Dr Mouhammad Alammar ( ar, محمد العمار) is a leading nonviolence advocate, physician, Muslim preacher, writer and Syrian opposition figure.

Biography

Born in the village of

Namar Namar ( fa, نمار, also Romanized as Namār; also known as Namārestāq, Namāristāq, and Namāristōq) is a village in Larijan-e Sofla Rural District, Larijan District, Amol County, Mazandaran Province, Iran Iran, officially t ...

in Daraa Governorate on February 2, 1962, Dr Mouhammad Alammar is a practicing physician with an MD degree from Tishreen University,

Syria Syria ( ar, سُورِيَا or سُورِيَة, translit=Sūriyā), officially the Syrian Arab Republic ( ar, الجمهورية العربية السورية, al-Jumhūrīyah al-ʻArabīyah as-Sūrīyah), is a Western Asian country loc ...

. He served as a volunteer in Namar's Omar Ibn Alkhatab mosque, giving sermons there for five years, 1993 to 1998. He also has lectured at cultural centers and in conferences inside Syria and abroad. He describes himself as “a Syrian physician accused of an interest in philosophy, history, religion, and humanism; an intellectual who feels a responsibility to make his world a more enlightened and a better place, drawn toward the achievements and discoveries of mankind in nature, psychology, and sociology.” He is a signatory to The

Damascus Declaration The Damascus Declaration ( ar, إعلان دمشق) was a statement of unity by Syrian opposition figures issued in October 2005. It criticized the Syrian government of the Assad dynasty as "authoritarian, totalitarian and cliquish," and called ...

. He is a member of the National Coordination Committee for Democratic Change. Dr Alammar was detained twice by Syrian Military Intelligence in 2011 and was detained again on 20 March 2012, he is currently in prison.

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Syrian physicians Syrian democracy activists Syrian dissidents Living people 1962 births {{Syria-bio-stub