20 Notable alumni of
Al-Imam Muhammad Ibn Saud Islamic University
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Al-Imam Muhammad Ibn Saud Islamic University is 817th in the world, 169th in Asia, and 2nd in Saudi Arabia by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 20 notable alumni from Al-Imam Muhammad Ibn Saud Islamic University sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Salman Alodah
- Occupations
- imam
- Biography
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Salman bin Fahd bin Abdullah al-Ouda or Salman al-Ouda (Arabic: سلمان العودة), Salman al-Oadah, Salman al-Audah, or Salman al-Awdah (Arabic: سلمان بن فهد العودة) - kunya: Abu Mu'ad (أبو معاذ)- (born December 14, 1956) is a Saudi Muslim scholar. Al-Ouda is a member of the International Union for Muslim Scholars and on its board of trustees. He is a director of the Arabic edition of the website Islam Today and appears on a number of TV shows and authors newspaper articles.
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Saleh Al-Fawzan
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- theologianuniversity teacherIslamic jurist
- Biography
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Saleh Al-Fawzan is an Islamic scholar and has been a member of several high religious bodies in Saudi Arabia. He is considered to be the most senior scholar of Islam in Saudi Arabia.
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Muhammad al-Arifi
- Occupations
- writerimam
- Biography
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Muhammad bin Abdul-Rahman al-Arifi is a Saudi Arabian author and Da'i. He is a graduate of King Saud University, and member of the Muslim World League and the Association of Muslim Scholars.
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Saud Al-Shuraim
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- judgeimam
- Biography
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Saud ibn Ibrahim ibn Muhammad Al-Shuraim is a Quranic reciter who was one of the prayer leaders and Friday preachers at the Grand Mosque Masjid al-Haram in Makkah. He also holds a Ph.D degree in Sharia (Islamic studies) at the Umm al-Qura University in Mecca. Shuraim was recently appointed as dean and "Specialist Professor in Fiqh" at the University.
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Sheikh Abdulaziz al-Sheikh
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- politicianmufti
- Biography
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Abdulaziz bin Abdullah Al-Sheikh is a Saudi Arabian scholar who is the current Grand Mufti of Saudi Arabia. As such he is head of the Council of Senior Religious Scholars and its sub-committee, the Permanent Committee for Islamic Research and Issuing Fatwas.
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Aaidh ibn Abdullah al-Qarni
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- poetwriterclericadvisor
- Biography
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Shaykh Dr. Aaidh ibn Abdullah al-Qarni, is a Saudi Islamic Muslim scholar, author, and activist.
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Othman al-Khamees
- Occupations
- muhaddithIslamic jurist'ālimda'i
- Biography
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Othman bin Muhammad bin Hamad bin Abdullah bin Saleh bin Muhammad al-Khamees al-Nasiri al-Tamimi, also known as Othman al-Khamees, is a jurist, academic and also a Sunni Muslim religious scholar, preacher from Kuwait.
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Abdur Rahman Al Huthaify
- Occupations
- imam
- Biography
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Ali Bin Abdur Rahman Al Huthaify is a Saudi Imam and khateeb of the Al-Masjid an-Nabawi, and a former Imam of Quba Mosque. His style of reciting the Qur’an in a slow and deep tune is widely recognised.
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Muhammad bin Abdul Karim Issa
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- politician
- Biography
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Muhammad bin Abdul Karim Issa is a Saudi Arabian religious leader, Secretary General of the Muslim World League, President of the International Islamic Halal Organization, and former Saudi Minister of Justice.
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Ahmad bin Ali Al-Ajmi
- Occupations
- imam
- Biography
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Sheikh Ahmad Al-Ajmi is a Saudi Quran reciter and imam.
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Turki Al-Dakhil
- Occupations
- diplomatwriterpresenterinternational forum participantjournalist
- Biography
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Turki bin Abdullah Aldakhil is a Saudi diplomat and journalist, and the current Saudi ambassador to the United Arab Emirates. He is the former general manager of Al Arabiya Television News Network in Dubai, the owner of Al Mesbar Studies and Research Centre and Madarek Publishing House in Dubai, and was previously a political correspondent for Radio MBC FM in Dubai and Radio Monte Carlo in Saudi Arabia. In February 2019, Al-Dakheel took the oath to become ambassador to the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
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Saleh bin Abdul-Aziz Al ash-Sheikh
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- civil servant
- Biography
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Saleh bin Abdul-Aziz Al ash-Sheikh is a Saudi cleric who served as the minister of Islamic affairs, endowments, call and guidance of Saudi Arabia between 1996 and 2014, and again since 2015. He is a member of the Al ash-Sheikh, the influential Saudi religious family.
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Mohammed Al-Jadaan
- Enrolled in Al-Imam Muhammad Ibn Saud Islamic University
- Graduated with bachelor's degree in Islamic economic jurisprudence
- Occupations
- international forum participantcivil servant
- Biography
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Mohammed Al-Jadaan is a commercial lawyer and co-founder of Al-Jadaan and Partners Law Firm who has served as Saudi Arabia's Minister of Finance since November 2016 and concurrently as acting Minister of Economy and Planning since March 2020. He replaced Ibrahim Al-Assaf in the post.
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Sa'ad al-Ateeq
- Biography
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Sa'ad bin Ateeq bin Misfer Al Ateeq, is an Islamic preacher, religious scholar, thinker and university professor from Saudi Arabia. He is considered controversial by some for the topic of the religious sermons he has delivered and his connections to governments of Arab states of the Persian Gulf, including the United Arab Emirates, Qatar and Saudi Arabia, particularly the Imam Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab Mosque. The Foundation for Defense of Democracies, The Daily Beast, and Foreign Policy magazine have run articles about Al-Ateeq, expressing concerns about his alleged fanaticism and fundamentalist hard-line views. Foreign Policy has even compiled extensive documentation of his government-sponsored activities.
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Salah Al Budair
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- imam
- Biography
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Salah Bin Muhammad Al Budair is a current Imam of the Grand Masjid in Madinah and a Judge of the High Court of Madinah. He was a former Imam of Masjid al-Haram, in Makkah.
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Mohammad Idris Abdul Shomad
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- politician
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Mohammad Idris Abdul Shomad is an Indonesian politician who has served as mayor of Depok since 2016. Active in various Islamic organizations in Indonesia, he was first elected in the 2015 local elections and was officially made mayor in 2016. Prior to becoming mayor, he served as deputy between 2011 and 2016.
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Umar Sulaiman Al-Ashqar
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- writer
- Biography
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Umar Sulaiman Al-Ashqar was a Muslim Brotherhood scholar who served as a professor in the Faculty of Islamic Law at the University of Jordan and was also the Dean of the Faculty of Islamic Law at al-Zarqa’ University, also in Jordan. He authored a number of books on Islam, including the Islamic Creed Series.
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Ibrahim Albleahy
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- politicianwriter
- Biography
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Ibrahim Al-Buleihi is a Saudi liberal writer and philosopher, who is currently a member of the Saudi Shura Council.
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Omar Al-Muqbil
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- researcherpreacher'ālim
- Biography
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Omar Al-Muqbil is a Saudi Arabian Islamic scholar, writer, researcher, preacher and professor of Islamic law at Qassim University. An alumnus of Imam Muhammad ibn Saud Islamic University and Qassim University. He studied under the Muhammad ibn al Uthaymeen, Abd al-Aziz ibn Baz and Yahya Bin Abdul Aziz Al-Yahya.
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Ameril Umbra Kato
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- military personnel
- Biography
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Ameril Umbra Kato was the founder of the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF), a group which seceded from the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF). He joined the MILF in or around 1985, after he graduated from the esteemed Wahhabism School Imam Muhammad bin Saud Islamic University in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Umbra Kato was the Philippines' most wanted man, though due to his membership in MILF he was not hunted by the military. A warrant of arrest was filed against him alongside other BIFF members by the Philippine National Police. The Armed Forces of the Philippines, with the MILF, launched Operation Darkhorse in a bid to arrest him in January 2014.
