Muhammad Salih al-Munajjid

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Muhammad Salih al-Munajjid ( Arabic محمد صالح المنجد, DMG Muḥammad Ṣāliḥ al-Munaǧǧid ; * December 30, 1960 (1380 AH )) is a Salafist preacher from Saudi Arabia and operator of the website islamqa.info.

Life

Al-Munajjid was born in Aleppo , Syria, in 1960 and is a Palestinian with a Syrian passport. He grew up in Saudi Arabia, where he continues to live. Al-Munajjid attended King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM) in Zahran and graduated with a Bachelor in Industrial Management. He learned Islamic law from the Islamic scholar Abd al-Aziz ibn Baz . He also studied with the scholars Muhammad ibn al-Uthaymin , Abdullah Ibn Jibreen , Saleh al-Fawzan and Abd ar-Rahman al-Baraak . He is an imam and teacher in the “Umar ibn Abd al-'Aziz Mosque” in Al-Khobar . According to the Baden-Württemberg Office for the Protection of the Constitution, it owes its popularity to numerous television appearances; his anti-Western hate speech is just as popular as his legal opinions ( fatwa ), which have been translated into several languages . Al-Munajjid appears occasionally on the Saudi satellite channel Iqra TV as well as on Al-Majd TV and in its weekly broadcast on the radio station Holy Quran (Idhaa'at al-Qur'aan il-Kareem).

In December 2003, the US State Department intervened when Munajjid with Saudi diplomatic status wanted to enter an Islamic conference in Houston .

islamqa.info

His website islamqa.info ("Islam - Questions and Answers") has been online since 1997. Editorial control is exercised by al-Munajjid, who examines, prepares, revises and comments on questions and answers about Islam. According to Alexa Internet , it is one of the ten most visited Salafist websites . Islamqa.info offers a fatwa database and is published in 12 languages ​​(English, Chinese, Uighur, French, Spanish, Japanese, Indonesian, Russian, Hindi, Turkish, Arabic, Urdu).

Positions

Munajid considers homosexuality “one of the greatest sins” and advocates the execution of homosexuals in unspecified ways. Women should cover their entire body including hands and face and only show their eyes. In a fatwa in January 2016, Munajid stipulated that a man, married or not, may have sexual intercourse with a slave in his possession and that his wife or wives have no right to object. At the same time, he describes slavery as "in principle undesirable" and calls for the "fair and friendly" treatment of slaves.

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d Muhammad Saleh Al-Munajjid ( Memento of the original from July 3, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. IslamQA Biography @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / islamqa.info
  2. MEMRI Generates Debate Between Arab Reformists and Extremist Islamist Sheikhs Over Call to Kill Mickey Mouse MEMRI Special Dispatch No. 2123, November 21, 2008
  3. Annual report 2006  ( page no longer available , search in web archivesInfo: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF file; 8.16 MB) Baden-Württemberg constitutional protection@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.verfassungsschutz-bw.de  
  4. Shaikh al-Munajjid: “Anyone who demands legal equality between men and women is a criminal” ( Memento from June 11, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Verfassungsschutz Baden-Württemberg 11/2004
  5. Saudi Cleric Muhammad Al-Munajjid Warns: Freedom of Speech Might Lead to Freedom of Belief MEMRI Special Dispatch No. 1908, April 24, 2008
  6. Information on Shaykh Muhammad Saalih al-Munajid ( Memento from July 1, 2006 in the Internet Archive )
  7. Saudi Group's Leader Critical of Clerics Washington Post, December 11, 2003
  8. a b islamqa.info Introduction ( Memento of the original from February 23, 2014 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / islamqa.info
  9. Alexa (accessed February 14, 2014)
  10. ^ The punishment for homosexuality , March 13, 2006
  11. Do women have to wear niqaab? March 7, 2009
  12. Ruling on having intercourse with a slave woman when one has a wife (Internet Archive)
  13. Islam and Slavery January 4, 2008

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