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Omid Safi is Professor of Islamic Studies at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill where he specializes on Islamic mysticism , contemporary Islamic thought and medieval Islamic history. He served as the Chair for the Study of Islam Section at the American Academy of Religion from 2002-2009. In addition, he has served on the board of the Pluralism project at Harvard University.

In 2009, Omid Safi published a new biography of the Islamic Prophet Muhammad. This work, Memories of Muhammad: Why the Prophet Matters, has been called a groundbreaking biography of Muhammad for Muslims and non-Muslims alike.

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