Assim al-Hakeem

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'''Assim al-Hakeem''' {{lived|23 November 1962}} is an [[Islamic]] scholar living in Jeddah, [[Saudi Arabia]] and a prodigious propagator of Islamic material in English on the Internet.<ref>https://www.facebook.com/assim.alhakeem/about</ref>

He obtained a B.A. in English Literature from King Abdul-Aziz University in Jeddah in 1987, and in 1998 gained a high diploma in Islamic studies from Umm Al Qura University in Makkah as part of his Da'wah activities. Sheikh Assim began his career as a high school English teacher in 1988, later transitioning to serving as an imam in Jeddah. He is currently active in delivering Islamic programs on various media platforms.

He advocates the execution of ex-Muslims, comparing [[apostasy]] to grand treason.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20130716000210/http://www.assimalhakeem.net/node/5858</ref> In an Islamic state, he says, Christians and Jews should be forced to pay a special tax and killed if they criticise [[Muhammed]].<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20130715070725/http://www.assimalhakeem.net/node/2008</ref> What's more, Muslims should be careful not to get too friendly with followers of these religions.

Unsurprisingly, he is also [[homophobic]]:

{{quotebox|width=70%|Homosexuality is an illness and something that Allah despises. The Prophet {{wpl|Peace be upon him (Islam)|salla Allahu alaihi wa sallam}} has cursed those who have [[anal sex|intercourse with their wives through the anus]]. The punishment and the consequences of having it with another man is even greater.

You have to fight these feelings as you don’t have any excuse for not doing so. It is something that is not natural. Trying to legitimize it by saying that you were abused when you were a child doesn’t change a thing.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20120712092724/http://www.assimalhakeem.net/node/376</ref>}}

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Al-Hakeem has some rather dubious views on conduct during warfare. For one, he supports the usage of [[torture]] to extract information. He also believes that it is acceptable to take prisoners of war as [[slave]]s: "In Islam, we don’t have personas of war who are put in concentration camps. We have slavery which is a humane way of treating these prisoners", he says. According to him, female slaves can be used for sex: "As for the female slave, Islam secured her freedom if she bore a child from her master. Once she does that, she can’t be sold or given away as her child frees her. She remains a concubine until her master dies and then automatically she is freed."<ref>[https://archive.PH/RSFgV The subject of the women captives of war has come up in discussion with a Christian]. Archived from assimalhakeem.net, 13 March 2013.</ref>

Al-Hakeem is certainly not a [[feminist]]. He argues that women shouldn't be allowed to become political leaders and<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20130525062219/http://www.assimalhakeem.net/node/2638</ref> don't have the right to reject their husbands' advances.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20120327053401/http://www.assimalhakeem.net/node/108</ref> He also supports [[female genital mutilation]].<ref>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVHwTxJ_EDY</ref>

He has suggested that [[9/11]] was a [[false flag operation]]. Other subjects he has commented on include methods for curing [[jinn]] [[demonic possession|possession]] and the [[evil eye]],<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20130206034837/http://www.assimalhakeem.net/node/5883</ref> and his belief that people who don't prevent urine from splashing back on themselves while going to the toilet will be punished in the afterlife.<ref>http://youtu.be/e37zprWBi6I?t=9m19s</ref>

In June 2013, Al-Hakeem was invited to deliver a Friday sermon at the [[East London Mosque]]. The following Monday, the mosque held a "no place for hate" meeting denouncing bigotry.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20130702105817/http://hurryupharry.org/2013/07/01/the-east-london-mosque-a-place-for-hate/</ref>

==External links==
*[http://www.assimalhakeem.net/ Official website]

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