- Sherman Jackson
Sherman A. Jackson is an Arthur F. Thurnau Professor of Near Eastern Studies, Visiting Professor of Law and Professor of Afro-American Studies at the
University of Michigan ,Ann Arbor . He received his Ph.D. from theUniversity of Pennsylvania in 1991. He has taught at the University of Texas at Austin, Indiana University, Wayne State University and was recently offered a full professorship atStanford University . From 1987-89, he served as Executive Director of the Center of Arabic Study Abroad in Cairo, Egypt. In addition to numerous articles, he is author of "Islamic Law and the State: The Constitutional Jurisprudence of Shihâb al-Dîn al-Qarâfî" (E.J. Brill, 1996), "On the Boundaries of Theological Tolerance in Islam: Abû Hâmid al-Ghazâlî’s Faysal al-Tafriqa" (Oxford, 2002) and, most recently, "Islam and Blackamerican: Looking Towards the Third Resurrection" (Oxford, 2005). He is co-founder of the American Learning Institute for Muslims ( [http://www.alimprogram.com ALIM] ), a former member of the Fiqh Council of North America, past president of the Sharî‘ah Scholars’ Association of North America (SSANA) and a past trustee of the North American Islamic Trust (NAIT). He is featured on the "Washington Post"-"Newsweek" blog, "On Faith," and is listed by Religion Newswriters Foundation's ReligionLink as among the top ten experts on Islam in America.References
External links
* [http://www.umich.edu/~neareast/faculty/jackson.htm Home Page]
* Articles and other information regarding Dr. Sherman Jackson [http://www.manrilla.net/shermanjackson/] .
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