Salman al-Ouda

Salman al-Ouda
Salman al-Ouda
	Salman al-Ouda in May 2012
Personal
Born	December 14, 1956 (age 67); al-Qassim, Saudi Arabia
Religion	Islam
Nationality	Saudi Arabia
Children	Abdullah Alaoudh
Denomination	Sunni
Jurisprudence	Ahl al-Hadith
Movement	Sahwa
Main interest(s)	Sharia
Alma mater	the Faculty of Sharia and Religious Principles in al-Qassim
Muslim leader
	Influenced by Abdullah Abdal Rahman Jibreen, Sayyid Qutb;
	Influenced Muhammad al Arifi, Zakir Naik, Yasir Qadhi;

Salman bin Fahd bin Abdullah al-Ouda (Arabic: سلمان بن فهد بن عبد الله العودة) 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)^[1] is a Saudi Muslim scholar. Al-Ouda is a member of the International Union for Muslim Scholars and on its board of trustees.^[5] 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.^[6]

In 1993 al-Ouda was one of the leaders of the dissident group Committee for the Defense of Legitimate Rights (CDLR) that challenged the Saudi government,^[7] for which he was imprisoned during 1994–1999.^{[citation needed]} In 2007 he was viewed as a government supporter.^{[citation needed]} He was detained by the Saudi authorities in September 2017. As of July 2018^[update], he remained in solitary confinement without charge or trial. Officials imposed travel bans on members of his family.^[8]^[9]^[10] He was arrested for his refusal to comply with an order by Saudi authorities to tweet a specific text to support the Saudi-led blockade of Qatar. In a 4 September 2018 legal hearing, prosecutors applied for al-Ouda to be sentenced to death.^[11]

^ ^a ^b The Muslim 500 2022 edition themuslim500.com
^ Alaoudh, Abdullah (13 February 2019). "Opinion | My Father Faces the Death Penalty. This Is Justice in Saudi Arabia". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 26 February 2019. Retrieved 26 February 2019.
^ Pashayan, Araks. "Saudi Arabia on the Road to Modernization: Reality or Myth?." Ժամանակակից Եվրասիա= Contemporary Eurasia 8.1 (2019): 34-44.
^ Robert G. Rabil (26 September 2014). Salafism in Lebanon: From Apoliticism to Transnational Jihadism. Georgetown University Press. p. 55. ISBN 9781626161177.
^ "http://www.islamway.com/?iw_s=Scholar&iw_a=info&scholar_id=1" Archived 2011-07-16 at the Wayback Machine islam way.
^ Murad Batal Al-shishani (25 November 2009). "Ibrahim al-Rubaish: New Religious Ideologue of al-Qaeda in Saudi Arabia Calls for Revival of Assassination Tactic". The Jamestown Foundation. Archived from the original on 28 February 2011. ...al-Rubaish released a book criticizing Shaykh Salman al-Ouda because of the latter's "alliance" with the Saudi regime. The shaykh, who directs the website Islam Today, has condemned the 9/11 attacks and used his media access to rebuke Osama bin Laden as a killer of innocent people.
^ Cite error: The named reference CDLR_Kapisz was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ Mohammed bin Salman's reign of terror will not make Saudi Arabia stable Archived 2018-07-23 at the Wayback Machine, Madawi al-Rasheed, 16 July 2018, Middle East Eye
^ Saudi cleric Salman al-Awda called for reform. Now he's in solitary confinement. Archived 2018-07-26 at the Wayback Machine by F. Brinley Bruton, Jan.27.2018
^ Saudi Arabia's crown prince is taking the kingdom back to the Dark Ages Archived 2018-12-16 at the Wayback Machine, by Abdullah Alaoudh, July 19, 2018, The Washington Post
^ Cite error: The named reference ESOHR_alOuda_IUMS_deathpenalty was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[muslim500-1] The Muslim 500 2022 edition themuslim500.com

[2] Alaoudh, Abdullah (13 February 2019). "Opinion | My Father Faces the Death Penalty. This Is Justice in Saudi Arabia". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 26 February 2019. Retrieved 26 February 2019.

[3] Pashayan, Araks. "Saudi Arabia on the Road to Modernization: Reality or Myth?." Ժամանակակից Եվրասիա= Contemporary Eurasia 8.1 (2019): 34-44.

[4] Robert G. Rabil (26 September 2014). Salafism in Lebanon: From Apoliticism to Transnational Jihadism. Georgetown University Press. p. 55. ISBN 9781626161177.

[5] "http://www.islamway.com/?iw_s=Scholar&iw_a=info&scholar_id=1" Archived 2011-07-16 at the Wayback Machine islam way.

[6] Murad Batal Al-shishani (25 November 2009). "Ibrahim al-Rubaish: New Religious Ideologue of al-Qaeda in Saudi Arabia Calls for Revival of Assassination Tactic". The Jamestown Foundation. Archived from the original on 28 February 2011. ...al-Rubaish released a book criticizing Shaykh Salman al-Ouda because of the latter's "alliance" with the Saudi regime. The shaykh, who directs the website Islam Today, has condemned the 9/11 attacks and used his media access to rebuke Osama bin Laden as a killer of innocent people.

[CDLR_Kapisz-7] Cite error: The named reference CDLR_Kapisz was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[8] Mohammed bin Salman's reign of terror will not make Saudi Arabia stable Archived 2018-07-23 at the Wayback Machine, Madawi al-Rasheed, 16 July 2018, Middle East Eye

[9] Saudi cleric Salman al-Awda called for reform. Now he's in solitary confinement. Archived 2018-07-26 at the Wayback Machine by F. Brinley Bruton, Jan.27.2018

[10] Saudi Arabia's crown prince is taking the kingdom back to the Dark Ages Archived 2018-12-16 at the Wayback Machine, by Abdullah Alaoudh, July 19, 2018, The Washington Post

[ESOHR_alOuda_IUMS_deathpenalty-11] Cite error: The named reference ESOHR_alOuda_IUMS_deathpenalty was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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