Religion: | Islam |
Birth Place: | Qatif, Saudi Arabia |
Denomination: | Shia |
Creed: | Twelver |
Jurisprudence: | Ja'fari (Usuli) |
Movement: | Shirazi[1] |
Main Interests: | Pan-Islamism |
Website: | Official Website |
Sheikh Hassan al-Saffar (Arabic: الشيخ حسن الصفار, born 1958) is a Shi'a scholar from Qatif, Saudi Arabia. He is considered one of the most important Shi'a leaders in Saudi Arabia. He established the Shi'a Islamic Reform Movement[2] in the early 1990s, which sought to improve the relations between the Shi'a and the ruling family.[3] On 23 October 2009, The Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre mentioned him as one of the 500 most influential Muslims in the world."[4]