Mustafa 'Abd ar-Raziq

Shaykh Mustafa Abd ar-Raziq (Arabic: مصطفى عبد الرازق) (1885 – 15 February 1947) was an Egyptian Islamic philosopher.

His appointment encountered resistance, since he was not a member of the Council of Supreme ulama: King Farouk pressured for the law to be altered to allow him to assume office.

[2] Historian Fawaz Gerges characterized ar-Rizq as a "rebel member of al-Azhar" during his era.

[3] A follower of Muhammad Abduh, Abd ar-Rizq wanted "to prove the compatibility of traditional Islamic philosophy with the rationalism of modern thought".

[4] His brother, Ali Abdel Raziq, was an Egyptian scholar of Islam, religious judge and government minister.