Ahmad ibn Umar al-Hazimi is a Saudi scholar whose interpretation of takfir (excommunication) gave rise to the eponymous Hazimi.
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Ahmad ibn Umar al-Hazimi is a Saudi scholar whose interpretation of takfir (excommunication) gave rise to the eponymous Hazimi. A relatively unknown figure until he publicised his teachings in Tunisia after the 2011 revolution, some followers of al-Hazimi's views briefly wielded considerable power within the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). He was arrested and imprisoned by Saudi authorities in 2015 for unknown reasons.
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