Sharif Fayyad
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Sharif Fayyad is a contemporary academic researcher in Islamic philosophy and comparative religion, known for his comparative study on the dialectical and scriptural methodologies of Rahmat Allah al-Hindi and Carl Gottlieb Pfander .
Academic Background
His full name is Sharif Mus'ad Fayyad Abd al-Fattah . He pursued his higher education in the Department of Islamic Philosophy at the Faculty of Dar al-Ulum, where he prepared his master's thesis under the academic supervision of Professor Mustafa Hilmi in 1437 AH / 2016 CE .
Scholarly Focus
Fayyad's primary research centers on comparative religion and interfaith polemics, as articulated in his thesis Manhaj Dirasat al-Adyan bayn al-Shaykh Rahmat Allah al-Hindi wa al-Qiss Fandar ("The Methodology of the Study of Religions Between Shaykh Rahmat Allah al-Hindi and Pastor Pfander") . His work employs an analytical and comparative method to examine the nineteenth-century theological disputations between the Indian Muslim scholar al-Hindi (d. 1891 CE) and the German Protestant missionary Pfander, focusing on textual criticism of sacred scriptures . Through this comparative analysis, he aimed to deduce systematic procedural guidelines and dialectical principles for conducting interfaith debates, engaging both Arabic and Western sources .
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This academic treatise in comparative religion and Islamic philosophy examines and compares the critical, dialectical, and textual methodologies employed in interfaith polemics and scripture criticism by the Indian Muslim scholar Rahmat Allah al-Hindi and the German Protestant missionary pastor Carl Gottlieb Pfander.