In addition to her brilliant scholarship on Chinese Islam, Sachiko Murata (b. 1943) has led a fascinating life. A thread with autobiographical excerpts from her book The Tao of Islam. (1/5)
Murata began her education studying family law in Japan, then went on to complete a PhD in Persian literature at the University of Tehran, and nearly completed a second one in Islamic jursiprudence (fiqh) before the revolution broke out and she came to the US. (2/5)
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