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FARID ESACK did his undergraduate studies in Islam at Jami'ah Ulum al-Islamia and graduated from Jami'ah Alimiyyah al-Islamia with a Bachelors Degree in Islamic Law & Theology. He did post-graduate research in Qur'anic Studies at Jami'ah Abu Bakr (all in Karachi) and completed a doctoral degree in Qur'anic Hermeneutics at University of Birmingham (UK). In 1994-95 he was a Research Fellow in Biblical Hermeneutics at Philosophische Theologische Hochschule, Sankt Georgen, Frankfurt am Main. In 1984-89 he was the National Coordinator of Call of Islam. As a person committed to inter-religious solidarity for justice and peace and the struggle against apartheid, he played a leading role in the United Democratic Front, The Call of Islam, the Organisation of People Against Sexism, the Cape Against Racism, and the World Conference on Religion & Peace. He has been a regular political columnist for the Cape Times, Beeld and Burger and a socio-religious columnist for Al Qalam, Islamica, and Assalaamu Alaikum. In addition to a number of articles published in different parts of the world, he is the author of a major work on Islamic Liberation theology, Qur’an, Liberation and Pluralism (1996). He has also written On Being a Muslim: Finding a Religious Path in the World Today (1999). His current research projects include “In Conversation with Progressive Islam: The Struggle for Authenticity, Justice and Belonging” and “AIDS and the Search for an Islamic Theology of Compassion”. Recommended Readings: |
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