Turki bin Mubarak al-Binali was a Bahraini-born Islamist jihadist and theologian.
17 Facts About Turki al-Binali
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Turki al-Binali was a senior member of the Islamic State, leading the Maktab al-Buhuth wa al-Dirasat, "an independent entity concerned with researching Shari'i issues, and issuing fatwas", and thus had great religious authority in the organization.
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Turki al-Binali was born on 3 September 1984 in Al-Bousaiteen district, Al Muharraq, Bahrain to a wealthy, notable family that has close political relations to the ruling royal family of Bahrain, the Al-Khalifa.
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Turki al-Binali attended classes that taught remembering the Qur'an in his hometown and he learned the recitation of Qur'an from one of the Sheikhs of Sultan Bin Salama Mosque.
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Turki al-Binali attended the classes of Sheikh Abu Zaid and another sheikh from Al-Janoubi Mosque in Al-Bousaiteen.
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Turki al-Binali studied both the elementary and middle stages at Al-Iman school, a private religious school and then he studied in the literary section at Al-Hidaya Al-Khalifia Boys high school.
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Turki al-Binali was detained numerous times in multiple countries and banned from entry to the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Egypt, Qatar and others.
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Turki al-Binali was a member of AQAP and served as a sharia official for them.
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Turki al-Binali was arrested in 2007 with a group of his companions over "Takfiri" statements made by what was known as "Al-Saqifa Cell".
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Turki al-Binali was released after a series of debates, arranged by prison officials, with Salafi Sheikhs close to the Saudi religious institution, like Adnan Al-Aroor, who visited him many times during his detention and held debates with him.
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Turki al-Binali is known to have visited Sousse, Menzel Bourguiba and Bizerte.
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Turki al-Binali al-Benali was being tried in absentia in this case.
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Turki al-Binali's response was to compose a poem disparaging the very notion of citizenship, and vowing to stay on in the Islamic State.
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Turki al-Binali was subject to sanctions by both the United States Department of the Treasury and the United Nations Security Council.
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On 20 June 2017, the US-led coalition released a statement, stating that Turki al-Binali had been killed in an airstrike on 31 May in Mayadin, Syria.
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Mohamed Isa Turki al-Binali has been described as a former Interior Ministry officer.
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Turki al-Binali is believed to have at least one son, born in March 2015.