Hans Jansen, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Hans Jansen

Dutch academic

Date of Birth: 17-Nov-1942

Place of Birth: Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands

Date of Death: 05-May-2015

Profession: writer, politician, columnist, university teacher

Nationality: Kingdom of the Netherlands

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Johannes Juliaan Gijsbert "Hans" Jansen (Dutch pronunciation: [jo?'??n?s 'jylia?n '??isb?rt '??ns 'j?ns?n]; 17 November 1942 – 5 May 2015) was a Dutch politician, scholar of contemporary Islam and author.Hans Jansen belonged to the "revisionists" in Islamic Studies, i.e.
he fundamentally doubted the historicity of the Islamic traditions on early Islam which were written only 150 to 200 years after Muhammad.
Moreover, Jansen doubted the existence of Muhammad as a historical person.