Hamid bin Abdallah al-Ali

Hamid bin Abdallah al-Ali (born 1960) has been described as "an influential Salafi cleric"Fact|date=August 2008 based in Kuwait, whom the U.S. Treasury department has described as "an Al Qaeda facilitator and fundraiser."Fact|date=August 2008

However, following the issuing of Sayyed Imam Al-Sharif anti-terrorist manifesto Rationalizing Jihad in Egypt and the World , he is reported to have "declared on a Web site that he welcomed the rejection of violence as a means of fostering change in the Arab world".

Background

"Born in 1960, al-Ali is married with five children [2] . He was a primary education teacher in Kuwait, where he taught Islamic studies. He studied Sharia (Islamic law) at the Islamic University of Medina from 1979 until 1988, receiving a Masters degree in tafsir (exegesis) and Quranic studies."

"After returning to Kuwait, al-Ali served as a professor of Islamic studies at Kuwait University for several years. He rose to the position of general secretary of al-Harakat al-Salafiyya fil-Kuwait (The Salafi Movement of Kuwait) by 1991, a position he maintained until 1999."

He was arrest and a suspended sentence after published fatwas declaring Kuwait and other governments kuffar (unbelievers) and thus lawful targets for the mujahideen — for supporting non-Islamic countries' aggression against the Muslim world. [ [http://www.jamestown.org/terrorism/news/article.php?articleid=2373349 Kuwaiti Cleric Hamid al-Ali: The Bridge Between Ideology and Action] ]

Months before the 9/11 attack, al-Ali issued a fatwa authorizing the flying of aircraft into targets during suicide operations, leading some to characterize his fatwas as linked to Al Qaeda actions. [ [http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2008/06/02/080602fa_fact_wright?currentPage=all The Rebellion Within, An Al Qaeda mastermind questions terrorism. by Lawrence Wright. newyorker.com, June 2, 2008] ]

In Iraq al-Ali opposes an alleged Iranian "plan" but not those Shia who do not support the plan. [ [http://www.juancole.com/2008/05/sunni-kuwaiti-cleric-differentiates.html Sunni Kuwaiti Cleric Differentiates between Iraqi Shia Nationalists and those Supporting Iran ] ]

ources

* [http://www.jamestown.org/terrorism/news/article.php?articleid=2373349 Kuwaiti Cleric Hamid al-Ali: The Bridge Between Ideology and Action]
* [http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2008/06/02/080602fa_fact_wright?currentPage=all The Rebellion Within, An Al Qaeda mastermind questions terrorism. by Lawrence Wright. newyorker.com, June 2, 2008]
* [http://h-alali.net His website]

References

ee also

* Sayyed Imam Al-Sharif
* Salafism