Habib Ali al-Jifri
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Habib Ali al-Jifri
| Shaykh Habib Ali Al-Jifri |
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| Native name | الحبيب علي زين العابدين الجفري |
| Born | April 16, 1971 Jeddah, Saudi Arabia |
| Residence | Dubai, United Arab Emirates |
| Ethnicity | Arab |
| Occupation | Islamic scholar, academic, author |
| Home town | Hadhramaut, Yemen |
| Title | Shaykh |
| Religion | Islam |
| Denomination | Sunni (Sufism) |
| Parents | Abdul Rahman bin Ali Al-Jifri (father) Marumah bint Hassan Al-Jifri (mother) |
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Habib Ali Zain al-`Abideen al-Jifri (Arabic: الحبيب علي زين العابدين الجفري; born April 16, 1971) is an Islamic scholar from Hadhramaut, Yemen of the Shafi'i school of Fiqh, and the Ashari school of Aqida.
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Background
Shaykh Habib Ali al-Jifri was born in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. He is a sayyid (a descendent of the Islamic prophet Muhammad) and traces his lineage to the family of 'Ali, the fourth Caliph of Islam and cousin of the Prophet Muhammad.
He follows the Ba'Alawi sufi order, a tradition that has been based in Yemen for approximately 800 years and traces back to the Prophet Muhammad.
Education
Al-Jifri grew up in an educated environment, and became interested in Islamic sciences, studying under a number of scholars in the Hejaz and Hadhramaut, Egypt, Syria and other countries, and receiving their sole discretion. He is the holder of degrees in Islamic sciences.
Career
Al-Jifri is the founder and director-general of the nonprofit privately-funded Tabah Foundation for Islamic Studies in Abu Dhabi, UAE. He is a member of the board of Dar al-Mustafa Islamic University in Tarim, Yemen. He runs the Islamic Center in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
He is a member of the Royal Aal al-Bayt Institute for Islamic Thought in Jordan, and is also affiliated with various other international Islamic organizations.
He has strong connections with many centers and academies involved with international dialogue in religions and civilizations, including the Center for Faith and Culture at Yale University in the United States. He is also a contributor to A Common Word Between Us and You, an Islamic-Christian dialogue. He received the annual award of the Augen Biser Foundation in Germany for the year 2008 for his contribution to Islamic-Christian dialogue.
Al-Jifri is a noted critic of Wahhabism, he has made his reputation on conference and television appearances. He wrote the book Jesus Christ the Son of Mary and His Most Blessed Mother.
He was interviewed by Dalia Mogahed from the Gallup Centre for Muslim Studies.[1]
Awards and recognition
In 2009, Al-Jifri was listed 37th in the world’s 500 most influential Muslims by Georgetown University’s The Prince Al-Waleed Bin Talaal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding and Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre of Jordan.
See also
References
- ^ "Biography". Muslim West Facts Project. http://arabic.muslimwestfacts.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=42&Itemid=32. Retrieved August 27, 2010.
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