Political activity Abdul Majeed al-Zindani

1 political activity

1.1 commission on scientific signs in quran , sunnah
1.2 aids research
1.3 vice , virtue movement

political activity

al-zindani leading member of yemen s al-islah party, (the yemeni congregation reform), of tawakel karman, awarded 2011 nobel peace prize, member.

commission on scientific signs in quran , sunnah

he approached saudi government s largest charity, muslim world league, in 1984 establish commission on scientific signs in quran , sunnah, based in saudi arabia. headed commission secretary general until stepping down in 1995. although no longer has official role muslim world league, still invited events.

a criticism made of commission in enthusiasm prove evidence in favor of qur anic scientific miracles clear , obvious , group of eminent non-muslim scholars in several fields has testified this, commission has spread misleading, out-of-context statements several of these non-muslim scholars. in 1984, member of commission, mustafa abdul basit ahmed, moved united states recruit non-muslim western scientists verify miraculous signs of quran. however, in 2002 story in american newspaper wall street journal, several non-muslim scientists spoke of questionable practices used commission coax statements them, such hard-sell interviews sheikh abdul majeed al-zindani, , false promises neutral.

the commission drew scientists conferences first-class plane tickets them , wives, rooms @ best hotels, $1,000 honoraria, , banquets muslim leaders – such palace dinner in islamabad pakistani president mohammed zia ul-haq shortly before killed in plane crash. ahmed gave @ least 1 scientist crystal clock.

marine scientist william hay complained of having fallen trap in interviews, while embryologist gerald goeringer claimed mutual manipulation between scientists , conference organizers. retired geologist professor alfred kröner of university of mainz has standard e-mail reply clarifying out of context remarks during 1 of conferences , has described proceedings resulted in remarks being used muslim apologists. in video recorded interview describes events , explains how asked answer purely hypothetical questions , these answers subsequently quote-mined , misrepresented. interviews have been recorded alison (pete) palmer, prof tom armstrong , alfred kröner

aids research

al-zindani gave speech praising quality of scientific , medical research carried out @ iman university, claiming had treated many cases of aids. in 20 cases, al-zandani said virus had vanished without side effects, , called on un, spends enormous amounts of money fight disease, send senior scientists review [the university s] findings.

dr. jamil al-mughales, head of clinical immunology services of king abdulaziz university, has disputed al-zindani s results, saying inspected blood tests, , contradicting al-zindani s claims. al-mughales said if minister of health, put al-zindani in jail. hope mass media not give him more press, because think has hidden motives, because on list of terrorist lists, said.

later, al-zindani applied patent herbal method purporting treat aids; application published on world intellectual property organization website in april 2011.

vice , virtue movement

in july 2008, al-zindani joined panel of islamic clerics , prominent tribal chiefs announce creation of new morality authority. meeting protecting virtue , fighting vice declared intention alert yemen s police force infringements of islamic law. declaration followed reports of vigilante activity self-appointed morality guardians in hodeidah, aden, , sana a.