Abdullah Al-Dahdouh (1966 Tangier, Morocco –13 March 2012 Brussels, Belgium) was a Muslim scholar from

Morocco Morocco (),, ) officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is the westernmost country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It overlooks the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria to ...

. He established the Islamic Center of Imam Reza in

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Biography

Al-Dahdouh was born in

Tangier Tangier ( ; ; ar, طنجة, Ṭanja) is a city in northwestern Morocco. It is on the Moroccan coast at the western entrance to the Strait of Gibraltar, where the Mediterranean Sea meets the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Spartel. The town is the cap ...

, Morocco in 1966. Hailing from the Sunni family, he decided to go to Qom in 1980 to continue his religious education in the

Hawza A hawza ( ar, حوزة) or ḥawzah ʿilmīyah ( ar, حوزة علمیة) is a seminary where Shi'a Muslim scholars are educated. The word ''ḥawzah'' is found in Arabic as well as the Persian language. In Arabic, the word means "to hold so ...

of Qom.

Death

Al-Dahdouh was murdered in an unprovoked attack by a Moroccan Sunni in the Islamic Center of Imam Reza in Brussels, Belgium on 13 March 2012.

External links

Sheikh Abdullah Dohdaweh - The Enlightened to Shia Islam Centre

sheikh abdullah dohdaweh - wikishia (in persian)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Dahdouh, Abdullah al- 1966 births 2012 deaths Moroccan emigrants to Belgium Moroccan Shia Muslims Belgian Shia Muslims Converts to Shia Islam from Sunni Islam Critics of Sunni Islam Moroccan murder victims People murdered in Belgium Violence against Shia Muslims