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Sherman A. Jackson,^[1]also known asAbdul Hakim Jackson^[2](born 1956)^[3]is an Americanscholar of Islam.

Career

Jackson is the King Faisal Chair of Islamic Thought and Culture and Professor of Religion and American Studies and Ethnicity at theUniversity of Southern California.^[4]Jackson was formerly the Arthur F. Thurnau Professor of Near Eastern Studies, visiting professor of law and professor of Afro-American Studies at theUniversity of Michigan.

Jackson received his Ph.D. from theUniversity of Pennsylvaniaand has taught at theUniversity of Texas at Austin,Indiana University,Wayne State Universityand theUniversity of Michigan. From 1987 to 1989, he served as executive director of the Center of Arabic Study Abroad inCairo, Egypt. He is author of several books, includingIslamic Law and the State: The Constitutional Jurisprudence of Shihâb al-Dîn al-Qarâfî(E.J. Brill, 1996),On the Boundaries of Theological Tolerance in Islam: Abû Hâmid al-Ghazâlî's Faysal al-Tafriqa(Oxford, 2002),Islam and the Blackam

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Sherman Jackson

American Islamic studies preacher

Sherman A. Jackson,^[1] also known as Abdul Hakim Jackson^[2] (born 1956)^[3] is an American scholar of Islam.

Career

Jackson is the King Faisal Chair of Islamic Thought and Culture and Professor of Religion and American Studies and Ethnicity at the University of Southern California.^[4] Jackson was formerly the Arthur F. Thurnau Professor of Near Eastern Studies, visiting professor of law and professor of Afro-American Studies at the University of Michigan.

Jackson received his Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania and has taught at the University of Texas at Austin, Indiana University, Wayne State University and the University of Michigan. From 1987 to 1989, he served as executive director of the Center of Arabic Study Abroad in Cairo, Egypt. He is author of several books, including Islamic Law and the State: The Constitutional Jurisprudence of Shihâb al-Dîn al-Qarâfî (E.J. Brill, 1996), On the Boundaries of Theological Tolerance in Islam: Abû Hâmid al-Ghazâlî's Fays

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Sherman Jackson Biography

At any time of the day or night, while walking through the City of Gonzales Police Department, one can hear the friendly police staff greeting one another. The men and women of the GPD work as a team and enjoy the day to day pleasantries that come with being part of that team. One greeting; however, is different than everyone else’s and more respected. “Good to see you, Chief,” is reserved for City of Gonzales Police Chief Sherman Jackson.

Jackson says being called Chief by his colleagues is one of his greatest honors. “Sometimes I still can’t believe it when I hear it,” says Jackson. He says being chief is about having and earning respect. “Respect is never simply given,” says Jackson. “It’s earned, and I’m honored to have earned it from my fellow men and women in blue.”

Long before Jackson was elected chief and won the admiration of the citizens of Gonzales, he was just like any other child with a goal, trying to find ways to accomplish that goal. Jackson is a native of Ascension Parish and a proud citize