Aid al-Qarni

Aaidh ibn Abdullah al-Qarni
Born (1959-01-01) January 1, 1959
Saudi Arabia

Shaykh Dr. Aaidh ibn Abdullah al-Qarni (also spelt al-Qarnee and ʻĀʼiḍ Quranī), (born 1 January 1959), is a Saudi Islamic Muslim scholar, author, and activist.[1][2]

Al-Qarni is best known for his self-help book La Tahzan (Don't Be Sad), which is aimed at Muslims and non-Muslims alike. Al Qarni was recently sued for plagiarism. After being found guilty of stealing the work of female writer Salwa Aededan, al Qarni's book La Tayass (Do not Despair) was banned and blacklisted by Saudi authorities. al-Qarni responded that he was following a precedent of plagiarism by other Islamic scholars.[3] Samir Faraj, an Egyptian poet, has also claimed that al-Qarni stole his book Shuara Katalhom Shirahom (Poets Killed by Their Poems) and published it the name Kasaid Katalat Ashabaha (Poems That Murdered Their Writers).[3][4]

Al-Quarni is on the United States do not fly list and was barred entry in 2012 and 2015 to attend a convention in Chicago.[5]

Books & Poetry Collections

Assassination attempt

On 1 March 2016, Al-Qarni was shot and wounded in an assassination attempt in Zamboanga City in the Philippines, where he held a lecture at an auditorium of the Western Mindanao State University.[23] He was shot by a man wearing a school uniform of the institution's engineering college as the cleric left the auditorium after the lecture.[24][25]

The gunman was shot dead and authorities recovered a student's driver license and a local government I.D. identifying a man as a local 21-year old Filipino. The police are not ruling out possibilities that these recovered items were forged and the university couldn't confirm immediately if the man is an enrolled student of the institution.[24]

J M Berger of the Program on Extremism at George Washington University suspects that the attempted assassination has links to the militant group, Islamic State since Al-Qarni was listed as a target for assassination in the group's magazine Dabiq.[26][27] It was later confirmed the gunman was a Sunni Muslim.[28]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Find an Islamic Center
  2. ↑ JARIRBOOKS.NET - Jarir Bookstore مكتبة جرير - كتب عربية وأكثر
  3. 1 2 "Saudi Writer Wins Plagiarism Case Against Prominent Cleric". Retrieved 21 January 2015.
  4. ↑ "Prominent Saudi cleric says will reject Nobel Peace Prize if offered to him". Al Arabiya News. 5 March 2013. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
  5. ↑ Ata, Hussein. "Unpleasant news: Dr. Ayed Al-Qarni denied access to board plane". Retrieved 21 January 2015.
  6. ↑ ALKITAB.COM - Dar Al Kitab Al Arabi كتب عربية
  7. ↑ ALKITAB.COM - Dar Al Kitab Al Arabi كتب عربية
  8. ↑ ALKITAB.COM - Dar Al Kitab Al Arabi كتب عربية
  9. ↑ ALKITAB.COM - Dar Al Kitab Al Arabi كتب عربية
  10. ↑ ALKITAB.COM - Dar Al Kitab Al Arabi كتب عربية
  11. ↑ ALKITAB.COM - Dar Al Kitab Al Arabi كتب عربية
  12. ↑ ALKITAB.COM - Dar Al Kitab Al Arabi كتب عربية
  13. ↑ ALKITAB.COM - Dar Al Kitab Al Arabi كتب عربية
  14. ↑ ALKITAB.COM - Dar Al Kitab Al Arabi كتب عربية
  15. ↑ ALKITAB.COM - Dar Al Kitab Al Arabi كتب عربية
  16. ↑ ALKITAB.COM - Dar Al Kitab Al Arabi كتب عربية
  17. ↑ ALKITAB.COM - Dar Al Kitab Al Arabi كتب عربية
  18. ↑ ALKITAB.COM - Dar Al Kitab Al Arabi كتب عربية
  19. ↑ ALKITAB.COM - Dar Al Kitab Al Arabi كتب عربية
  20. ↑ ALKITAB.COM - Dar Al Kitab Al Arabi كتب عربية
  21. ↑ ALKITAB.COM - Dar Al Kitab Al Arabi كتب عربية
  22. ↑ ALKITAB.COM - Dar Al Kitab Al Arabi كتب عربية
  23. ↑ "Philippines gun attack injures Saudi preacher". Al Arabiya. 1 March 2016. Retrieved 1 March 2016.
  24. 1 2 "Philippines probes attack on top Saudi cleric". Al Arabiya. 2 March 2016. Retrieved 2 March 2016.
  25. ↑ http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/mar/02/sheikh-aaidh-al-qarni-saudi-preacher-shot-philippines
  26. ↑ "Leading Saudi cleric survives assassination attempt in Philippines". Middle East Eye. 1 March 2016. Retrieved 1 March 2016.
  27. ↑ https://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/2016/03/01/Saudi-preacher-injured-after-gun-attack-in-Philippines.html
  28. ↑ http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/770668/student-tagged-in-cleric-attack-had-routine-life

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