Aid al-Qarni explained

Aaidh ibn Abdullah al-Qarni
Native Name:عائض بن عبد الله القرني
Native Name Lang:ar
Birth Date:1 January 1959
Birth Place:Saudi Arabia
Alma Mater:Imam Muhammad ibn Saud Islamic University

Shaykh Dr. Aaidh ibn Abdullah al-Qarni (also spelt al-Qarnee and ʻĀʼiḍ Quranī, born 1 January 1959), is a Saudi Islamic Muslim scholar, author, and activist.[1] [2]

Al-Qarni is best known for his self-help book La Tahzan (Don't Be Sad), which is aimed at Muslims and non-Muslims alike. [3] [4]

Al-Quarni is on the United States do not fly list and was barred entry in 2012 and 2015 to attend a convention in Chicago.[5]

Condolences over the death of the son of Salman al-Ouda and his wife were given on Twitter by Aid al-Qarni.[6]

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Assassination attempt

On 1 March 2016, Al-Qarni was shot and wounded in an assassination attempt in Zamboanga City in the Philippines, where he held a lecture at an auditorium of the Western Mindanao State University.[24] He was shot by a man wearing a school uniform of the institution's engineering college as the cleric left the auditorium after the lecture.[25] [26]

The gunman was shot dead and authorities recovered a student's driver license and a local government I.D. identifying a man as a local 21-year old Filipino. The police are not ruling out possibilities that these recovered items were forged and the university couldn't confirm immediately if the man is an enrolled student of the institution.[25]

J M Berger of the Program on Extremism at George Washington University suspects that the attempted assassination has links to the militant group, Islamic State since Al-Qarni was listed as a target for assassination in the group's magazine Dabiq.[27] [28] It was later confirmed the gunman was a Sunni Muslim.[29]

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  1. Web site: Find an Islamic Center . 2007-09-18 . 2007-05-14 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070514224029/http://www.islamiccenters.org/default.asp?ID=42&GoToCat=DISPA . dead .
  2. Web site: jarirbooks.net. www.jarirbooks.net.
  3. News: Saudi Writer Wins Plagiarism Case Against Prominent Cleric. 21 January 2015. 4 March 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304034109/http://english.al-akhbar.com/node/4035. dead.
  4. News: Prominent Saudi cleric says will reject Nobel Peace Prize if offered to him. 21 January 2015. Al Arabiya News. 5 March 2013.
  5. News: Ata. Hussein. Unpleasant news: Dr. Ayed Al-Qarni denied access to board plane. 21 January 2015.
  6. Dr_alqarnee . 824339143736119302 . ar:#وفاه_زوجه_سلمان_العوده_وابنه أسأل الله باسمه الأعظم أن يتغمّدهم برحمته وأن يحسن عزاء أخينا د. سلمان العوده وأهله وذويه. . القرني . عائض . 25 Jan 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170125211542/https://twitter.com/Dr_alqarnee/status/824339143736119302 . 2017-01-25.
  7. Web site: ALKITAB.COM - Dar Al Kitab Al Arabi كتب عربية. 2&pi=12662.
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  24. News: Philippines gun attack injures Saudi preacher. 1 March 2016. Al Arabiya. 1 March 2016.
  25. News: Philippines probes attack on top Saudi cleric. 2 March 2016. Al Arabiya. 2 March 2016.
  26. Web site: Sheikh Aaidh al-Qarni, Saudi preacher, shot in Philippines. Agence France-Presse in. Zamboanga. March 2, 2016. the Guardian.
  27. News: Leading Saudi cleric survives assassination attempt in Philippines. 1 March 2016. Middle East Eye. 1 March 2016.
  28. Web site: Philippines gun attack injures Saudi preacher. March 1, 2016. Al Arabiya English.
  29. Web site: Student tagged in cleric attack had 'routine' life. Philippine Daily. Inquirer. March 4, 2016. INQUIRER.net.