Turan Dursun, Turkish scholar and author (born 1934)

Turan Dursun

Former mufti, critic of Islam

Turan Dursun was a Turkish author and atheist who was a critic of Islam. A former Muslim cleric and scholar of Shia Islam, he became an atheist during his study of the history of monotheistic religions. Influenced by the 9th-century Iranian skeptic philosopher Ibn al-Rawandi,…