Yahyah Michot
Belgian islamologe (1952-2025)
Yahya Michot (born Jean Michot; 3 July 1952 – 1 April 2025) was a Belgian Muslim academic who was a professor of Islamic studies.
Michot was the president of the Higher Council of Muslims in Belgium from 1995 to 1998. He taught at the Hartford Seminary, Connecticut as a professor of Islamic Studies and Christian-Muslim Relations. He was also the editor of the journal "The Muslim World" edited by the Seminary.
Michot died on 1 April 2025, at the age of 72.
Works
IBN SÎNÂ. Lettre au vizir Abû Sa'd", 2000;
"AVICENNE. Réfutation de l'astrologie" , 2000;
Ibn Taymiyya: Muslims under non-Muslim Rule (2006),
Ahmad al-Aqhisârî: Against Smoking. An Ottoman Manifesto, 2010;
Musulmans en Europe, (2002).
References
External links
Ibn Taymiyya. Le statut des moines. Yahya Michot.
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