Abd Al-Rahman al-Nuaimi

Abd Al-Rahman al-Nuaimi (Abderrahman Al Nuaimi), (born 1954) is a Qatari human rights advocate and co-founder of Alkarama accused of financing and aiding communication with terrorist groups including ISIS. He previously taught Islamic Studies at Qatar University and once served as President of the Qatar Football Association. He also was a founding board member of the Eid bin Mohammed Al Thani Charitable Association and a past board member of Qatar Islamic Bank. He has been accused of being “one of the world’s most prolific terrorist financiers.”

Al-Nuaimi was a staunch critic of the domestic policies of the former of Qatar, Hamad bin Khalifa. In 1998, he circulated a letter condemning the emir's decisions to enfranchise women and to allow the sale of alcohol, as well as other policies undertaken by the emir which he described as being contrary to Islamic tradition. The letter was published in local newspapers and was signed by twelve other men, three of whom were members of the ruling family. He was detained without charge the same year, prompting protests in Britain by Islamic activists. He was released in 2001.

Abd Al-Rahman al-Nuaimi was a history professor at Qatar University until 2009. Gulf News reported that al-Nuaimi was “promoting Brotherhood ideals” and encouraged the Qatari Consultative Council to oppose co-education at the Qatar University.

Al-Nuaimi previously served as the president of the Qatar Football Association.

In 2004, al-Nuaimi co-founded Alkarama, a Geneva-based human rights organization. Its mission is to “assist all those in the Arab World subjected to or at risk of extra-judicial executions, disappearances, torture and arbitrary detention,” by connecting them with “international human rights mechanisms.” Alkarama has worked with United Nations human rights bodies including the Committee Against Torture and the Human Rights Committee, as well as prominent international human rights organizations including Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International. Although he denied the accusations leveled against him, he resigned as president of Alkarama in July 2014 after being named a Specially Designated Global Terrorist by the United States Department of the Treasury.

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