Omar al-Haddouchi

Umar al Haddouchi
Born Umar ibn Massoud al-Haddouchi
Al Hoceima
Other names Abu Al Fadl
Nationality Moroccan
Ethnicity Arab
Religion Islam
Denomination Salafi
Movement Salafi

Omar al-Haddouchi (Arabic: عمر الحدوشي‎) is a Moroccan Islamic scholar who is among the leaders of the Salafi movement in Morocco.

Education

Al-Haddouchi was born in Al Hoceima Morocco in 1970, and began studying and at a young age with various Morcoccan scholars, most notably Muhammad Abu Khubza[2] with whom he studied with for 8 years before traveling to Saudi Arabia to continue his studies.

History

He said during his trial, "We are preachers, not revolutionaries. It is not our job to judge others, which is a prerogative of the Sultan and his delegates".[3] At the same time, he has also been described as "the most hard-line Salafist" in this trend and is known as a supporter of al-Qaeda.[4]

2011 pardon

Al-Haddouchi was sentenced to thirty years in prison because of his connections to the perpetrators of 2003 Casablanca bombings, but was released from prison in 2011 after the Moroccan King Mohammed VI gave him a pardon in an Arab Spring initiative.[5]

2012

On Apr 15, 2012 he called for all Muslims living in France to leave and return to North Africa.[6]

On October 21, 2012, a leader of Ansar al-Sharia Morocco, Hassan Younsi, was arrested after leaving the home of Omar al-Haddouchi.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "Biography of Sheikh 'Umar ibn Mas'ud al-Hadoushi" (PDF).
  2. ↑ "Een beknopte biografie van Sheikh Umar Ibn".
  3. ↑ Peter, Frank; Ortega, Rafael (30 September 2014). "Islamic Movements of Europe". I.B.Tauris – via Google Books.
  4. ↑ "How Morocco plans to contain its Salafists". Al-Monitor. 18 June 2015.
  5. ↑ Vish Sakthivel (August 12, 2013). "Are Morocco's Political Salafists Committed to Peace?". The Washington Institute for Near East Policy.
  6. ↑ "Morocco's Jihadist Leader, Omar al-Haddouchi 'All Muslims should leave France, the land of infidels, ASAP'". April 15, 2012.
  7. ↑ "Ansar al-Sharia International & the Politics of Self Sacrifice". SISMEC. 20 July 2013.
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