Syed Nomanul Haq (Nu'man al-Haqq) ( ur, ; born February 15, 1948 in
Karachi
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,
Pakistan
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) is a
Pakistani scholar and historian specialised in the fields of
Islamic history
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and
Islamic philosophy
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. He is currently a visiting
distinguished professor
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In the United States
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at the
Habib University, Karachi.
Life and career
Haq was born in Pakistan, but spent most of his early life in England and the USA. At
Hull University
, mottoeng = Bearing the Torch f learning, established = 1927 – University College Hull1954 – university status
, type = Public
, endowment = £18.8 million (2016)
, budget = £190 million ...
he received an undergraduate degree in
applied physics
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"Applied" is distinguished from "pure" by a subtle combination ...
and at
University College London
, mottoeng = Let all come who by merit deserve the most reward
, established =
, type = Public research university
, endowment = £143 million (2020)
, budget = ...
he studied the history of science and philosophy.
In his career spanning twenty years, Haq has produced publications and editorial and research work on the
history and philosophy of science
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,
postmodern philosophy
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,
history of religion
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,
history of art
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and
history of literature
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.
Haq has published a number of books and newspaper articles. He writes both in English and in Urdu.
In 2009, he contributed to a seminar at the
Metanexus Institute The Metanexus Institute is a not-for-profit organization founded in 1997 to explore scientific and philosophical questions. The institute has organized the exchange of ideas through conferences, and published books.
History
With the help of Peter ...
.
Noman has extended family in Pakistan, but his immediate family resides in the
United States
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. Noman was married at the early age of 18.
Bibliography
* ''Names, Natures, and Things: The Alchemist Jaabir ibn Hayyaan and his Kitaab al-Ahjaar (Book of Stones)''. Dordrecht/London/ Boston: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1993 (Cloth). Paperback Edition, 1995.
* With Ted Peters and Muzaffar Iqbal, ''God, Life, and the Cosmos: Theistic Perspectives.'' Aldershot: Ashgate Publishing, 2002.
* ''
Harris Khalique
Harris Khalique ( ur, ; born 20 October 1966) is a Pakistani poet in Urdu and English and a civil society activist. Khalique has authored nine collections of poetry and two books of non-fiction. In March 2018, he received the Presidential Pride o ...
, Select Verses, with an Analytical Introduction and Annotation'' (in Urdu). Karachi: Maktaba-e Daniyal, 2006.
* ''Refiner’s Fire: Some Reflections on Neville, Postmodernism, and the Tends in Discourses on Islam'' in P. Heltzel and A. Yong eds. ''Theology in a Global Context: Essays in Honor of
Robert Neville.'' New York/London: Continuum, T & T Clark International, 2004.
* ''Islam and
Ecology
Ecology () is the study of the relationships between living organisms, including humans, and their physical environment. Ecology considers organisms at the individual, population, community, ecosystem, and biosphere level. Ecology overlaps wi ...
: Toward Retrieval and Reconstruction''. Daedalus. Fall 2001. Vol. 130, No. 4, 141-177.
* ''Occult Sciences and Medicine''. New Cambridge History of Islam. Vol. 3, Michael Cook ed.-in-chief. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007.
References
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Historians of Islam
Islamic philosophers
Living people
Pakistani emigrants to the United States
Alumni of University College London
1948 births
Islamic environmentalists