Muhammad Abduh

Who was Muhammad Abduh?

Muḥammad 'Abduh was an Egyptian Islamic jurist, religious scholar and liberal reformer, regarded as one of the key founding figures of Islamic Modernism sometimes called Neo-Mu'tazilism after the Medieval Islamic Mu'tazilites. He broke the rigidity of the Muslim ritual, dogma, and family ties. He also wrote among other things, "Treatise on the Oneness of God", and a commentary on the Qur'an. According to some sources, Abduh was a freemason and had a close relationship with the Baha'i faith.