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 abdullah al-qasemi al-azhar university
abdullah al-qasemi

abdullah al-qasemi -lrb- 1907 -- 9 january 1996 -rrb- -lrb- -rrb- was a saudia arabian 20th-century writer and intellectual .
he is one of the most controversial intellectuals in the arab world because of his radical change from defending salafism to defending atheism , and for his sceptical and secular writings .
he denied the existence of god and criticized islam , and his books were banned all over the arab world .
after surviving assassination attempts in egypt and lebanon , he died of cancer in ain-shams hospital in cairo , egypt on 1 september 1996 .
