John Esposito transformed how the West understood Islam

The pioneering scholar John Esposito, who reshaped how the West understood Islam, has died, according to Al Jazeera English. As the outlet tells it, he challenged long-standing Orientalist orthodoxies and transformed the academic study of Islam. Al Jazeera notes that he died on July 15.

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