Abdullah Al-Nafisi

Abdullah Al-Nafisi
عبدالله النفيسي
National Assembly (Kuwait)
Personal details
Born	1945 Kuwait
Nationality	Kuwait
Profession	Politician

Abdallah Al- Nafisi (in Arabic عبد_الله_النفيسي- Born 1945 in Kuwait ) is a Kuwaiti politician and academic. He is the son of Fahd Al-Nafisi. He was a member of National Assembly of Kuwait in 1985.^[1] He's become somewhat of a controversial figure in Kuwait as he is known to be working with and supporting the Muslim Brotherhood.^[2]

Education and academia[]

He earned his Bachelor Degree from the American University of Beirut in 1967 and a PhD in political science from Churchill College at Cambridge University in Britain in 1972.^[3]

Abdullah Al-Nafisi has worked as a professor of political science and president at College of Political Science of Kuwait University and at Al Ain University in the United Arab Emirates.^[3][4] He has a doctorate in political science from the University of Cambridge. Between 1973 and 1980, he was active as a visiting professor at Peking University, Moscow State University, Harvard, Cambridge, Stanford and the University of Exeter.^[3]

Controversy[]

Comments on terrorists[]

Al-Nafisi has said that four pounds of Anthrax "carried by a guerrilla to transfer it through the tunnels of Mexico to the US can kill 330,000 US citizens in one hour,". In another clip, Al- Nafisi says that what the US calls terrorists "friends" explaining "Why? Because these 'terrorists' are the most pious and honorable people in the world."

On 2 February 2009, he gave a speech which aired on Al-Jazeera TV in which he recommended biological and nuclear attacks on the United States, and in which he praised terrorists like Mullah Omar as "the world's most God-fearing people."^[5][6]

Legal problems[]

In 2020, Kuwaiti authorities summoned Abdullah Al-Nafisi, for investigation into a charge of "insulting the UAE" on the basis of a tweet he posted in 2017.^[7] Al-Nafisi affirmed his keenness to attend without absence or delay in all cases he was brought before the prosecution and the judiciary according to the Kuwaiti press.^[8] 

Al-Nafisi said on his Twitter account that on 5 January, he received a decision to arrest and detain him as well as enforce a ban travel in connection with the case brought by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs against him, indicating that he had not received any notice of the case during the period leading up to the last judicial procedure.^[9]

Turkish - Pakistani Joint Request for Jordanian and Iraqi airbases[]

May, 2021 - Abdullah Al-Nafisi provokes an interaction with a tweet in which he claims “a Turkish-Pakistani request to use the bases of Jordan and Iraq in support of the Palestinian resistance.”

Al-Nafisi said in a tweet: “New news about the cease-fire began to leak out and Netanyahu’s acceptance (in haste) to accept a ceasefire .. Turkey and Pakistan asked Jordan and Iraq to use air bases to enter the air force in the fighting in support of the Palestinian resistance .. Biden told the Israelis about this. They hurriedly accepted to stop. “

CNN has contacted the Jordanian and Iraqi authorities in Arabic to obtain comment on these reports, without a response at the time of writing this report.^[10]

Books[]

• The role of Shiites in the modern political development of Iraq (PhD. thesis – Cambridge University 1972 – That Al Salasil – Kuwait).
• Conflict in Dhofar (1975, Dar Al-Politics, Kuwait).
• Kuwait, The Other Opinion (1978, Taha House – London).
• Islam Rule (1980 Dar Taha – London).
• Sharia Policy (1980, Taha House – Kuwait).
• Gulf Cooperation Council: The Strategic Framework (1982 Dar Taha – London).
• The Islamic Movement: Gaps in the Road (1986 Dar Al-Rubaian – Kuwait).
• The role of students in political work (1986, the National Union of Kuwaiti Students – Kuwait).

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