Ahmed Toufiq

Ahmed Toufiq (born 22 June 1943) is a Moroccan historian and novelist who has serving as Minister for Islamic Affairs in the government of Morocco since 2002.

Not to be confused with Ahmed Toufiq Hejira.
Ahmed Toufiq
Minister of Religious Endowments and Islamic Affairs
Assumed office
7 September 2002
MonarchMohammed VI
Preceded byAbdelkebir M'Daghri Alaoui
Prime MinisterAbbas El Fassi
Prime MinisterAbdelilah Benkirane
Prime MinisterSaadeddine Othmani
Personal details
Born (1943-06-25) June 25, 1943
Margha, Morocco
Academic background
Alma materMohammed V University
Thesisal-Mujtamaʿ al-Maghribī fī al-Qarn al-Tāsiʿa ʿAshar: ʼInūltāne (1850-1912)
Doctoral advisorGermain Ayache
Academic work
DisciplineHistorian

Biography

Toufiq was born on 22 June 1943 in the Marigha Village in the High Atlas.[1] After completing his primary and secondary studies in Marrakech, he enrolled at the Faculty of Letters and Human Sciences of Rabat, where he got a bachelor's degree in history in 1968, then a master's degree in history. Toufiq also holds a certificate of Archaeology. He presented his PhD in 1979 on the subject of social history in the Moroccan rural areas in the 19th century. He started his career as a teacher at L'École Normale Supérieure de Marrakech and taught in a high school in Rabat. Thereafter, he joined the Faculty of Letters and Human Sciences in Rabat, where he served in various roles from 1970 to 1989; lecturer, assistant professor, associate professor. He was later appointed director of the Institute of African Studies at the Mohammed V University in 1989 and held the position for six years until 1995. From 1995 to 2002, he worked as director of the National Library of Morocco.[2][3] In 1989 Ahmed Toufiq received his first Moroccan Book Prize for his novel Shajarat Hinna' Wa Qamar (A Tree of Henna and a Moon). In 2001, he served as a Visiting Professor of Islamic Studies at Harvard Divinity School, affiliated with its Center for the Study of World Religions.[4]

In November 2002, Toufiq was appointed to the government as Minister for Islamic Affairs. He is also a personal advocate of interfaith dialogue and currently sits on the Board of World Religious Leaders for The Elijah Interfaith Institute.[5] Toufiq is a Sufi.[6]

Bibliography

Historical studies

  • La société marocaine au XIXe siècle - Inoultane 1850 - 1912
  • Islam et développement
  • Les juifs de Demnat
  • Le Maroc et l'Afrique Occidentale à travers les âges

Novels

  • Abu Musa's Women Neighbors (translated by Roger Allen, from Jarat Abi Musa, 1997, ISBN 2-87623-215-4)
  • Al Sayl (The stream, 1998)
  • Shujayrat Hinna' Wa Qamar (translated by Roger Allen, Moon and Henna Tree, 2013, ISBN 0292748248)

Further reading
  • Marvine Howe, Morocco: The Islamist Awakening and Other Challenges, p. 343, Oxford University Press, 2005 ISBN 0-19-516963-8

References
  1. "M. Ahmed Toufiq, ministre des Habous et des Affaires islamiques". Maghreb Arabe Press. 2017-06-22. Retrieved 2020-05-11.
  2. Wainscott, Ann Marie (2017). Bureaucratizing Islam: Morocco and the War on Terror. Cambridge University Press. p. 127. ISBN 978-1-316-51049-0.
  3. Park, Thomas Kerlin; Boum, Aomar (2006). Historical Dictionary of Morocco. Scarecrow Press. pp. 331–332. ISBN 978-0-8108-5341-6.
  4. McDowell, Wendy. "Ahmed Toufiq: Modern Speech in Orthodox Islam". Harvard Divinity School. Retrieved 2020-05-11.
  5. The Elijah Interfaith Institute - Muslim Members of the Board of World Religious Leaders
  6. Washington Institute: "Sufism: An Alternative to Extremism?" by Sarah Feuer March 11, 2015
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