Ahmed al Haddad

Sheikh Al-Habib Ahmad bin Abd Al-Aziz al-Haddad , in short: Ahmed al Haddad ( Arabic أحمد الحداد) is the Grand Mufti of Dubai , United Arab Emirates . He is the director of the Dubai Fatwa Administration in the Department of Islamic Affairs and Charitable Activities . Al-Haddad is a signatory of the Amman Message ( Amman Message ), which confirms the similarities between all Muslim faiths and sentenced accusations of apostasy. He earned his Ph.D. in Islamic Sharia at Umm-al-Qura University in Mecca . In October 2007 he was one of the 138 Muslim signatories of the open letter A common word between you and us, addressed to Christian dignitaries , an appeal for peace and cooperation between the two world religions.

Web links

• themuslim500.com: Dr Ahmed Al Haddad (short biography)
• berkleycenter.georgetown.edu: Ahmad bin Abd al-Aziz al-Haddad (short biography)
• Women can hold mufti position: UAE fatwa
• Dubai Grand Mufti Dr. Ahmed Abdul Aziz Haddad inaugurated a conference of Islamic scholars at Kottakkal ( Memento from June 28, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ) (photos)

See also

• Fatwa , Sharia
• Umm-al-Qura University

References and footnotes

1. ↑ themuslim500.com: Dr Ahmed Al Haddad ( Memento from March 31, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
2. ↑ berkleycenter.georgetown.edu ( Memento of the original from March 31, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.