Suleiman Ahmed Muhammad Khalid Effendi
Suleiman Ahmed Muhammad Khalid Effendi is a famous and controversial Sharifistani philosopher and public intellectual who is known for his advocacy of natural law theory, his "shadow" theory of the relationship between religious beliefs and God and his controversial remarks about gender relations.
Sipahi Suleiman Ahmed Muhammad Khalid Effendi PHD (Doctorate of Philosophy), Nişan De Onur | |
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| Born | 1980 Madinat Al-Islam, Sharifistan |
| Nationality | Sharifistani |
| Other names | Professor Suleiman |
| Education | Doctorate of Philosophy (PHD) |
| Alma mater | Oxford University |
Notable work | Natural Law: How Morality Can Be Objective, Does God exist? (and who is this God person anyway?) |
| Awards | Nişan De Onur |
| Era | contemporary philosopher |
| Region | Middle-East |
| School | Natural law theory, Islamic philosophy |
| Institutions | Madinat Al-Islam University (Professor) |
| Thesis | Natural Law,Divine Command Theory and the Is-Ought Problem. (2003) |
| Doctoral advisor | Tarquin Arthur Smith |
| Other academic advisors | Mehmet Ali Pasha, Muhammad Ali Jinnah Khan |
| Notable students | Prince Dawood Khan |
Main interests | Ethics and philosophy of religion |
Notable ideas | The shadow theory (any human description of God is an impression or "shadow" of the truth rather than the truth itself as God is incomprehensible) |
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Early life
Born into an upper-class family in Madinat Al-Islam, his father was a Qadi (Judge) and his mother was a lawyer. As a child he was known for being highly intelligent. From the age of 7 until the age of 16 he wanted to be a Detective.
Education
After graduating from Süleymān Ḳānūnī Grammar School with 4 A-Levels (Religious Studies, Philosophy, Economics and Politics), he attended Oxford University studying Philosophy, Politics and Economics for a Bachelor of Science Course graduating at the age of 26 in 2006. Then in 2010 graduated with a Doctorate of Philosophy.
Careeer
After serving a year as a conscript (an intelligence soldier), he applied for a job lecturing at Madinat Al-Islam University in 2011, becoming a professor in 2013, the year after that he wrote Natural Law: How Morality Can Be Objective, Does God exist? (and who is this God person anyway?)
philosophical views
As well as being famous for his "shadow theory" (any human description of God is an impression or "shadow" of the truth rather than the truth itself as God is incomprehensible)Suleiman Ahmed Muhammad Khalid Effendi subscribes to the natural law theory,In this theory morality comes from God but can be followed by people whether they believe in God or not as the ability to distinguish between right and wrong is natural (or God-given). He also believes in Plato's theory of the forms.
controversy
In 2015 he courted controversy outside of Sharifistan with his remarks that "gender double standards are completely natural. They exist so that children would know who their fathers were before DNA tests existed and so the women wouldn't all die." In Sharifistan this comment went unheeded as this is considered normal there.