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Polish Islamic scholar
Józef Bielawski
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Polish Islamic scholar
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Place of birth
Stara Wieś, Gmina Brzozów, Brzozów County, Podkarpackie Voivodeship
Place of death
Warsaw, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland
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87 years
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Józef Bielawski (August 12, 1910 – September 19, 1997) was a Polish arabist and scholar of Islam.
A graduate of Jagiellonian University, where he studies law as well as oriental languages, in the years 1948 - 1950 he was the cultural attaché of the Polish Embassy in Turkey. From 1968 he was a professor at the University of Warsaw, where he created the Arab and Islamic studies program. In 1979 he became a member of the Iraqi Academy of Science. He was a founding member of the Polish-Arab Friendship Association. He is also known for his translation of the Qur'an into Polish. He is also the author of many books relating to Islam and Arabian culture.
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