Al-Ghazali (Algazel)
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Biography Al-Ghazali (1058 - 1111)
Muslim theologian, mystic and philosopher
Also known as: Algazel.
Also called: Abu-Hamid bin Muhammad bin Muhammad bin Muhammad.
Died on 19 dec 1111
Origin country Iran, Islamic Republic of
Al-Ghazali, full name Abū Ḥāmid Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad aṭ-Ṭūsiyy al-Ġazzālīy, and known in Persian-speaking countries as Imam Muhammad-i Ghazali or in Medieval Europe by the Latinized as Algazelus or Algazel, was a Persian Sunni Muslim polymath. He is known as one of the most prominent and influential jurisconsult, legal theoretician, mufti, philosopher, theologian, logician and mystic in Islamic history.
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