Mahmoud Mohammed Taha
E259667
Mahmoud Mohammed Taha was a Sudanese Islamic reformer, thinker, and political leader known for his progressive reinterpretation of Islam and his execution for opposing the Islamist regime.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Mahmoud Mohammed Taha canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2360665 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mahmoud Mohammed Taha Context triple: [University of Khartoum, hasNotableAlumni, Mahmoud Mohammed Taha]
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A.
Mahmoud Zahar
Mahmoud Zahar is a Palestinian politician and co-founder of the Islamist militant organization Hamas, long influential in its leadership and political strategy.
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B.
Ahmad Shukeiri
Ahmad Shukeiri was a Palestinian lawyer and politician who became the founding chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) in the 1960s.
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C.
Hosny Allam
Hosny Allam is a fictional character from Naguib Mahfouz’s novel "Miramar," representing one of the diverse boarders at the Alexandria pension whose intersecting lives drive the story’s social and political themes.
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D.
Abdel Hakim Amer
Abdel Hakim Amer was an Egyptian military officer and close ally of President Gamal Abdel Nasser who served as Egypt’s top commander during the 1950s and 1960s, playing a central role in key conflicts including the Suez Crisis.
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E.
M. M. Badawi
M. M. Badawi was a prominent Egyptian literary scholar and translator known for his influential work on modern Arabic literature and for translating major Arabic novels into English.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mahmoud Mohammed Taha Target entity description: Mahmoud Mohammed Taha was a Sudanese Islamic reformer, thinker, and political leader known for his progressive reinterpretation of Islam and his execution for opposing the Islamist regime.
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A.
Mahmoud Zahar
Mahmoud Zahar is a Palestinian politician and co-founder of the Islamist militant organization Hamas, long influential in its leadership and political strategy.
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B.
Ahmad Shukeiri
Ahmad Shukeiri was a Palestinian lawyer and politician who became the founding chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) in the 1960s.
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C.
Hosny Allam
Hosny Allam is a fictional character from Naguib Mahfouz’s novel "Miramar," representing one of the diverse boarders at the Alexandria pension whose intersecting lives drive the story’s social and political themes.
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D.
Abdel Hakim Amer
Abdel Hakim Amer was an Egyptian military officer and close ally of President Gamal Abdel Nasser who served as Egypt’s top commander during the 1950s and 1960s, playing a central role in key conflicts including the Suez Crisis.
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E.
M. M. Badawi
M. M. Badawi was a prominent Egyptian literary scholar and translator known for his influential work on modern Arabic literature and for translating major Arabic novels into English.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Islamic reformer
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human ⓘ political leader ⓘ religious thinker ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | execution ⓘ |
| convictedBy | Islamist regime of Jaafar Nimeiri ⓘ |
| convictedOf | apostasy ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Sudan ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1909-01-01 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1985-01-18 ⓘ |
| describedAs |
Sudanese Islamic reformer
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martyr for freedom of thought in Islam ⓘ progressive Muslim thinker ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Gordon Memorial College ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Sudanese ⓘ |
| familyName | Taha ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Islamic jurisprudence
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Islamic theology ⓘ political activism ⓘ religious reform ⓘ |
| founded | Republican Brotherhood ⓘ |
| fullName | Mahmoud Mohammed Taha self-link ⓘ |
| givenName | Mahmoud ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | Arabic ⓘ |
| mannerOfDeath | capital punishment ⓘ |
| methodOfExecution | hanging ⓘ |
| movement |
Islamic modernism
ⓘ
Republican Brotherhood ⓘ |
| notableIdea |
abolition of corporal hudud punishments
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advocacy of religious freedom in Islam ⓘ distinction between Meccan and Medinan Qur'anic verses ⓘ emphasis on Meccan verses as basis for modern Islamic law ⓘ equality between men and women in Islamic law ⓘ progressive reinterpretation of Islam ⓘ |
| notableWork | The Second Message of Islam ⓘ |
| occupation |
Islamic scholar
ⓘ
engineer ⓘ politician ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| opposed | September Laws (1983) in Sudan ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Rufa'a, Sudan ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Khartoum
ⓘ
surface form:
Khartoum, Sudan
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| politicalPosition | opponent of Islamist military regime in Sudan ⓘ |
| religion | Islam ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Khartoum
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surface form:
Khartoum, Sudan
Rufa'a, Sudan ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Mahmoud Mohammed Taha Description of subject: Mahmoud Mohammed Taha was a Sudanese Islamic reformer, thinker, and political leader known for his progressive reinterpretation of Islam and his execution for opposing the Islamist regime.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.