Dr. Aaidh ibn Abdullah al-Qarni (, also spelt al-Qarnee and ʻĀʼiḍ Quranī, born 1 January 1959), is a

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Muslim scholar, author, and activist. Al-Qarni is best known for his self-help book ''La Tahzan'' (Don't Be Sad), which is aimed at Muslims and non-Muslims alike. Al-Quarni is on the United States

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and was barred entry in 2012 and 2015 to attend a convention in Chicago. Condolences over the death of the son of

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and his wife were given on Twitter by Aid al-Qarni.

Books & Poetry Collections

*أسعد امرأة في العالم (You Can Be the Happiest Woman in the World (A Treasure Chest Of Reminders)) *"La Tahzan (Don't Be Sad)" *Taj Al Mada'ih (Poetry of Al Qarni) *L Alah Al Allh *Mamlakat Al Bayan *Masareh Al Ushaq *Mojtama Al Muthol *Muhamad Kanak tara *سلعة الله غالية *Qisat Al Tamooh *Siyat Al Qoloob *Taj Al Madaeh *Tohaf Nabawiya *Torjuman Al Sunnah *على مائدة القرآن *Wa Jaat Sakarat Al Mawet *Walaken Konoo Rabaniyin

On TV & media

Assassination attempt

On 1 March 2016, Al-Qarni was shot and wounded in an assassination attempt in

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in the

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, where he held a lecture at an auditorium of the

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. He was shot by a man wearing a school uniform of the institution's engineering college as the cleric left the auditorium after the lecture. The gunman was shot dead and authorities recovered a student's driver license and a local government I.D. identifying a man as a local 21-year old Filipino. The police are not ruling out possibilities that these recovered items were forged and the university couldn't confirm immediately if the man is an enrolled student of the institution.

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of the Program on Extremism at George Washington University suspects that the attempted assassination has links to the militant group,

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since Al-Qarni was listed as a target for assassination in the group's magazine '' Dabiq''. It was later confirmed the gunman was a

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References

External links

Video Lectures by Al-QarniGuidance of the Prophet in Fasting
by Aa'id 'Abdullâh al-Qarnî
How does the Heart fast
by Aa'id 'Abdullâh al-Qarnî
Ramadan: The Month of Standing Up at Night
by Aa'id 'Abdullâh al-Qarnî
Other articles by al-Qarni
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