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Mahmoud Mohammed Taha

1909 - 1985

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Mahmoud Mohammed Taha, (1909 – 18 January 1985; Arabic: محمود محمد طه) also known as Ustaz Mahmoud Mohammed Taha, was a Sudanese religious thinker, leader, and trained engineer. He developed what he called the "Second Message of Islam", which postulated that the verses of the Qur'an revealed in Medina were appropriate in their time as the basis of Islamic law, (Sharia), but that the verses revealed in Mecca represented the ideal and universal religion, which would be revived when humanity had reached a stage of development capable of implementing them, ushering in a renewed era of Islam based on the principles of freedom and equality. He was executed for apostasy for his religious preaching at the age of 76 by the regime of Gaafar Nimeiry. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Mahmoud Mohammed Taha is the 212th most popular historian (up from 252nd in 2019), the 17th most popular biography from Sudan (up from 18th in 2019) and the most popular Sudanese Historian.

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Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Mahmoud Mohammed Taha ranks 212 out of 561. Before him are Egon Friedell, Peter Andreas Munch, Simon Dubnow, Edgar Quinet, Baha ad-Din ibn Shaddad, and Moritz Cantor. After him are Guo Pu, Robert Conquest, Anthony Blunt, Johannes Aventinus, Deborah Lipstadt, and Annius of Viterbo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1909, Mahmoud Mohammed Taha ranks 139. Before him are Hendrik Casimir, Kinuyo Tanaka, Ben Webster, Sylvère Maes, Guy de Rothschild, and Jerzy Andrzejewski. After him are Aenne Burda, Shigeo Shingo, Richard Wurmbrand, Bert Patenaude, Gene Krupa, and Henri Alekan. Among people deceased in 1985, Mahmoud Mohammed Taha ranks 94. Before him are Anton Karas, Heinz Hoffmann, Edmond O'Brien, Vladimir Jankélévitch, David Purley, and Princess Eudoxia of Bulgaria. After him are Stefan Bellof, Élias Sarkis, Johanna Wolf, Renato Castellani, André Hunebelle, and Henry Hansen.

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In Sudan

Among people born in Sudan, Mahmoud Mohammed Taha ranks 17 out of 38. Before him are Abdalla Hamdok (1956), Tayeb Salih (1929), Gabriel Zubeir Wako (1941), Ibrahim Abboud (1900), Hassan Al-Turabi (1932), and Abdallahi ibn Muhammad (1846). After him are Ismail al-Azhari (1901), Sadiq al-Mahdi (1935), Abdel Rahman Swar al-Dahab (1934), Ahmed al-Mirghani (1941), Manute Bol (1962), and Ahmed Awad Ibn Auf (1954).

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Among HISTORIANS In Sudan

Among historians born in Sudan, Mahmoud Mohammed Taha ranks 1. 

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