Abdul Majeed al-Zindani

<!--for his protest activity-->Abdul Majeed al-Zindani (also: 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 Yemeniacademic and politician." He is the founder and head of the Iman University in Yemen, head of the Muslim Brotherhood in Yemen political movement in Yemen, and founder of the Commission on Scientific Signs in the Quran and Sunnah, based in Saudi Arabia.

Career

Al-Zindani spent his early college years in Egypt, studied at Ain Shams University (first studying biology and chemistry, but then switching to Islamic studies) where he failed to get a degree, returned to Aden in 1966, went to Saudi Arabia in 1967 where he was a senior official in the Islamic Call Organization, and returned home in 1970 where he formed the Yemini Muslim Brotherhood and devoted his life to politics.

Iman University

Al-Zindani is the founder and president of the Iman University in Sanaa, Yemen, which was founded in 1995.

Political activity

Al-Zindani is "a leading member" of Yemen's al-Islah Party, (the Yemeni Congregation for Reform).

Commission on Scientific Signs in the Quran and Sunnah

He approached the Saudi...
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