelicals in Egypt. Missionary Encounters in an Age of Empire. [Bespreking van: American Evangelicals in Egypt. Missionary Encounters in an Age of Empire]. In: Church history and religious culture, 90, pp. 729-730.
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Ryad, U. (2010)
Fragments of a Global Biography: The Puzzle of the Biography and Network of Zeki Hishmat-Bey Kiram between Berlin, Cairo, and San'aa. American University in Cairo (AUC), ZUKUNFTSPHILOLOGIE: REVISITING THE CANONS OF TEXTUAL SCHOLARSHIP BEYOND EUROPE
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Ryad, U. (2010)
Islamic Reformism and Great Britain: Rashid Rida's images as reflected in the Journal Al-Manar in Cairo. Islam and Christian Muslim Relations, 21 (3), pp. 263-286.
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Ryad, U. (2010)
Mapping Transnational Islam in inter-war Europe: Preliminary Research Questions. Barcelona, World Congress for Middle Eastern Studies
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Ryad, U. (2010)
New Light on Rashid Rida's Sources of Knowledge on the West: With a Special Reference to Christianity. Seminar für Semitistik und Arabistik - Freie Universität Berlin, Change Through Tradition: The Role of Tradition in the Transformation of Knowledge in the Nineteenth Century Levant
(Conference lecture)
2009
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Ryad, U. (2009)
A Godfather of a Generation: Shakib Arslan’s influence on Moroccan nationalism in the light of unpublished materials. Krakow: Poland, Change and Stability. State, Religion and Politics in the Modern Middle East and North Africa
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Ryad, U. (2009)
A Prelude to Fiqh al-Aqalliyyât: Rashîd Ridâ’s Fatwâs to Muslims under non-Muslim Rule. In Christiane Timmerman, , Johan Leman, , Barbara Segaert, , H. Roos, (Eds.) In-Between Spaces Christian and Muslim Minorities in Transition in Europe and the Middle East (pp. 239-270). Bruxelles: P.I.E. Peter Lang.
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Ryad, U. (2009)
A Printed Muslim Lighthouse in Cairo al-Manar's Early Years, Religious Aspiration and Reception (1898-1903). Arabica: Journal of Arabic and Islamic Studies/Arabica: Revue d'Etudes Arabes, 56 (1), pp. 27-60.
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Ryad, U. (2009)
Islamic Reformism and Christianity: a Critical Reading of the Works of Muhammad Rashīd Riā and his Associates (1898-1935). (The History of Christian-Muslim Relations, 12). Leiden: Brill.
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Ryad, U. (2009)
Islamic Reformism and Great Britain: Rashid Riḍā’s Images as reflected in Al-Manār Journal in Cairo. University of Exeter - Great Britain, Britain and the Muslim World: Historical Perspectives
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Ryad, U. (2009)
Van progressief naar conservatief: De wortels van het salafisme. Roodkoper, maandblad voor cultuur, religie en politiek, 13 (4), pp. 21-24.
(Article)
2008
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Ryad, U. (2008)
Islamic Reformism and Christinaity. A Critical Reading of the Works of Muhammad Rashid Rida and his Associates (1898-1935). LEI Universiteit Leiden, 325pp. P.S. van Koningsveld promotor & G.A. Wiegers promotor.
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Ryad, U. (2008)
« Aussi éphémère que l’abricot ». La réponse d’un converti égyptien au christianisme à la publication de l’Evangile de St Barnabé en arabe. In: Guirguis, L. (Ed.), Conversions religieuses et mutations politiques. Tares et avatars du communautarisme égyptien, pp. 97-110. Parijs: Editions Non Lieu.
(Part of book or chapter of book)
2007
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Ryad, U. (2007)
'Money and Wealth: An Islamic Perspective'. Artneuland Berlin, Gott.Geld.Kunst.Kapital
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Ryad, U. (2007)
'Rashîd Ridâ’s Fatwâs to Muslims Under non-Muslim Rule'. Antwerp, Christian and Muslim Minorities in Transition in Europe and the Middle East
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Ryad, U. (2007)
De Koran van: Marcoush, Azough en Karacaer. ZemZem. Tijdschrift over het Midden-Oosten, Noord-Afrika en islam, 3 (2)
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Ryad, U. (2007)
The Dismissal of A.J. Wensinck from the Royal Academy of the Arabic Language in Cairo. In: Drees, W.B. & Koningsveld, P.S. (Eds.), The Study of Religion and the Training of Muslim Clergy in Europe Academic nd Religious Freedom in the 21st Century, pp. 91-134. Leiden: Leiden University Press.
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Ryad, U. (2007)
Van officier in het Ottomaanse leger tot islamitische publicist en wapenhandelaar in Berlijn: Zeki Hishmat Kiram (1886-1946). ZemZem. Tijdschrift over het Midden-Oosten, Noord-Afrika en islam, 3 (1)
(Article)
2006
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Ryad, U. (2006)
'Islamic perspectives on interreligious dialogue'. Faculty of Theology at the UKSW (Warsaw), Holy Books – Platform for Dialogue?
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Ryad, U. (2006)
From an officer in the Ottoman army to a Muslim publicist and armament agent in Berlin: Zekî Hishmat Kirâm (1886–1946). Bibliotheca Orientalis, 63, pp. 235-268.
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Ryad, U. (2006)
Muslim Response to Missionary Activities in Egypt: With a Special Reference to the Al-Azhar High Corps of ‘Ulamâ’ (1925-1935). In Murre-van den Berg, H. (Ed.) New Faith in Ancient Lands: Western Missions in the Middle East in the Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries (pp. 281-307). Leiden: Brill.
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Ryad, U. (2006)
‘An Islamic ‘Lighthouse’ versus Evangelism: Rashîd Ridâ’s Perceptions of Social and Theological Aspects of Missions’. Faculty of Protestant Theology - Marburg University and the Fliedner-Foundation Kaiserswerth, Düsseldorf, Social dimension of mission in the Middle East -19th and 20 century
(Conference lecture)
2005
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Ryad, U. (2005)
‘A printed Muslim ‘Lighthouse’ in Cairo’. Central European University, Budapest, Sacred Texts and Print Culture: The case of the Qur’an and Bible of the Orthodox Churches during the 18th and 19 century
(Conference lecture)
2003
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Ryad, U. (2003)
Muslim Response to Missionary Literature in Egypt: Varieties of Muslim Apologetics during the Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries. , The International Congress in Leiden : ‘Religious Change in Pluralistic Contexts’
(Conference lecture)
2002
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Ryad, U. (2002)
Rashîd Ridâ and a Danish Missionary: Alfred Nielsen and Three Fatwâs from Al-Manâr. Islamochristiana, 28, pp. 87-107.
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