Fazlur Rahman Malik, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Fazlur Rahman Malik

Pakistani philosopher

Date of Birth: 21-Sep-1919

Place of Birth: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

Date of Death: 26-Jul-1988

Profession: writer, theologian, university teacher, philosopher

Nationality: India

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Fazlur Rahman Malik (Urdu: ??? ??????? ????) (September 21, 1919 – July 26, 1988), generally known as Fazlur Rahman, was a modernist scholar and philosopher of Islam from today's Pakistan.
He is renowned as a prominent liberal reformer of Islam, who devoted himself to educational reform and the revival of independent reasoning (ijtihad).
His works are subject of widespread interest in countries such as Pakistan, Malaysia, Indonesia and Turkey.After teaching in Britain and Canada, he was appointed head of the Central Institute of Islamic Research of Pakistan in 1963.
Although his works were widely respected by other Islamic reformers, they were also heavily criticized by conservative scholars as being overtly liberal.
This was quickly exploited by opponents of his political paymaster, General Ayub Khan, and led to his eventual exile in the United States.
He left Pakistan in 1968 for the United States where he taught at the University of California, Los Angeles and the University of Chicago.