Hans Jansen
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This article is about the arabist Hans Jansen. For other uses, see Hans Jansen (disambiguation).
Johannes Juliaan Gijsbert "Hans" Jansen[lower-alpha 1] (17 November 1942 – 5 May 2015) was a Dutch politician, scholar of contemporary Islam and author.[1]
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Hans Jansen | |
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Member of the European Parliament | |
In office 1 July 2014 – 5 May 2015 | |
Constituency | Netherlands |
Personal details | |
Born | Johannes Juliaan Gijsbert Jansen (1942-11-17)17 November 1942 Amsterdam, Netherlands |
Died | 5 May 2015(2015-05-05) (aged 72) Amsterdam, Netherlands |
Political party | Party for Freedom |
Children | 3 |
Alma mater | University of Amsterdam (Master of Letters) Leiden University (Doctor of Letters) |
Occupation | Author, columnist, linguist, teacher, professor, politician |
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Hans Jansen belonged to the "revisionists" in Islamic Studies, i.e. he fundamentally doubted the historicity of the Islamic traditions on early Islam which were written only 150 to 200 years after Muhammad. Moreover, Jansen doubted the existence of Muhammad as a historical person.