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Himmich Bensalem

    Bensalem Himmich is a novelist, poet, and philosopher teaching at Mohammed V University in Rabat, Morocco. His literary and scientific works, published in Arabic and French, grapple with the problems and conflicts facing Morocco today. As a liberal philosopher, Himmich engages with issues such as ideological education within Islam, advocating for the separation of church and state. His writing often explores the tensions between tradition and modernity, seeking a critical understanding of contemporary Moroccan society.

    A Muslim Suicide
    The Theocrat
    • 2011

      A Muslim Suicide

      • 414 pages
      • 15 hours of reading

      The Muslim Suicide focuses on the life of an actual historical character, Ibn Sabin (1217-69), who, born in the town of Murcia in Andalus (Arab Spain), ended his life while on pilgrimage to Mecca.

      A Muslim Suicide
    • 2009

      Deals with the subject of one of Arab and Islamic history's most perplexing figures, al-Hakim bi-Amr Illah ('the ruler by order of God'), the Fatimid caliph who ruled Egypt during the tenth century and whose career was a direct reflection of both the tensions within the Islamic dominions as a... číst celé

      The Theocrat