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foreword by dale f. eickelmanxiiiACKNOWLEDGEMENTSSince this book is a compilation of texts which have been specificallyrearranged and modified for this translation, it could not have beendone without a considerable amount of collaboration with MuhammadShahrur and those people around him who support his work. I wishto thank Muhammad Shahrur for the time he spent with me explaininghis thoughts in the most patient and scholarly manner. I alsothank Sultan al-#Awa for his superb managerial skills in arrangingthe meetings between Muhammad Shahrur and me in Damascusand Abu Dhabi; Mayada al-Kayali and Randa al-Sahli for theirtremendous efforts in selecting and arranging with me the Arabictexts from Shahrur’s monographs, journal articles, interviews, andconference papers; MuÈammad JamÊl al-Qaßß§ß for his IT-support;Muhammad Khaled and Mustafa Baig for their help and assistancein the Department of Middle Eastern Studies at ManchesterUniversity; my colleague Ronald Buckley who read drafts of thisbook and made numerous invaluable corrections and improvements;Dale F. Eickelman who was of tremendous support and encouragementthroughout the entire project; Dawn Hall for her excellentcopyediting; my daughter Sophia for helping me to draw up thecharts; my daughter Dorothea for always being ‘eine fest Burg’; andmy wife Kerstin for her meticulous proofreading of the manuscriptand her unwavering support.A substantial part of the work on this book was done during myresearch leave, supported by the British Arts & Humanities ResearchCouncil in 2007–08. I sincerely appreciate the help and supportI re ceived through this research-leave scheme.

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