Mustafa İslamoğlu

{{Short description|Turkish author and writer (born 1960)}}

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| denomination = Explaining Islam in the light of the Qur'an

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| birth_place = Develi, Kayseri, Turkey

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| influences = Safinaz Kazem, Ignác Goldziher

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| main_interests = Fiqh, Tafsir, Hadith

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Mustafa İslamoğlu (born 28 October 1960, in Develi, Kayseri), is a Turkish theologian, poet, writer.{{Cite web|title=Biyografi – Mustafa İslamoğlu|url=https://mustafaislamoglu.com/biyografi/|access-date=2020-12-14|language=tr}}{{Cite web|last=A.Ş|first=Kidega Elektronik Tic ve Yayıncılık|title=Mustafa İslamoğlu Kimdir? Kitapları ve Biyografisi- Kidega|url=https://kidega.com/yazar/mustafa-islamoglu-145609|access-date=2021-01-02|website=kidega.com|language=tr}}{{Cite web|title=Mustafa İslamoğlu Kimdir? - Güncel Mustafa İslamoğlu Haberleri|url=https://www.sabah.com.tr/mustafa-islamoglu-kimdir|access-date=2021-01-02|website=www.sabah.com.tr}}{{Cite web|title=Mustafa İslamoğlu kimdir, kaç yaşında? - Yeni Akit|url=https://www.yeniakit.com.tr/haber/mustafa-islamoglu-kimdir-kac-yasinda-865874.html|access-date=2021-01-02|website=www.yeniakit.com.tr|language=tr}} He also appears in religious shows of Diyanet TV.

He has studies and books about various topics such as literature, Islamic history, tafsir. He was criticised in Turkey for his ideas that promoted logic and science above tradition{{Cite web|title=Mustafa İslamoğlu: Evrim haktır, yaratılışın en temel yasasıdır - Timeturk Haber|url=https://www.timeturk.com/mustafa-islamoglu-evrim-haktir-yaratilisin-en-temel-yasasidir/haber-1602419|access-date=2021-01-02|website=www.timeturk.com|language=tr}}{{Cite web|title=Mustafa İslamoğlu vakası|url=http://www.gercekhayat.com.tr/yazarlar/mustafa-islamoglu-vakasi/|access-date=2021-01-02|website=Gerçek Hayat|language=tr}}{{Cite web|title=Mustafa İslamoğlu'nun çirkin iddialarına cevap|url=https://www.yeniasya.com.tr/gundem/mustafa-islamoglu-nun-cirkin-iddialarina-cevap_408562|access-date=2021-01-02|website=YENİ ASYA - Gerçekten haber verir}} and denying the authority of certain hadith, who he saw to be fabricated.{{Cite web|last=Şafak|first=Yeni|date=2019-07-31|title=Diyanet'ten İslamoğlu'na edep uyarısı|url=https://www.yenisafak.com/gundem/diyanetten-islamogluna-edep-uyarisi-3500379|access-date=2021-01-02|website=Yeni Şafak|language=tr-TR}}{{Cite book|last=İslamoğlu|first=Mustafa|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KmxtrgEACAAJ|title=Tabiat ve Kur'an ayetleri ışığında yaratılış ve evrim|date=2015|publisher=Düşün Yayıncılık|isbn=978-605-5125-76-9|language=tr}} He argued that the use of hadith should be limited, applied only on topics that are already mentioned in the Qur'an but not in detail.{{Cite web|last=Olun"|first=Habervakti "Tarihe Tanık|title=Mustafa İslamoğlu, Diyanet'in açıklaması için ne dedi?|url=https://www.habervakti.com/dosya/mustafa-islamoglu-diyanet-in-aciklamasi-icin-ne-dedi-h77993.html|access-date=2021-01-02|website=www.habervakti.com/|language=tr}}