A Yemeni Islamist politician, founder of Iman University, and head of the Al-Islah political movement. The 2010 opening stated "The US Treasury Department identified Zindani as a 'Specially Designated Global Terrorist', citing his 'long history of working with bin Laden.'" The designation is gone from the opening today, though the word survives 8 times in the body; the opening instead quotes journalists calling him "a charismatic Yemeni academic" and "a provocative cleric with a flaming red beard." A reader today learns how two Western journalists described his personality, and not that the US Treasury Department designated him a Specially Designated Global Terrorist for his history with bin Laden.
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The opening as it read in 2010
Abdul Majeed al-Zindani (other spellings: Abdelmajid al-Zendani, Abdul Majeed Zendani, Abd Al Majid Zandani; ʿAbd al-Majīd az-Zindānī ; born in 1942 in Ibb, Yemen ) has been described by Daniel Golden of the Wall Street Journal as "a charismatic Yemeni academic and politician." He is the founder and head of the Iman University in Yemen , head of the al-Islah political movement in Yemen, and founder of the Commission on Scientific Signs in the Quran and Sunnah , based in Saudi Arabia .1The US Treasury Department identified Zindani as a " Specially Designated Global Terrorist ", citing his "long history of working with bin Laden . Students of his Iman University were suspected of involvement in assassinations of missionaries and Yemeni Socialist Party party Jarallah Omar . His name also appears on the UN 1267 Committee 's list of individuals belonging to or associated with Al-Qaida .2
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Abdul Majeed al-Zindani ( , ʿAbdul Majeed ; born in 1942 in Ibb , Yemen ) 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".A leading militant Islamist, he is the founder and head of the Iman University in Yemen, head of the Yemeni Muslim Brotherhood political movement and founder of the Commission on Scientific Signs in the Quran and Sunnah , based in Saudi Arabia .In 2004 the US Treasury Department published a press release stating that the United States had by executive order designated Zindani as a "Specially Designated Global Terrorist".A.1, posted on the website of California State University, Fullerton by Dr.James Santucci Yemeni leader lashes out at U.S. as protests continue CNN.
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Abdul Majeed al-Zindani ( , ʿAbdul Majeed ; born in 1942 in Ibb , Yemen ) is a leading Islamist, founder and head of the Iman University in Yemen, head of the Yemeni Muslim Brotherhood 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".
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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023
Yemeni politician Abdul Majeed al-Zindani ( ; born in 1942 in Ibb , Yemen ) is a leading Islamist, founder and head of the Iman University in Yemen, head of the Yemeni Muslim Brotherhood 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".
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The opening as it stood in 2025
Yemeni politician (1942–2024) 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 ".
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Today
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leading islamist
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yemeni islamist politician and founder and head of the iman university in yemen
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