Kassim Ahmad

Kassim Ahmad
قاسم أحمد
Born(1933-09-09)9 September 1933
Died10 October 2017(2017-10-10) (aged 84)
Alma materUniversity of Malaya
SpouseSharifah Fauziah binti Yussof Alsaggof
EraContemporary Islamic philosophy
RegionIslamic Philosophy
Main interests
Islamic Philosophy, Existentialism, Novelist
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Kassim Ahmad (9 September 1933 – 10 October 2017)[2] was a Malaysian Muslim philosopher, intellectual, writer, poet and an educator. He was also a socialist politician in the early days of Malaya and later Malaysia and was detained without trial from 1976 to 1981 under Malaysia's Internal Security Act.[3]

  1. ^ "The passing of a world class philosopher". The Malay Mail. 13 October 2017.
  2. ^ "Kassim Ahmad passes away". The Star. 10 October 2017. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
  3. ^ "For the love of the common people". The Star.

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