Kassim, Husain 1939-

PERSONAL:

Born March 15, 1939, in Bombay, Maharashtra, India; U.S. citizen; son of Adam (in business) and Rabia (a homemaker) Kassim; married; wife's name Vivian (divorced, 1973); married December 25, 1977; wife's name Kulsoom. Ethnicity: "Asian." Education: University of Bonn, Ph.D., 1968. Politics: "None." Religion: Muslim. Hobbies and other interests: Reading, writing, star watching.

ADDRESSES:

Home—Winter Park, FL. Office—Department of Philosophy, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL 32816-1352. E-mail—kassim@mail.ucf.edu.

CAREER:

University of Central Florida, Orlando, professor of philosophy.

AWARDS, HONORS:

Postdoctoral fellow, State University of New York at Buffalo, 1969-70; Fulbright scholar in Germany, 1988-89.

WRITINGS:

Sarakhsi: Concept of Treaties and the Doctrine of Juristic Preference in Islamic Jurisprudence, Austin & Winfield (San Francisco, CA), 1994.

Aristotle and Aristotelianism in Medieval Muslim, Jewish, and Christian Philosophy, Austin & Winfield (San Francisco, CA), 2000.

Legitimizing Modernity in Islam: Muslim Modus Vivendi and Western Modernity, Edwin Mellen Press (Lewiston, NY), 2005.

SIDELIGHTS:

Husain Kassim once told CA that his primary motivation for writing is "to bring out the issues and clarify them on the basis of scholarship." Influences on his writing include, "the crisis in the Middle East and the wrongful reaction on the part of the West." He attributed his inspiration for writing to "human concern."