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{{Infobox religious biography|religion=[[Islam]]
{{Infobox religious biography
|name       = Sheikh Mohammed al-Ghazali <br> الشيخ محمد الغزالي
| religion           = [[Islam]]
|denomination = [[Sunni]]
| name               = Sheikh Mohammed al-Ghazali <br> الشيخ محمد الغزالي
| image=
| denomination       = [[Sunni]]
|jurisprudence   = [[Hanafi]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://elwahabiya.com/محمد-الغزالي/|title=A Short Biography of Shaykh Mohammed al-Ghazali|publisher=elwahabiya.com}}</ref>
| image             =  
|creed       = [[Ashari]]<ref name="Halverson74">{{cite book|last=Halverson|first=Jeffry R.|title=Theology and Creed in Sunni Islam|url=https://archive.org/details/theologycreedsun00halv|url-access=limited|isbn=9781137473578|pages=[https://archive.org/details/theologycreedsun00halv/page/n82 74]|publisher=Pelgrave Macmillan|date=2010}}</ref>
| jurisprudence     = [[Hanafi]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://elwahabiya.com/محمد-الغزالي/|title=A Short Biography of Shaykh Mohammed al-Ghazali|publisher=elwahabiya.com}}</ref>
|birth_date = {{Birth date|1917|09|22}}
| creed             = [[Ashari]]<ref name="Halverson74">{{cite book|last=Halverson|first=Jeffry R.|title=Theology and Creed in Sunni Islam|url=https://archive.org/details/theologycreedsun00halv|url-access=limited|isbn=9781137473578|pages=[https://archive.org/details/theologycreedsun00halv/page/n82 74]|publisher=Pelgrave Macmillan|date=2010}}</ref>
|birth_place = al-Buhayrah, Egypt
| birth_date         = {{Birth date|1917|09|22}}
|death_date = {{Death date and age|1996|03|09|1917|09|22}}
| birth_place       = al-Buhayrah, Egypt
|nationality = Egyptian
| death_date         = {{Death date and age|1996|03|09|1917|09|22}}
|movement = [[Islamic Modernism|Modernism]]<ref>Biglari, Ahmad. "Political Equality and The Issue of Citizenship Rights in Contemporary Islamic Thought." ''Journal of Islamic Political Studies'' 1.2 (2019): 77-102. "...modernist thinkers such as Mohammad
| nationality       = Egyptian
| movement           = [[Islamic Modernism|Modernism]]<ref>Biglari, Ahmad. "Political Equality and The Issue of Citizenship Rights in Contemporary Islamic Thought." ''Journal of Islamic Political Studies'' 1.2 (2019): 77-102. "...modernist thinkers such as Mohammad
al-Ghazali..."</ref>
al-Ghazali..."</ref>
| honorific suffix  = {{small|[[Order of the Republic (Egypt)|ORE]]}}
}}
}}
Sheikh '''Mohammed al-Ghazali al-Saqqa''' (1917–1996) ({{lang-ar| الشيخ محمد الغزالي السقا }}), was an [[Islam]]ic scholar whose writings "have influenced generations of Egyptians". The author of 94 books, he attracted a broad following with works that sought to interpret Islam and its holy book, the [[Qur'an]], in a modern light. He is widely credited with contributing to a revival of Islamic faith in [[Egypt]] in recent times.<ref name="NYTGhazali">{{cite news |author=Douglas Jehl |date=March 14, 1996 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1996/03/14/world/mohammed-al-ghazali-78-an-egyptian-cleric-and-scholar.html |title=Mohammed al-Ghazali, 78, An Egyptian Cleric and Scholar |newspaper=The New York Times}}</ref> Another sources have called him "one of the most revered sheikhs in the Muslim world"<ref>{{cite book |last=Kepel |first=Gilles |title=Jihad: The Trail of Political Islam |url=https://archive.org/details/jihad00gill_0 |url-access=registration |year=2002 |page=[https://archive.org/details/jihad00gill_0/page/287 287]}}</ref>  
Sheikh '''Mohammed al-Ghazali al-Saqqa''' (1917–1996) ({{lang-ar| الشيخ محمد الغزالي السقا }}), was an [[Islam]]ic scholar whose writings "have influenced generations of Egyptians". The author of 94 books, he attracted a broad following with works that sought to interpret Islam and its holy book, the [[Qur'an]], in a modern light. He is widely credited with contributing to a revival of Islamic faith in [[Egypt]] in recent times.<ref name="NYTGhazali">{{cite news |author=Douglas Jehl |date=March 14, 1996 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1996/03/14/world/mohammed-al-ghazali-78-an-egyptian-cleric-and-scholar.html |title=Mohammed al-Ghazali, 78, An Egyptian Cleric and Scholar |newspaper=The New York Times}}</ref> Another sources have called him "one of the most revered sheikhs in the Muslim world"<ref>{{cite book |last=Kepel |first=Gilles |title=Jihad: The Trail of Political Islam |url=https://archive.org/details/jihad00gill_0 |url-access=registration |year=2002 |page=[https://archive.org/details/jihad00gill_0/page/287 287]}}</ref>  
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==Works==
==Works==
Some of his books include:<ref name="jacb">{{cite book |last1=A.C. Brown |first1=Jonathan |authorlink=Jonathan A.C. Brown |title=Misquoting Muhammad: The Challenge and Choices of Interpreting the Prophet's Legacy |date=2014 |publisher=[[Oneworld Publications]] |isbn=978-1780744209 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/misquotingmuhamm0000brow/page/136 136] |quote=His [Muhammad al-Ghazali] countless books on every aspect of Islam and reviving its proper understanding, with titles like ''Our Intellectual Heritage'', ''Renew Your Life'' and ''Islam and Women's Issues'', still sell briskly at Cairo's impromptu sidewalk bookstalls. Through the decades of his prolific writing and serving as an imam in Cairo's leading mosques, Ghazali picked many fights and earned even more admirers. |url=https://archive.org/details/misquotingmuhamm0000brow/page/136 }} See also p. 137–9.</ref>{{citation needed|date=January 2016}}
Some of his books include:<ref name="jacb">{{cite book |last1=A.C. Brown |first1=Jonathan |authorlink=Jonathan A.C. Brown |title=Misquoting Muhammad: The Challenge and Choices of Interpreting the Prophet's Legacy |date=2014 |publisher=[[Oneworld Publications]] |isbn=978-1780744209 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/misquotingmuhamm0000brow/page/136 136] |quote=His [Muhammad al-Ghazali] countless books on every aspect of Islam and reviving its proper understanding, with titles like ''Our Intellectual Heritage'', ''Renew Your Life'' and ''Islam and Women's Issues'', still sell briskly at Cairo's impromptu sidewalk bookstalls. Through the decades of his prolific writing and serving as an imam in Cairo's leading mosques, Ghazali picked many fights and earned even more admirers. |url=https://archive.org/details/misquotingmuhamm0000brow/page/136 }} See also p. 137–9.</ref>{{citation needed|date=January 2016}}
* The Alchemy of Happiness (1909, London, J. Murray)
* ''Islam and the Modern Economy''
* ''Islam and the Modern Economy''
* ''Islam and Political Despotism''
* ''Islam and Political Despotism''
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