Mohammed Arkoun was an Algerian scholar and thinker. He was considered to have been one of the most influential secular scholars in Islamic studies contributing to contemporary intellectual Islamic reform. Wikipedia
Born: February 1, 1928, Beni Yenni, Algeria
Died: September 14, 2010 (age 82 years), Paris, France
Books: Lectures du Coran, La Pensée arabe, Rethinking Islam, and more