al-Habib Omar bin Mohammed bin Salim bin Hafiz

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Habib Umar bin Hafiz (left) and Zaid Shakir

al-Habib Omar bin Mohammed bin Salim bin Hafiz (born May 27, 1963 in Tarim , Hadramaut , Yemen ), in short: al-Habib Umar bin Hafiz ( Arabic الحبيب عمر بن حفيظ, DMG al-Ḥabīb ʿUmar b. Ḥafīẓ ) is the founder and dean of Dar al-Mustafa for Islamic Studies in Tarim (دار المصطفى بتريم للدراسات الإسلامية), Yemen.

He was one of the 138 signatories of the open letter a common word between us and you ( Engl. A Common Word Between Us and You ), the personalities of Islam to "leaders of Christian churches everywhere" (Engl. "Leaders of Christian Churches, everywhere ... ") (October 13, 2007).

In 2009 he was included in the list of the 500 Most Influential Muslims by the Prince al-Walid-bin-Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding at Georgetown University and the Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Center of Jordan .

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  1. ↑ al-sakina.de: Open letter of Islamic scholars to Pope Benedict XVI.
  2. ↑ acommonword.com: A common word between us and you (summarized short form) (PDF; 186 kB)
  3. ↑ yale.edu ( Yale University ; PDF; 4.8 MB)


personal data
SURNAME Am Hafiz, al-Habib Omar bin Mohammed bin Salim
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Am Hafiz, Habib Umar
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Yemeni Dean of Dar al Mustafa for Islamic Studies in Tarim, Yemen
DATE OF BIRTH May 27, 1963
PLACE OF BIRTH Tarim (Yemen) , Yemen