Michael Muhammad Knight | |
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![]() Knight entering the wrestling ring for his fight against "Ibrahim Hooper" | |
Born | 1977 (age 46–47) |
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Nationality | American |
Education | Harvard University (MTS) University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (PhD) |
Spouse |
Sadaf Khatri (m. 2009) |
Michael Muhammad Knight (born 1977) is a white American novelist, essayist, journalist, and convert to Islam.[1] His writings are popular among American Muslim youth.[2] The San Francisco Chronicle described him as "one of the most necessary and, paradoxically enough, hopeful writers of Barack Obama's America,"[3] while The Guardian has described him as "the Hunter S. Thompson of Islamic literature,"[4] and his non-fiction work exemplifies the principles of gonzo journalism.[5] Publishers Weekly describes him as "Islam's gonzo experimentalist."[6] Within the American Muslim community, he has earned a reputation as an ostentatious cultural provocateur.
He obtained a Master of Theological Studies degree from Harvard University in 2011 and received his Ph.D. in Islamic studies from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2016.[7] Knight is currently assistant professor in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Central Florida.[8]
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