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He was born in April 1, 1928. He graduated from al-Azhar University and received High Degree (i.e. bachelor nowadays) in 1954. Afterwards, he studied in McGill University and received master’s degree in Islamic Studies in 1957. He studied in University of Alberta from 1961 to 1963, and received Ph.D. in sociology from Princeton University in 1971. He was fluent in English and wrote a lot of books and articles in English such as: "Islam in Focus" and "Family structure in Islam".