RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Abu Muhammad al-Maqdisi

1959 - Today

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Abu Muhammad al-Maqdisi, whose real name is Assem ibn Muhammad ibn Tahir al-Barqawi, is a Palestinian writer and Salafi Islamist scholar. Al-Maqdisi is known for popularizing several significant themes within radical Islam, including the theological concept of Al-Wala' wal-Bara'. He is regarded as one of the earliest public Islamists to openly denounce the Saudi royal family as apostates from Islam. Al-Maqdisi posits that democracy functions as a religion in its own right and has accused Muslim advocates of democracy of apostasy. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2024). Abu Muhammad al-Maqdisi is the 2,917th most popular religious figure (down from 2,686th in 2024). (down from 4,020th in 2019)

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Abu Muhammad al-Maqdisi ranks 2,917 out of 3,187. Before him are José Lai, Piero Pioppo, David Beaton, Anthony Soter Fernandez, Sekhemrekhutawy Khabaw, and Henry of Blois. After him are Baldassare Reina, Shalim-ahum, Braulio Rodríguez Plaza, Sylvester Graham, Grigory Rodchenkov, and Paul Grégoire.

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Among people born in 1959, Abu Muhammad al-Maqdisi ranks 351. Before him are Eben Moglen, Francisco Flores Pérez, Fredric Lehne, Alexei Kasatonov, Tracey Ullman, and Brilliant Dadashova. After him are Viktor Chanov, Chrissy Amphlett, Nizar Rayan, Lobo Carrasco, John Patitucci, and James LoMenzo.

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