Wagdy Abd El Hamied Mohamed Ghoneim ( ar, وجدي عبد الحميد محمد غنيم), normally shortened to Wagdy Ghoneim (born 8 February 1951) is an
Egyptian
Muslim
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imam and writer. He was
imam
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at the Islamic Institute of
Orange County, California, in the
United States, until 2005.
[ U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE]
Press release
4 January 2005 He was a fundraiser for the
Toledo
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Bolivia
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,
Ohio based
Hamas charity
KindHearts.
In January 2005, Ghoneim left the US for
Qatar, following his arrest for violating his immigration status. Bail was refused over concerns that his previous speeches and fund raising might have supported organisations such as
Hamas. He was given a ten-year ban on re-entry to the country.
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In May 2009, he was placed on the British Home Office's list of "Individuals banned from the UK for stirring-up hatred" for being "Considered to be engaging in unacceptable behaviour by seeking to foment, justify or glory terrorist violence in furtherance of particular beliefs and to provoke others to commit terrorist acts."
Other countries that have refused admission to Ghoneim include Canada, ]Switzerland
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and Tunisia.
Controversies
He said, prior to 30 June 2013 major protests, that who ever protests against the president Mohamed Morsi is a Kafir. Ghoneim denounced Abdel Fattah el-Sisi's coup d'état after Morsi was toppled.
The amputation of limbs for stealing is supported by Ghoneim.
In April 2017, he justified attacks on Coptic
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* Copts, an ethnoreligious group mainly in the area of modern Egypt but also in Sudan and Libya
* Coptic language, a Northern Afro-Asiatic language spoken in Egypt until at least the 17th century
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churches, due to their support to President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi.
On 26 July 2019, he has been banned from entering Tunisia because of hateful declarations against the former president Beji Caid Essebsi
Beji Caid Essebsi (or es-Sebsi; ar, الباجي قائد السبسي, translit=Muhammad al-Bājī Qā’id as-Sibsī, ; 29 November 1926 – 25 July 2019) was a Tunisian politician who served as the 6th president of Tunisia from 31 December 20 ...
. Ghoneim stated that Tunisia is against Islam and its president is against the Quran and Sunnah.
In April 2021, he criticized the Pharaohs' Golden Parade, calling the ancient Egyptians as infidels.
Notes
: His name in Arabic text: ; in IPA ; the initial name maybe transcribed as ', the middle name may also be transcribed as '. See Abdel.
References
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Living people
1951 births
Egyptian imams
Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood members
Egyptian Salafis
Egyptian expatriates in the United States
Egyptian expatriates in Qatar
Critics of Shia Islam