Awad al-Qarni

Awad al-Qarni ( Arabic عوض بن محمد القرني, DMG ʿAwaḍ b. Muḥammad al-Qarnī ; * 1957 in Asir Province ) is a Saudi Islamic theologian and preacher. He is a professor at a university in Abha and belongs to the group of opposition clergy who were arrested in September 2017. In May 2019, it was revealed that the Saudi public prosecutor's office had requested the death penalty for him; the execution should take place after the end of Ramadan. Apparently, however, there is no final judgment so far. The trial, in which preachers Salman al-Odah and Ali al-Omari are also indicted, is set to continue in December 2019. "The three accused are charged with terrorism and espionage, and they are also said to be supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood."

Fonts

al-Ḥadātha fī mīzān al-Islām , 1988. ( BSB catalog )

Web links

"Saudi prosecutor demands death penalty for cleric Awad al-Qarni" , MEE , September 6, 2018
Awad Al-Qarni ( The Muslim 500 )

Individual evidence

^ "Saudi Arabia 'arrests clerics in crackdown on dissent'" , BBC , September 13, 2017.
^ "Saudi Arabia seeks death penalty for cleric Ali al-Omari" , Middle East Eye , September 5, 2018.
^ "Trial of Saudi scholar Salman al-Awdah postponed, says son" , Al Jazeera , July 28, 2019.
↑ "Anthropologist Al-Rasheed: 'Death penalties are normal in Saudi Arabia'" , Interview with Madawi al-Rasheed , DW , May 23, 2019.

personal data
SURNAME	Qarni, Awad al-
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Saudi Islamic theologian and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH	1957
PLACE OF BIRTH	Asir Province , Saudi Arabia

[1] "Saudi Arabia 'arrests clerics in crackdown on dissent'" , BBC , September 13, 2017.

[2] "Saudi Arabia seeks death penalty for cleric Ali al-Omari" , Middle East Eye , September 5, 2018.

[3] "Trial of Saudi scholar Salman al-Awdah postponed, says son" , Al Jazeera , July 28, 2019.

[4] "Anthropologist Al-Rasheed: 'Death penalties are normal in Saudi Arabia'" , Interview with Madawi al-Rasheed , DW , May 23, 2019.