Abdullah Al-Nafisi

Abdallah Al- Nafisi (in Arabic عبد_الله_النفيسي- Born 1945 in Kuwait ) is a Kuwaiti politician and academic. He is the son of Fahd Al-Nafisi. He was a member of National Assembly of Kuwait in 1985.[1] He’s become somewhat of a controversial figure in Kuwait as he is known to be working with and supporting the Muslim Brotherhood.[2]

Abdullah Al-Nafisi
عبدالله النفيسي
National Assembly (Kuwait)
Personal details
Born1945
Kuwait
NationalityKuwait
ProfessionPolitician

Education and Academia

He earned his Bachelor Degree from the American University of Beirut in 1967 and a Ph.D. in political science from Churchill College at Cambridge University in Britain in 1972.[3]

Abdullah Al-Nafisi has worked as a professor of political science and president at College of Political Science of Kuwait University and at Al Ain University in the United Arab Emirates.[3][4] He has a doctorate in political science from the University of Cambridge. Between 1973 and 1980, he was active as a visiting professor at Peking University, Moscow State University, Harvard, Cambridge, Stanford and the University of Exeter.[3]

Controversy

Terrorism glorification

Interviews where the Kuwaiti figure was shown glorifying terrorists and discussing attacks on the US were widely shared on different social media platforms. He incited killing against Americans by saying that four pounds of Anthrax “carried by a guerrilla to transfer it through the tunnels of Mexico to the US can kill 330,000 US citizens in one hour,”. In another clip, Al- Nafisi says that what the US calls “terrorists'' are “friends.” “Why? Because these ‘terrorists’ are the most pious and honorable people in the world,” he said. On February 2, 2009, he gave a speech which aired on Al-Jazeera TV in which he recommended biological and nuclear attacks on the United States, and in which he praised terrorists like Mullah Omar as "the world's most God-fearing people.[5][6]

In 2020, Kuwaiti authorities summoned Abdullah Al-Nafisi, for investigation into a charge of “insulting the UAE” on the basis of a tweet he posted in 2017.[7] Al-Nafisi affirmed his keenness to attend without absence or delay in all cases he was brought before the prosecution and the judiciary according to the Kuwaiti press.[8] 

Al-Nafisi said on his Twitter account that on January 5, he received a decision to arrest and detain him as well as enforce a ban travel in connection with the case brought by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs against him, indicating that he had not received any notice of the case during the period leading up to the last judicial procedure.[9]

Books
  • The role of Shiites in the modern political development of Iraq (PhD. thesis - Cambridge University 1972 - That Al Salasil - Kuwait).
  • Conflict in Dhofar (1975, Dar Al-Politics, Kuwait).
  • Kuwait, The Other Opinion (1978, Taha House - London).
  • Islam Rule (1980 Dar Taha - London).
  • Sharia Policy (1980, Taha House - Kuwait).
  • Gulf Cooperation Council: The Strategic Framework (1982 Dar Taha - London).
  • The Islamic Movement: Gaps in the Road (1986 Dar Al-Rubaian - Kuwait).
  • The role of students in political work (1986, the National Union of Kuwaiti Students - Kuwait).

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References
  1. "Interview with Abdullah al-Nafisi". Al Jazeera YouTube. 2017-03-09.
  2. "The rise of pragmatic Islamism in Kuwait's post-Arab Spring opposition movement" (PDF). Brookings. 2015-08-15. p. 3.
  3. "Abdullah bin Fahd Al-Nafisi". Global Influence. Retrieved 2020-11-02.
  4. "الدكتور عبد الله النفيسي". dr-khaled.net. Retrieved 2020-11-03.
  5. "Controversial Kuwaiti figure under fire for glorifying 'terrorists'". Al Arabiya English. 2020-07-06. Retrieved 2020-11-20.
  6. "النفيسي مستعد للمثول أمام القضاء الكويتي على خلفية "الإساءة للإمارات"". www.aljazeera.net (in Arabic). Retrieved 2020-11-20.
  7. "Skyline International: Appalling Prosecution Of A Kuwaiti Academic For A Twitter Message". Skyline International. Retrieved 2020-11-02.
  8. "النفيسي مستعد للمثول أمام القضاء الكويتي على خلفية "الإساءة للإمارات"". www.aljazeera.net (in Arabic). Retrieved 2020-11-02.
  9. "بيان حول الضبط والإحضار ومنع السفر للدكتور". Twitter (in Arabic). Retrieved 2020-11-02.
  10. "تحميل جميع مؤلفات وكتب عبد الله النفيسي - فولة بوك". foulabook.com (in Arabic). Retrieved 2020-11-02.
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