A Muslim Scholar Who Argued for the Bible? | Meet Sir Sayyid Ahmad Khan | Dr. Charles Ramsey

The Cambridge Companion to Sir Sayyid Ahmad Khan: https://www.amazon.com/Cambridge-Comp... The Gospel According to Sayyid Ahmad Khan (1817-1898): An Annotated Translation of Tabyīn al-kalām: https://www.amazon.com/According-1817... God’s Word, Spoken or Otherwise: https://brill.com/display/title/60500... In this episode, Charles Ramsey reveals the fascinating story of Sir Sayyid Ahmed Khan — a 19th-century Muslim scholar who engaged with the Christian and Jewish scriptures to forge a uniquely Muslim interpretation. Explore how Khan’s deep curiosity led him to study the Gospel of Matthew amidst the violence of colonial India after the 1857 uprising. Charles M. Ramsey holds a PhD in Islamic Studies from the University of Birmingham (UK), a MA in the History of Religion from Baylor University, and PGC in Poverty Reduction from the Centre for Development, Environment, and Policy at University of London (SOAS). Ramsey was Assistant Professor of Religion and Public Policy at Forman Christian College (Lahore, Pakistan) with dual appointments in the Department of Religion and the Center for Public Policy and Governance (Peace Studies). He has been awarded grants from the British Library, United States Institute of Peace, and the American Institute for Pakistan Studies. Ramsey is Editor, South Asia Section of the Brill Encyclopedia of Christian-Muslim Relations (CMR 1500-1900) and the author of several books and articles including: South Asian Sufis: Devotion, Deviation, and Destiny (London: Continuum, 2012); Sir Sayyid’s Commentary of the Gospel: Tabyīn al-kalām, Part 3, translated and annotated by Charles M. Ramsey and Christian W. Troll (Lahore: Maktaba Jadid, 2017); and God’s Word, Spoken and Otherwise (Leiden: Brill, 2018).