# Dr. Louay Fatoohi

**Title:** Guest Contributor
**Department:** Contributors
**Affiliation:** Yaqeen Institute for Islamic Research
**URL:** https://yaqeeninstitute.org/team/dr-louay-fatoohi
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**Total works:** 1

## About
Dr. Louay Fatoohi was born in Baghdad, Iraq, to a Christian family. He reverted to Islam in his early ‎twenties. He has a BSc in physics from Baghdad University and a PhD in astronomy from Durham University. He has published extensively on Islamic studies, in particular, historical miracles ( al-iʿjāz al-tārīkhī fī ) in the Qur’an, comparative religion, and Sufism.

## Topics
- [Faith](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/topic/faith.md) (1)
- [Quran](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/topic/quran.md) (1)

## Papers (1)
- [Who Are the Chosen Ones? The Qur’an’s Correction of the Bible on the Election of the Children of Israel](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/read/paper/who-are-the-chosen-ones-the-qurans-correction-of-the-bible-on-the-election-of-the-children-of-israel.md) (2024)