Muhammad al-Yaqoubi

Muhammad Abul Huda al-Yaqoubi (born 7 May 1963) is a Syrian Islamic scholar. A descendant of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, al-Yaqoubi is a follower of the Maliki and Hanafi schools of thought.

He has opposed former Syrian president Bashar al-Assad and Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.