Abdullah al-Qasemi

Abdullah al-Qasemi
Born Saudi Arabia
Nationality Saudi
Alma mater Al-Azhar University
Genre Skepticism
Notable works They Lie to See God Beautiful[1]

Abdullah al-Qasemi (1907 – 9 January 1996) (Arabic: عبدالله القصيمي‎‎) was a Saudi Arabian 20th-century writer and intellectual. He is one of the most controversial intellectuals in the Arab world because of his radical change from defending Salafism to defending free ideology thinking, and for his sceptical and secular writings. He questioned the existence of God and criticised Religions, which resulted in the allegations of him becoming an atheist, therefore his books were banned all over the Arab world.

After surviving assassination attempts in Egypt and Lebanon,[2] he died of cancer in Ain-Shams Hospital in Cairo, Egypt on 1 September 1996.[3]

Formation

Education

Al-Qasimi was born at Buraydah in Saudi Arabia. Al-Qasimi first joined the Sheikh Ali Mahmoud school, his father died in 1922, and al-Qasimi was then freed from the constraints imposed on him by his father, he then continued his studies. The merchant AbdulAziz Al-Rashed Al-Humaid was impressed by al-Qasimi, so he took him in Iraq, India and Syria, finally, Al-Qasimi resumed his studies at the Sheikh Amin Shanqeeti school in Zubair in Iraq after then he traveled to India where he spent two years learning in school, he learned Arabic, hadiths, and the foundations of the Islamic Sharia, he then returned to Iraq where he joined al-Kazimiyah school, he returned to Damascus, finally, he decided to live in Cairo.

al-Qasimi and Salafi philosophy

Al qasimi has studied at the Al-Azhar University in Cairo in 1927, but he was soon expelled because of his book "البروق النجدية في اكتساح الظلمات الدجوية" which he had written in response to an article by Al-Azhar scholar Yusuf al-Degwy يوسف الدجوي, entitled "The litigiousness and ignorance of Wahhabists" published in the Journal "Nour al-Islam" in 1931. Subsequently Abdullah al-Qasimi wrote several books attacking the scholars of Al-Azhar.

al-Qasimi and free philosophy

After this, al-Qasimi changed his way of thinking, to the point where his opponents labelled him "atheist". His most important books - written after he turned against the Salafi ideology - are: "There are the cuffs " and "They lie to see god beautiful" and his book "Arabs are a sonorous phenomenon" (sic). He survived two assassination attempts in Egypt and Lebanon and suffered imprisonment in Egypt under instigation from the Yemeni government, because of his great influence on Yemeni students who, because of their frequent meetings with him, were deeply influenced by his thoughts. Such influence was perceived by the Yemeni government as negative and not suitable to Islam.

Death

He died of cancer at 9 January 1996, in one of the Ain Shams neighborhood hospitals in Cairo, according to his will, he was buried beside his wife in the cemetery of "Bab Al-Wazir" in Egypt.

Works

Books

Abdullah Al-Qasemi's works have rarely been translated. Here is a non-exhaustive list:

Quotes

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References

  1. ↑ "Gulf atheism in the age of social media - Al-Monitor: the Pulse of the Middle East". Al-Monitor. Retrieved 2014-03-27.
  2. ↑ جريدة الرياض (1978-02-07). "عبدالله القصيمي والسعوديون :محاولات اغتيال القصيمي.. حقيقة أم ادعاء؟ - جريدة الرياض". Alriyadh.com. Retrieved 2015-02-27.
  3. ↑ "مالك بارودي - نفحات عطرة من سيرة وأحاديث رسول الإلحاد عبد الله القصيمي صلّى العقل عليه وسلّم". Ahewar.org. 1996-01-09. Retrieved 2015-02-27.
  4. ↑ عبدالله القصيمي - ويكي الاقتباس (in Arabic). Ar.wikiquote.org. Retrieved 2015-02-27.
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