Tariq Abdelhaleem | |
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| Personal | |
| Born | 1 September 1948 |
| Nationality | Egyptian |
| Children | Shareef Abdelhaleem |
| Parent(s) | Abdul Hafeedh Ahmad, Zaynab Abdul Azeez Saleem al-Bishri |
| Known for | Praised by Ayman al-Zawahiri, declaring liberals and secularists as "infidels," calling for violent jihad, advising jihadist groups such as Al-Qaeda, calling for the shedding of blood against Egyptian leader Abdel Fattah el-Sisi. |
| Occupation | Islamist cleric, former head of Dar al-Arqam institution, civil engineer |
| Senior posting | |
| Based in | Mississauga, Ontario, Canada |
| Previous post | Head of the Dar al-Arqam institute |
Tariq Abdelhaleem (طارق عبد الحليم; born 1 September 1948) is an Egyptian Islamist cleric and scholar residing in Canada in Ontario's city of Mississauga and former head of the Dar al-Arqam Institution there. Tariq Abdelhaleem, along with Abu Qatada, Abu Muhammad al-Maqdisi, and Hani al-Sibai was praised by Ayman al-Zawahiri, the leader of Al-Qaeda. Although being used as a scholarly reference by the group, he has no direct affiliation. He was born on September 1, 1948, in the al-Jami' ul-Isma'ili area of Cairo. His father was a former head of Tax cassation and a lawyer named Abdul Hafeedh Ahmad from a family of Upper Egypt origins in Qena Governorate. His maternal great-grandfather - a native of the Beheira Governorate - was named Salim Al-Bishri who was a Shaykh al-Islām and grand imam of Al-Azhar University from 1899 - 1903 and then again from 1909 - 1917. His maternal grandfather was Abdul Azeez al Bishri, a memorizer of Hadith, and his mother was Zaynab Abdul Azeez Saleem al-Bishri.