Mohammad Salim Al-Awa

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Mohammad Salim Al-Awa
Born	22 December 1942[citation needed] Alexandria[citation needed]
Nationality	Egyptian
Occupation	writer

Mohammad Salim Al-Awa (born December 22, 1942) is an Egyptian Islamist thinker, widely considered^{[by whom?]} to belong to the moderate Islamic democratic strain. He is the former Secretary General of the International Union for Muslim Scholars based in London, and head of the .^[1][2][3] Al-Awa has been called^{[by whom?]} one of the few Islamic thinkers who has made a "serious attempt" at "defining what Islamism would mean in a modern society," or "courageously delved into the realities of Islamic history and experimented with new interpretations."^[4]

On 14 June 2011, Al-Awa declared his candidacy for the 2012 Egyptian presidential election in September of that year.^[5]

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External links

• Official website
• iumsonline.net
• "Mohamed Selim El-Awa: Political thought, activism, and the spaces between; Faith in the struggle; Profile by Omayma Abdel-Latif", Al Ahram Weekly, 30 October - 5 November 2003, Issue No. 662

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