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AlMaghrib Institute
Formation2001; 23 years ago (2001)
FounderMuhammad Alshareef
Type
Seminars
Key people
Yasir Qadhi
Websitewww.almaghrib.org Edit this at Wikidata

AlMaghrib Institute is a

Houston, Texas, by Muhammad AlShareef in 2002.[1][2][3][4] AlMaghrib provides courses on Islam in a six-day, two-weekend intensive seminar and other courses in a shorter, three-day, single-weekend format.[2]

Instructors

Most of AlMaghrib instructors are graduates of the

Salafi in ideological orientation, despite founder Muhammad AlShareef's commitment not to use labels other than "Islam" and "Muslim".[6]

AlMaghrib's instructors include the following Islamic scholars, who are listed on AlMaghrib's website.[7]

Academics

AlMaghrib's founders are working toward establishing an M.A. and Ph.D.-granting Islamic seminary with a permanent campus in the United States, featuring teachers as full-time faculty.[8]

Responses

AlMaghrib has received a significant amount of public scrutiny because recordings by Anwar al-Awlaki, the highest English-speaking cleric in Al-Qaeda, continued to be sold at AlMaghrib events, although AlMaghrib banned these in 2009.[9]

In addition, analysts have studied students of the Institute who were later involved in terrorist actions or plots, and speculated about the teachings of the Institute. Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, who in December 2009 attempted to detonate plastic explosives on board Northwest Airlines Flight 253 from Amsterdam to Detroit, was found to have taken a class at the AlMaghrib Institute in Houston.[10] Abdulmutallab claimed that al-Awlaki had also been a student at AlMaghrib.[9]

"It's ironic that he came to us," said instructor Yasir Qadhi of AbdulMutallab.[11] Qadhi told CNN, "At some level, we did not convince him of the validity of our views," and "that is cause for regret".[11]

The following former students at the Institute were later implicated in illicit activities:

civil libertarians.[12] Two young American men were held in Pakistan in 2009 for seeking to train with militants.[9][13]

On the other hand, some other American Salafi groups have accused AlMaghrib of being "

apolitical." As a result of this external and internal scrutiny, AlMaghrib has attempted to change its image and avoided the public use of any classification as "Salafi".[9] AlMaghrib Vice President, Waleed Basyouni, said "[AlMaghrib] institute's stance against extremism, violence and other related subjects has always been clear ... We unequivocally condemn it in all its forms."[14]

Alshareef has been banned from entering Denmark.[15]

References

  1. ^ a b "Form 990" (PDF). Internal Revenue Service. 2019.
  2. ^
    ISBN 0195369211
  3. ISBN 0807887714
  4. ISBN 1479800902
  5. ISBN 1479800902
  6. ISBN 110743386X
  7. ^ "Instructors". Archived from the original on 2010-12-30. Retrieved 2015-07-09.
  8. ISBN 110743386X
  9. ^
    ISBN 1479800902
  10. ^ "Terror suspect was student in Houston" Archived 2010-01-06 at the Wayback Machine, Detroit Free Press, 31 December 2009
  11. ^ a b "Terror suspect attended 2008 Islamic 'knowledge fest' in Houston". CNN. 2009-12-30. Archived from the original on 2023-03-28. Retrieved 2022-06-11.
  12. TheGuardian.com. 16 April 2012. Archived
    from the original on 28 September 2016. Retrieved 25 September 2016.
  13. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived
    from the original on 2016-03-08. Retrieved 2023-01-20.
  14. ^ Carroll, Susan (2009-12-29). "Islamic school confirms terror suspect studied in Houston". Chron. Archived from the original on 2023-03-24. Retrieved 2023-10-12.
  15. ^ "Ny i Danmark". www.nyidanmark.dk (in Danish). Archived from the original on 2018-04-08. Retrieved 2018-04-07.

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