# Abu Muhammad al-Maqdisi

> Abu Muhammad al-Maqdisi, whose real name is Assem ibn Muhammad ibn Tahir al-Barqawi, is a Palestinian writer and Salafi Islamist scholar. Al-Maqdisi is known for popularizing several significant themes within radical Islam, including the theological concept of Al-Wala' wal-Bara'. He is regarded as one of the earliest public Islamists to openly denounce the Saudi royal family as apostates from Islam. Al-Maqdisi posits that democracy functions as a religion in its own right and has accused Muslim advocates of democracy of apostasy. Additionally, he is recognized as the mentor of Jordanian jihadist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, who served as the initial leader of al-Qaeda in Iraq. In 2004, a significant ideological and methodological divide emerged between al-Maqdisi and al-Zarqawi due to the latter's declaration of takfir against all Iraqi Shīʿites. Al-Maqdisi advocated for targeted killings of Shīʿites instead, to prevent al-Zarqawi's approach from becoming counterproductive.

*Jordanian-Palestinian Islamist writer (born 1959)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/abu-muhammad-al-maqdisi

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Writer / Author
- **Category:** Writers
- **Born:** 1959-07-03
- **Status:** living
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 49.9 / 100
- **Momentum:** 0.0 / 100  (trend: FALLING)
- **Historical depth:** 13.9 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 45.0 / 100

## Sources
- [Abu Muhammad al-Maqdisiy](https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abu_Muhammad_al-Maqdisiy)
- [أبو محمد المقدسي](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A3%D8%A8%D9%88_%D9%85%D8%AD%D9%85%D8%AF_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%82%D8%AF%D8%B3%D9%8A)
- [ابو محمد المقدسى](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%88_%D9%85%D8%AD%D9%85%D8%AF_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%82%D8%AF%D8%B3%D9%89)
- [আবু মুহাম্মদ আল-মাকদিসি](https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%86%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%81_%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%A6_%E0%A6%86%E0%A6%B2-%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%A6%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%BF)
- [ئەبوو محەممەد مەقدیسی](https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A6%DB%95%D8%A8%D9%88%D9%88_%D9%85%D8%AD%DB%95%D9%85%D9%85%DB%95%D8%AF_%D9%85%DB%95%D9%82%D8%AF%DB%8C%D8%B3%DB%8C)
- [Abū Muhammad al-Maqdisī](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ab%C5%AB_Muhammad_al-Maqdis%C4%AB)
- [Abu Muhammad al-Maqdisi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abu_Muhammad_al-Maqdisi)
- [Abu Muhammad Al-Maqdisi](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abu_Muhammad_Al-Maqdisi)
- [Abou Mohammed al-Maqdisi](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abou_Mohammed_al-Maqdisi)
- [Abu Muhammad 'Asem al-Maqdisi](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abu_Muhammad_'Asem_al-Maqdisi)
- [アブ・ムハンマド・マクディーシ](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%96%E3%83%BB%E3%83%A0%E3%83%8F%E3%83%B3%E3%83%9E%E3%83%89%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9E%E3%82%AF%E3%83%87%E3%82%A3%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B7)
- [ശൈഖ് അബൂ മുഹമ്മദ് അൽ മഖ്‌ദീസി](https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%B6%E0%B5%88%E0%B4%96%E0%B5%8D_%E0%B4%85%E0%B4%AC%E0%B5%82_%E0%B4%AE%E0%B5%81%E0%B4%B9%E0%B4%AE%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%AE%E0%B4%A6%E0%B5%8D_%E0%B4%85%E0%B5%BD_%E0%B4%AE%E0%B4%96%E0%B5%8D%E2%80%8C%E0%B4%A6%E0%B5%80%E0%B4%B8%E0%B4%BF)
- [Abu Muhammed al-Maqdisi](https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abu_Muhammed_al-Maqdisi)
- [Abu Muhammad al-Makdisi](https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abu_Muhammad_al-Makdisi)
- [Абу Мухаммад аль-Макдиси](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%B1%D1%83_%D0%9C%D1%83%D1%85%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%B4_%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C-%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%B4%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%B8)
- [Ebu Muhammed el-Makdisi](https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ebu_Muhammed_el-Makdisi)
- [ابو محمد المقدسی](https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%88_%D9%85%D8%AD%D9%85%D8%AF_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%82%D8%AF%D8%B3%DB%8C)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2044972)

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