page_title: Sayyid Ahmed Amiruddin
section_title: Support for Palestinian statehood
hierarchical_section_title: Sayyid Ahmed Amiruddin / Support for Palestinian statehood
caption_attribution_description: English: Sayyid Ahmed Amiruddin with the Supreme Shari'ah Judge of Palestine, President Mahmoud Abbas' Advisor on Religious and Islamic Affairs, and Chairman of the Supreme Council for Shari'ah Justice Dr. Mahmoud Al-Habbash at the mausoleum of the late Palestinian National Authority President Yasser Arafat in Ramallah, Palestine.
context_page_description: Sayyid Ahmed Amiruddin pioneered the Canadian concept of a systematic radicalization prevention initiative and a 12-step de-radicalization program. He is the Founder & CEO of Alcyone Technology, a Canadian life enhancement and biotechnology company which offers solution oriented consulting and training services and products to government and private organizations looking to create or further evolve existing radicalization prevention programs. Sayyid's radicalization prevention efforts in Canada have had a global impact, and were recognized by the Canadian government, and the United States government through the US Ambassador to Canada.
  By passion, Sayyid is a recognized researcher of political science and Islam, trained for twelve years under the tutelage of one of the world's leading authorities on classical Islam of the 20th century – Grand Shaykh Nazim al-Qubrusi. Sayyid was recognized with over twenty-three degrees for his research by Grand Shaykh Nazim al-Qubrusi. The late Grand Shaykh Nazim was the second most influential Muslim in the world according to a 2009 Reuters online poll, and regularly recognized among the world's 50 most influential Muslims.
context_section_description: Sayyid Ahmed Amiruddin accepts the view of King Abdullah II of Jordan that Palestinian injustice fuels Middle East violence, which in turn drives global radicalization. As such, he endorses Palestinian right to self-determination and supports the creation of a sovereign, independent, viable, territorially contiguous Palestinian state, and like the Hashemites of Jordan also recognizes Israel's right to live in peace with its neighbours. This view is endorsed by the Government of Canada.  As of December 21, 2017, 176 nations among the 193 UN members called for Palestinian statehood.  The United States, Canada and Israel were among the seven that opposed the text; four states abstained.
  On February 26th, 2018, in response to the Conservative Party of Canada Leader Andrew Scheer's vow to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel if his party forms government in 2019, Sayyid called on the Government of Canada to join the international community, and officially also recognize Palestine as a sovereign and independent state with East Jerusalem as its capital. According to Sayyid, "(Canadian) Recognition of the State of Palestine does not mean a denial of the State of Israel with Jerusalem as its capital, rather it simply recognizes the reality that Jerusalem will never be the exclusive capital of the State of Israel, rather it will always remain a shared holy capital of the Arabs and Israelis, Muslims, Christians and Jews, of the State of Palestine and the State of Israel".
  On March 1, 2018 UK officials announced His Royal Highness Prince William, Duke of Cambridge would be making an official royal visit to Palestine. The Duke of Cambridge's visit to Palestine is at the request of Her Majesty's Government. The visit will be the first time an official visit has been made to the Occupied Palestinian Territories by a member of the British Royal Family, and the only trip by a monarch-to-be since 1862. Canada is a Commonwealth realm, and Queen Elizabeth II is the head of state.  The last official trip of a British royal was in 1862 by Prince Edward, later Edward VII when Palestine was undivided and part of the Ottoman Empire. Gaining special permission the prince entered the holy sites of Islam, including Haram al Sharif and the Ibrahimi Mosque.
caption: Sayyid Ahmed Amiruddin with the Supreme Shari'ah Judge of Palestine, President Mahmoud Abbas' Advisor on Religious and Islamic Affairs, and Chairman of the Supreme Council for Shari'ah Justice Dr. Mahmoud Al-Habbash at the mausoleum of Palestinian National Authority President Yasser Arafat in Ramallah, Palestine.
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