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  "ar": "كاتب وصحفي تركي، وُلد سنة 1972. درس العلاقات الدولية والتاريخ في جامعة بوغازيتشي بإسطنبول، وكتب أعمدة في صحف تركية وعالمية، واشتهر عالميًا بكتابه «الإسلام بلا تطرف: حجة مسلمة من أجل الحرية» (2011) الذي دافع فيه عن توافق الإسلام مع الحرية، وبكتابه «يسوع الإسلامي» (2017)، وهو زميل أقدم في معهد كاتو منذ 2018.",
  "en": "Turkish writer and journalist, born in 1972. He studied international relations and history at Boğaziçi University in Istanbul, wrote columns for Turkish and international newspapers, and became known internationally for Islam without Extremes: A Muslim Case for Liberty (2011) and The Islamic Jesus (2017); he has been a senior fellow at the Cato Institute since 2018.",
  "ur": "ترک مصنف و صحافی، 1972 میں پیدا ہوئے۔ انھوں نے استنبول کی بوغازیچی یونیورسٹی میں بین الاقوامی تعلقات و تاریخ پڑھی، ترک و عالمی اخبارات میں کالم لکھے، اور اپنی کتاب «اسلام وِد آؤٹ ایکسٹریمز» (2011) اور «دی اسلامک جیسس» (2017) سے عالمی شہرت پائی؛ 2018 سے کیٹو انسٹی ٹیوٹ کے سینئر فیلو ہیں۔"
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   "note": "Born on 20 February 1972 in Turkey; the English article gives the day and month and the country, and its biographical sources place his early education in Ankara — no fetched source states his birthplace as a city, so no born_in relation is written (Istanbul, which does have a place entity, was his university city, not a stated birthplace). The Hijri year (1392) is derived by tabular conversion.",
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    "note": "NOT RECORDED AS DOCUMENTED — no fetched source names a school for him. His self-description as an 'Ottomanist', his argument in Islam without Extremes for a Muslim case for liberty, his criticism of both Islamic extremism and Turkish secularism, and his fellowship at the Cato Institute are positions, arguments and a post, not attestations that he himself belongs to a specific school or path. He is the son of the journalist Taha Akyol — a father's profile is family background and never counts. Wikidata gives no school. Under the two-source rule and the doubt rule the faith is left unknown.",
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   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "موجز",
     "markdown": "مصطفى أكيول (وُلد في 20 فبراير 1972) كاتب وصحفي ومثقف تركي، معروف بدعوته إلى إصلاح قضايا التجديف والردة والعلاقات بين الجنسين في العالم المسلم. {cite:wikipedia-mustafa-akyol-en} {cite:wikidata-mustafa-akyol}"
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    {
     "heading": "النشأة والتعليم",
     "markdown": "وُلد للصحفي طه أكيول وتلقى تعليمه المبكر في أنقرة. تخرج في قسم العلاقات الدولية بجامعة بوغازيتشي في إسطنبول، ونال الماجستير في قسم التاريخ منها برسالة عن القضية الكردية في تركيا نُشرت لاحقًا كتابًا. {cite:wikipedia-mustafa-akyol-en}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "المسيرة والأعمال",
     "markdown": "كتب أعمدة منتظمة في «حرييت ديلي نيوز» ومنشورات تركية وعالمية، وصار كاتب رأي مساهمًا في «إنترناشيونال نيويورك تايمز» سنة 2013، وتحدث في TED عن «الإيمان مقابل التقليد في الإسلام». من كتبه بالإنجليزية: «الإسلام بلا تطرف: حجة مسلمة من أجل الحرية» (2011) و«يسوع الإسلامي» (2017). انتقد التطرف الإسلامي والعلمانية التركية معًا، وهو زميل أقدم في معهد كاتو منذ 2018. {cite:wikipedia-mustafa-akyol-en}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "المراجع",
     "markdown": "- المصادر المعرّفة المستشهد بها أعلاه، وهي مسجلة في `data/source/`."
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   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "Summary",
     "markdown": "Mustafa Akyol (born 20 February 1972) is a Turkish writer, intellectual and journalist, known for his advocacy of reform on blasphemy, apostasy and gender relations in the Muslim world, and described as a notable Muslim modernist and reformer. {cite:wikipedia-mustafa-akyol-en} {cite:wikidata-mustafa-akyol}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "Early life and education",
     "markdown": "He was born to the journalist Taha Akyol and received his early education in Ankara. He graduated from Istanbul Nişantaşı Anadolu Lisesi and from the International Relations Department of Boğaziçi University, and earned his master's in its History Department with a thesis on Turkey's Kurdish question, later published as a book. {cite:wikipedia-mustafa-akyol-en}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "Career and works",
     "markdown": "He has written regular columns for Hürriyet Daily News and other Turkish and international publications, became a contributing opinion writer for the International New York Times in 2013, and spoke at TED on 'Faith versus tradition in Islam'. His English-language books are Islam without Extremes: A Muslim Case for Liberty (2011), long-listed for the Lionel Gelber Prize, and The Islamic Jesus (2017). He has criticised both Islamic extremism and Turkish secularism, and his later commentary criticised the governing AKP for adopting authoritarian habits. Since 2018 he has been a senior fellow at the Cato Institute. {cite:wikipedia-mustafa-akyol-en}"
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     "heading": "Sources",
     "markdown": "- The defined source entities cited above, recorded in `data/source/`."
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    {
     "heading": "موجز",
     "markdown": "مصطفیٰ اکیول (پیدائش: 20 فروری 1972ء) ترک مصنف، دانشور اور صحافی ہیں، جو مسلم دنیا میں اصلاح کے حامی کے طور پر معروف ہیں۔ {cite:wikipedia-mustafa-akyol-en} {cite:wikidata-mustafa-akyol}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "ابتدائی زندگی و تعلیم",
     "markdown": "وہ صحافی طحہٰ اکیول کے بیٹے ہیں اور انقرہ میں ابتدائی تعلیم پائی۔ انھوں نے استنبول کی بوغازیچی یونیورسٹی سے بین الاقوامی تعلقات میں گریجویشن اور تاریخ میں ماسٹرز کیا؛ ان کا مقالہ ترکی کے کرد مسئلے پر تھا۔ {cite:wikipedia-mustafa-akyol-en}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "کارنامے",
     "markdown": "انھوں نے ترک و عالمی اخبارات میں باقاعدہ کالم لکھے، 2013ء میں انٹرنیشنل نیویارک ٹائمز کے معاون رائے نویس بنے، اور TED میں «ایمان بمقابلہ روایت» پر خطبہ دیا۔ ان کی انگریزی کتابوں میں «اسلام وِد آؤٹ ایکسٹریمز» (2011ء) اور «دی اسلامک جیسس» (2017ء) شامل ہیں۔ 2018ء سے وہ کیٹو انسٹی ٹیوٹ کے سینئر فیلو ہیں۔ {cite:wikipedia-mustafa-akyol-en}"
    },
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     "heading": "المراجع",
     "markdown": "- اوپر حوالہ دیے گئے متعین ماخذ، `data/source/` میں درج ہیں۔"
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