Dr Malise Ruthven (born 1942) is a writer and historian who focuses his work on religion, fundamentalism, and especially Islamic affairs. Ruthven has been a scriptwriter with the BBC Arabic and World Service, and a consultant on Middle Eastern affairs.[1] He has taught Islamic Studies and Comparative Religion at the University of Aberdeen, the University of California, San Diego, and Dartmouth College.[2] He used the term "Islamofascism" as early as 8 September 1990 in The Independent.
Ruthven is the younger son of Major the Hon. Alexander Hardinge Patrick Hore-Ruthven and Pamela Margaret Fletcher His elder brother, Grey Ruthven, is 2nd Earl of Gowrie. Ruthven is the godson of the late Freya Stark(1893-1993), whom his parents knew in Cairo in 1942, and has published several collections of her photographs.
He has also contributed an afterword to the most recent edition of Albert Hourani's History of the Arab Peoples, bringing that work up to date following Hourani's death.
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Quotes
1)"If imitatio Christi meant renouncing worldly ambition and seeking salvation by deeds of private virtue, imitatio Muhammadi meant sooner or later taking up arms against those forces which seemed to threaten Islam from within or without."[3]
References
- ^ Oxford University Press: Islam in the World: Malise Ruthven
- ^ Author biography, Oxford University Press
- ^ Harris, Sam. THE END of FAITH.
Bibliography
- Fundamentalism: the Search for Meaning (2004). Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-284091-6
- Historical Atlas of the Islamic World (2004). (with Azim Nanji). Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-860997-3
- Fury for God: the Islamist Attack on America (2002). London: Granta. ISBN 1-86207-540-9
- Islam: A Very Short Introduction (2000). Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-285389-9
- Freya Stark in the Levant: Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Palestine (1994) Reading: Garnet Publishing ISBN 1-85964-003-6
- Freya Stark in Iraq and Kuwait (1994) Reading: Garnet Publishing ISBN 1-85964-004-4
- Freya Stark in Persia (1994) Reading: Garnet Publishing ISBN 1-85964-011-7
- A Satanic Affair: Salman Rushdie and the Rage of Islam (1990). London: Chatto. ISBN 0-7011-3591-3
- The Divine Supermarket: Travels in Search of the Soul of America (1989). London: Chatto. ISBN 0-7011-3151-9
- Traveller Through Time: A Photographic Journey with Freya Stark (1986). London: Viking. ISBN 0-670-80183-6
- Islam in the World (1984,1999, 2006). Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-520454-9
- Torture: The Grand Conspiracy (1978). London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson. ISBN 0-297-77389-5
Audio Lecture
- Gnostic themes in the Abrahamic family of religions, Dr. Malise Ruthven, The British Museum, Middle East Now podcast series, April to September 2006
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