Saeed Al Ghamdi

Other names: Saeed Al-Ghamdi, Saeid Ibn Nasser
Current ideological status: Wanted by Saudi authorities on terrorism charges

Biography

Saeed bin Nasser Al Ghamdi is a Saudi academic and Islamic preacher. Al Ghamdi graduated from the College of Shariah and gained a master’s degree and a Ph.D. from the College of Fundamentals of Religion, Al-Imam University in Riyadh. He worked as an assistant professor in the College of Shariah and Fundamentals of Religion, King Khalid University.

Al Ghamdi is known from his books and religious lectures. He promoted hatred of the West through advocating for intolerance, rejection and violence against other ideologies. In his book “The Baath Party”, Al Ghamdi stated that Secularism manifests in the pens of modernist intellectuals and writers, in addition to administrative and economic institutions of which implicates an exclusionary ideology.

Al-Ghamdi joined two extremist preachers Omar Abdul Aziz and Salman Al-Odah, in the formation of the National Assembly Party which was created by the Saudi opposition outside the KSA.

Evidence of Hate Speech/Incitement:

March 2021: In a response to reform Saudi schools’ curricula to remove religious hate speech, particularly Muslim Brotherhood and Salafi ideologies. Al Ghamdi tweeted “This is the Islam they hate and fear. Later, they will teach secularism, liberalism, and possibly Judaism.” Also, in a zoom lecture, Al Ghamdi stated that Saudi authorities removed many Quranic verses and hadiths, and combined them in one educational book. The reason behind that is to get people of these religious meanings.

Dec 2019: Al Ghamdi stated that KSA has been marginalized through entertainment and feminism, while Iran has strengthened its military power, putting other countries in a situation where they have to bargain for their safety in the region. One of the reasons behind marginalizing KSA and empowering Iran is the KSA's normalization with Israel and the Deal of Century, thus, Iran gained a good reputation amongst Muslims.