Racha el Omari, Ph.D. (2006), Yale University, is Associate Professor of Religious Studies at the University of California Santa Barbara.

"... el Omari has accomplished something of great importance: she has opened a window onto the 9th and 10th Centuries. Her eloquent analysis, generous and clear sourcing of material, and concentrated argumentation are representative of the best writing on kalām; it is this sort of work which will install Mu'tazilite thought upon the stage of the history of philosophy." - David Bennett, in: Marginalia Los Angeles Review of Books (2019)

Racha el Omari, Ph.D. (2006), Yale University, is Associate Professor of Religious Studies at the University of California Santa Barbara.

"... el Omari has accomplished something of great importance: she has opened a window onto the 9th and 10th Centuries. Her eloquent analysis, generous and clear sourcing of material, and concentrated argumentation are representative of the best writing on kalām; it is this sort of work which will install Mu'tazilite thought upon the stage of the history of philosophy." - David Bennett, in: Marginalia Los Angeles Review of Books (2019)

Racha el Omari, Ph.D. (2006), Yale University, is Associate Professor of Religious Studies at the University of California Santa Barbara.

"... el Omari has accomplished something of great importance: she has opened a window onto the 9th and 10th Centuries. Her eloquent analysis, generous and clear sourcing of material, and concentrated argumentation are representative of the best writing on kalām; it is this sort of work which will install Mu'tazilite thought upon the stage of the history of philosophy." - David Bennett, in: Marginalia Los Angeles Review of Books (2019)