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Umar Sulaiman Al-Ashqar
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Umar Sulaiman Al-Ashqar (1940 - 10 August 2012: Arabic : عمر بن سليمان الاشقر) was a Salafi Muslim Brotherhood scholar who served as a professor in the Faculty of Islamic Law at the University of Jordan and was also the Dean of the Faculty of Islamic Law at al-Zarqa’ University, also in Jordan. Additionally, he authored a number of books on Islam, including the Islamic Creed Series. He died on 10 August 2012.1
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dean of the faculty of islamic law
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salafi scholar associated with the muslim brotherhood
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