Ahmad Karima

Ahmad Mahmoud Karima (Arabic: أحمد محمود كريمة), professor of Islamic law and comparative jurisprudence at Al-Azhar University, is best known for his religious moderation and condemnations of radicalism, and for his intense criticism of the Salafi-Wahhabi movement, and the Muslim Brotherhood group.^[2][3][4][5]

Ahmad Mahmoud Karima أحمد محمود كريمة
Ahmad Karima interviewed by Zaman News on 30 July 2017
Personal life
Born	(1951-06-02) 2 June 1951 (age 74) Giza Governorate, Egypt
Nationality	Egyptian
Main interest(s)	Aqidah, Tawhid, Fiqh (Islamic jurisprudence), Usul al-Fiqh, Usul al-Din, Islamic studies
Notable work(s)	Al-Salafiyya bayna al-Aseel wa al-Dakheel
Religious life
Religion	Islam
Denomination	Sunni
Jurisprudence	Maliki
Creed	Ash'ari[1]
Muslim leader
Influenced by Malik ibn Anas Abdel-Halim Mahmoud

He declared after the 2016 international conference on Sunni Islam in Grozny that "If the world is looking forward to uprooting terrorism, it has to stand up against Wahhabism because they are the root of all sedition and conflict."^[6][7]

Books

Among his well-known writings are:

• Al-Salafiyya bayna al-Aseel wa al-Dakheel (Arabic: السلفية بين الأصيل والدخيل, lit. 'Salafism between the Authentic and the Intrusions').^[8]
• Gama'at al-Ikhwan (Arabic: جماعة الإخوان, lit. 'The Muslim Brotherhood Group').^[9]

See also

• Ahmad al-Tayyeb
• Ali Gomaa
• Ali al-Jifri
• List of Ash'aris and Maturidis
• 2016 international conference on Sunni Islam in Grozny