List of Famous people with last name Nursi

Said Nursî

First Name Said
Last Name Nursî
Born on March 12, 1876
Died on March 23, 1960 (aged 84)
Born in Bitlis Province

Said Nursi, also spelled Said-i Nursî or Said-i Kurdî and commonly known with the honorific Bediüzzaman, or simply Üstad was a Kurdish Sunni Muslim theologian who wrote the Risale-i Nur Collection, a body of Qur'anic commentary exceeding six thousand pages. Believing that modern science and logic was the way of the future, he advocated teaching religious sciences in secular schools and modern sciences in religious schools. Nursi inspired a religious movement that has played a vital role in the revival of Islam in Turkey and now numbers several millions of followers worldwide. His followers, often known as the "Nurcu movement" or the "Nur cemaati".

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