Muhaysini
| Abdullah bin Muhammad bin Sulayman al-Muhaysini | |
|---|---|
| عبدالله بن محمد بن سليمان المحيسني | |
| Religion | Sunni Islam |
| Alma mater | Imam Muhammad ibn Saud Islamic University |
| Personal | |
| Born | Buraidah, Al-Qassim Region, Saudi Arabia |
| Religious career | |
| Post | Qadi of the Army of Conquest, Sheikh of Tahrir al-Sham |
Abdullah al-Muhaysini عبد الله المحيسني is a Saudi Arabian Islamic cleric born in Buraidah with connections to the terrorist group al-Qaeda. He is a religious judge in the Army of Conquest in the Syrian Civil War. He received degrees from Imam Muhammad ibn Saud Islamic University and Umm al-Qura University. His thesis was on the treatment of war prisoners in Islam.
Abdullah al-Muhaysini arrived in Syria after his uncle Omar Al-Muhaysini died there.
Muhaysini has tried to mask his al-Qaeda connections and feign surprise at being called a terrorist and Al-Qaeda linked, as part of a broader strategy by Al-Qaeda to create plausible deniability in local conflicts in many regions. Muhaysini was slapped with sanctions by the US Treasury. Muhaysini called himself a "national sumbol" according to Syrians and expressed his alleged "shock"" at being declared a terrorist by the United States Treasury when he spoke to The New York Times. Muhaysini posted a video replying to the terrorist designation by the USA.
Abu Muhammad al-Maqdisi and Abu Qatada were referenced by Muhaysini. Al-Qaeda leaders Osama bin Laden and Ayman al Zawahiri were lauded by Muhaysini.
Muhaysini publicly fundraised for extremists in Syria from donors in Qatar and other Gulf states. In 2016, Muhaysini thanked donors for providing rockets to extremist fighters in Syria.
In late 2013, Muhaysini posted his support for the then-active Madid Ahl al-Sham campaign on Twitter while identifying one of the fundraiser's organizers, Sa'd bin Sa'd Muhammad Shariyan Al Ka'bi, and its location in Qatar. Madid Ahl al-Sham was a Qatar-based fundraising campaign identified by Muhaysini and others for its financial assistance for Jabhat al-Nusra. The U.S. Department of State identified Madid Ahl al-Sham as a "fundraising campaign that was suspected of sending funds to violent extremist elements in Syria."[viii]
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