1. Tareq Mohammed Al-Suwaidan is a Kuwaiti Islamic author and speaker, and businessman.
23 Facts About Tareq Al-Suwaidan
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Tareq Al-Suwaidan has been among the 500 Most Influential Muslims in 2022,2023 and 2024.
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Tareq Al-Suwaidan has written many religious, historical and management books and several of his books were translated into English and French.
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Tareq Al-Suwaidan has been banned from entry to the United States and Belgium, owing to comments he has made about Jews and Israel in sermons.
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Tareq Al-Suwaidan was trained in the classical islamic sciences in his youth.
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Tareq Al-Suwaidan lived and studied in the United States from the age of 17 and remained in the US for 20 years.
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Tareq Al-Suwaidan graduated from high school, and received a Bachelor of Science in petroleum and natural gas engineering from Penn State University in 1975.
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Tareq Al-Suwaidan earned a Master of Science and subsequently PhD in 1990 in petroleum engineering from the University of Tulsa.
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Tareq Al-Suwaidan is a TV personality who has prepared and presented numerous Islamic television shows on Islamic subjects ranging from broadcasting of the Quran, stories of Muhammad, notable women and Andalusian history.
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Tareq Al-Suwaidan's shows have aired on Kuwait television, First Channel, Space Channel and MBC.
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Tareq Al-Suwaidan was formerly the general manager of Al-Resalah Satellite TV, the brainchild of Saudi businessman Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal.
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Tareq Al-Suwaidan was one of the founders of the American Creativity Academy in Kuwait, a private institution that offers an American college-preparatory education within the context of Islamic values.
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Tareq Al-Suwaidan is the co-founder of the Etqan Global Academy school in Qatar, which is an accredited International Baccalaureate school, built on a 60 thousand square meters in Al Kheesa area.
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Tareq Al-Suwaidan is the author of 54 books and spoken word audio tape albums.
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Tareq Al-Suwaidan is a strong supporter of women's rights within Islamic sharia law and advocated for reforming traditional understanding of Islam.
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Tareq Al-Suwaidan has participated in the Doha Debates arguing in favor of women's political and social rights.
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Tareq Al-Suwaidan supported the Muslim Brotherhood against the 2013 Egyptian coup d'etat.
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Tareq Al-Suwaidan is a member of the Muslim Brotherhood in Kuwait and has been described in US State Department cables as a "moderate Islamist".
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In May 2007, Tareq Al-Suwaidan was listed by US federal prosecutors, along with a group of US Muslim Brotherhood members, as an unindicted co-conspirator in the terrorism financing case against the Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development which was convicted along with its leaders of financing Hamas.
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In November 2014, Tareq Al-Suwaidan was banned by the Belgium government from attending a Muslim Fair in Brussels on the basis of the comments made in this sermon.
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The Belgium government said that it had decided to prevent Tareq Al-Suwaidan from visiting Brussels, because of his "anti-Semitic" remarks in the past.
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Tareq Al-Suwaidan used his Twitter account to promote what he calls electronic Jihad.
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Hundreds of Arabic and English speeches by Tareq Al-Suwaidan can be found on YouTube where there are excerpts from his appearances on Arab TV channels, as well as speeches delivered in the Middle East and in the West.