Omid Safi
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Omid Safi is Professor of Islamic Studies at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill where he specializes on Islamic mysticism (Sufism)
Sufism
Sufism or ' is defined by its adherents as the inner, mystical dimension of Islam. A practitioner of this tradition is generally known as a '...

, contemporary Islamic thought and medieval Islamic history. He has served on the board of the Pluralism project at Harvard University.

Progressive Islam

Professor Safi is recognized as a leader of the progressive Muslim debate. Professor Safi's book Progressive Muslims (2003) contains a diverse collection of essays by and about "progressive" Muslims. Professor Safi was one of the co-founders of the Progressive Muslim Union
Progressive Muslim Union
The Progressive Muslim Union of North America was a liberal Islamic organization. The group officially launched on November 15, 2004 in Manhattan but was disbanded in December 2006...

(PMU-NA). He resigned from PMU in 2005, but he continues to support progressive interpretations of Islam outside of PMU.

Books

  • Progressive Muslims: On Justice, Gender, and Pluralism. Edited by Omid Safi (Oxford: Oneworld, 2003)
  • The Politics of Knowledge in Premodern Islam. (Chapel Hill: UNC Press, 2006)
  • Voices of Change (Vol. 5 in the 5 vol series: Voices of Islam), edited by Omid Safi. (Praeger, 2006)
  • Memories of Muhammad: Why the Prophet Matters. (HarperOne, 2009)
  • Voices of American Muslims. (New York: Hippocrene Books, Inc., 2005) By Linda Brandi Caetura with introductory essay and interview with Omid Safi

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