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Religious Studies Department

David Dakake, M.A.
Adjunct Professor

Contact Information:
Office: Robinson Hall A407D
Enter offices through Robinson A405
Email: ddakake@gmu.edu
Phone: 703 993-1295

Office Hours:
Tues | 7:10-8:10 pm | and by appointment

Fall 2008 Courses:
RELI 211 Religions of the Near East (3)
Reli 211 004 | T | 4:30-7:10 pm | 72079

Areas of Interest:
David Dakake specializes in Comparative Religion and Islamic Philosophy. He has an M.A. in Religious Studies from Temple University and is currently a Ph.D. candidate in their Department of Religion. His dissertation is entitled, Defining Ambiguity: Early and Classical Commentary on the Mutashabih Verses of the Quran.

He has also studied extensively in Egypt and Iran and published articles on Islamic history and philosophy. He has delivered academic papers in the Middle East, Europe and North America, and his most recent article entitled, The Myth of a Militant Islam, appears in the book Islam, Fundamentalism and the Betrayal of Tradition, World Wisdom, 2004.