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Hamed Abdel-Samad

Hamed Abdel-Samad studied English, French, Japanese, and Political Science. He has worked for UNESCO and held a professorship in Islamic Studies at the University of Erfurt and at the Institute for Jewish History and Culture at the University of Munich. Abdel-Samad is one of the most profiled Islamic intellectuals in the German-speaking world. As a result of his taboo-breaking autobiography an official fatwa was placed on him in 2013. Since then, he has lived under permanent police protection.

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