مسلم إنجليزي عظيم | حياة وأزمنة مارمادوك بيكثال

The definitive biography of the British Muslim Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall: famous for his English translation of the Holy Qur’an and ardent advocate of the Ottoman cause. Since his death in 1936, Marmaduke Pickthall’s fame has rested on his famous English translation of the Holy Qur’an. Drawing on a wide range of original sources, including unpublished letters and newly discovered archives, Jamie Gilham unveils Pickthall's eventful life and his important contributions as a British Muslim writer, scholar and activist. "**A Great English Muslim**"_ traces Pickthall's extraordinary journey to Islam, and examines its profound impact on his life and work. Pickthall sought to reconcile his British and Muslim identity to defend and explain Islam in the West, and later internationally. Gillham explores how Pickthall's Anglo-Islamic worldview, and his complex attitudes towards imperialism, race and ethnicity, fueled his writings and campaigns, particularly his defense of the Ottoman Empire during the First World War; His condemnation of Western intervention in the Middle East, including Palestine, after the armistice; his alliance with Gandhi and his support for the Non-Cooperation Movement and the Khilafat Movement in India in the 1920s; and his efforts to make the Indian state of Hyderabad a center of Sunni Islam and the seat of the caliphate in the 1930s. This is a new, comprehensive biography of an important Western convert to Islam, whose concerns, struggles, and sacrifices continue to resonate with Muslims and non-Muslims today.