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About Professor Liyakat Takim |
 Professor
Liyakat Takim teaches in the Department of Religious Studies at the
University of Denver. A native of Zanzibar, Tanzania, he has
authored sixty scholarly works on diverse topics like Islam in
America, the indigenization of the Muslim community in America,
dialogue in post-911 America, war and peace in the Islamic
tradition, the treatment of women in Islamic juridical literature,
Islamic law, Islamic biographical literature, reformation in the
Islamic world, jihad in Shi‘i law, the charisma of the holy man and
shrine culture, Islamic mystical traditions, and various aspects of
Shi‘i history and figures. He teaches a wide range of courses on
Islam and offers a course on comparative religions.
Professor Takim’s second book titled The Shi‘i Experience in
America, has been submitted to New York Press for publication. It
will be published in summer 2009. His first book,
The Heirs of the Prophet: Charisma
and Religious Authority in Shi‘ite Islam was published by SUNY
press in 2006. Professor Takim is currently translating volume four
of ‘Allama Tabatabai’s voluminous exegesis of the Qur’an. Professor
Takim has taught at American and Canadian universities and is
actively engaged in dialogue with different faith communities. He
has also lectured at many institutions in different parts of the
world.
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Contact Information
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Dr. Liyakat Takim
e-mail:
ltakim@du.edu
University of Denver
2000 East Asbury Avenue
Religious Studies, Sturm 166
Denver, CO 80208
Tel: 303-871-3503 (w)
Fax: 303-871-2750
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