What is Hichem Djait?
{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2017}} {{Infobox scholar |name = Hichem Djait |image = Hichem djait.JPG |image_size = 200px |alt = |fullname = |other_names = |birth_date = {{birth date |1935|12|6}} |birth_place = [[Tunis]], Tunisia |death_date = {{Death date and age|2021|6|1|1935|12|6}} |death_place = |era = [[20th-century philosophy]] |region = |school_tradition = |main_interests = [[Islamic studies]] |notable_ideas = |major_works = {{unbulleted list |''The Great Fitna'' {{small|(1989)}} | ''The Life of Muhammad'' {{small|(2001–2012)}}}} |influences = |influenced = }} '''Hichem Djait''' ({{lang-ar|هشام جعيط}}), (December 6, 1935 &ndash; June 1, 2021) was a Tunisian historian and scholar of Islam.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.fayard.fr/hichem-djait|title='Hichem Djaït'|access-date=2021-06-01|archive-date=2017-11-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171110151426/http://www.fayard.fr/hichem-djait|url-status=dead}}</ref> Djait was born in [[Tunis]], [[Tunisia]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://hebdo.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/0/5/33/27887/Hichem-Dja%C3%AFt--Je-ne-m%E2%80%99%C3%A9tais-jamais-reconnu-dans-ce.aspx|title=Hichem Djaït : Je ne m’étais jamais reconnu dans cette vision fondamentalement négative de l’orientalisme|date=2018-03-02|access-date=March 4, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180302174935/http://hebdo.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/0/5/33/27887/Hichem-Dja%C3%AFt--Je-ne-m%E2%80%99%C3%A9tais-jamais-reconnu-dans-ce.aspx|archive-date=March 2, 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref> He was a Emeritus Professor at the [[University of Tunis]]. He was also a visiting professor at the [[McGill University]] and the [[University of California at Berkeley]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.leaders.com.tn/article/19769-hichem-djait-l-historien-emerite|title='Hichem Djaït, l’historien émérite'}}</ref> Djait was a specialist in Medieval Islamic history, he was member of the International Scienti