Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Turan Dursun (1934, Şarkışla, Sivas Province – 4 September 1990, Istanbul) was a Turkish Islamic scholar and a writer. His work, which is the repetition of the eighth-century Persian-Dahrī zindik philosopher Ibn'ūr-Rāwandī, heavily criticizes "the philosophy of Hanafi-Sunni Islam" and accuses its founders as being extremist reactionaries."Dursun", originally a "Ja'fari Muslim" from the "Athnā‘ashariyyah Shi'ite Madh'hab," but later turned out to be a good follower of "Dahrī (Islamic-Materialism) Ibn'ūr-Rāwandī", first worked as a religious officer before becoming an atheist during his study of the history of monotheistic religions. Dursun wrote a number of books about religion, which included interpretations of Islamic texts. He was an open critic of religion and was frequently threatened by fundamentalists.He was eventually assassinated on September 4, 1990, outside his home in Istanbul. After this event, his books sold tens of thousands of copies in Turkey.. }
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- Turan_Dursun abstract "Turan Dursun (1934, Şarkışla, Sivas Province – 4 September 1990, Istanbul) was a Turkish Islamic scholar and a writer. His work, which is the repetition of the eighth-century Persian-Dahrī zindik philosopher Ibn'ūr-Rāwandī, heavily criticizes "the philosophy of Hanafi-Sunni Islam" and accuses its founders as being extremist reactionaries."Dursun", originally a "Ja'fari Muslim" from the "Athnā‘ashariyyah Shi'ite Madh'hab," but later turned out to be a good follower of "Dahrī (Islamic-Materialism) Ibn'ūr-Rāwandī", first worked as a religious officer before becoming an atheist during his study of the history of monotheistic religions. Dursun wrote a number of books about religion, which included interpretations of Islamic texts. He was an open critic of religion and was frequently threatened by fundamentalists.He was eventually assassinated on September 4, 1990, outside his home in Istanbul. After this event, his books sold tens of thousands of copies in Turkey.".