Abdul Majeed al-Zindani
1942–2024 (age 82)
Biography
Abdul Majeed al-Zindani (Arabic: عبد المجيد الزنداني, romanized: ʿAbd al-Majīd al-Zindānī; January 1, 1942 – April 22, 2024) was a Yemeni Islamist politician and founder and head of the Iman University in Yemen. He was also the head of Al-Islah political movement and founder of the Commission on Scientific Signs in the Quran and Sunnah, based in Saudi Arabia. He has been described by Daniel Golden of the Wall Street Journal as "a charismatic Yemeni academic and politician" and by CNN as "a provocative cleric with a flaming red beard".