Abstract
A two-day seminar on Isma`il Raji al-Faruqi (1921-86), jointly organized bythe Centre for the Study of Democracy (University of Westminster), Princeal-Waleed Bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding (GeorgetownUniversity), and the International Institute of Islamic Thought (IIITUK and USA), took place in London at the University of Westminster on6-7 June 2010. Considering his intellectual output, academic agendas, andscholastic achievements, as well as to commemorate the twenty-fifth anniversaryof his death, the organizers thought a seminar of this caliber wouldbe most appropriate. John Esposito and John Voll write of a certain Christianacquaintance of al-Faruqi lamenting the latter’s aspiration to become the“Luther” of Islam, believing that it is in dire need of reformation. This considerationguaranteed al-Faruqi a prominent slot in their “Makers of ContemporaryIslam” (2001) ...
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