website religion birth_place birth_date article_title
-lsb- http://www.saffar.org official website -rsb- twelver shi'a islam qatif , saudi arabia 1958 hassan al-saffar

hassan al-saffar

sheikh hassan al-saffar -lrb- arabic : الشيخ حسن الصفار , born 1958 -rrb- is a shi'a scholar from qatif , saudi arabia .
he is considered one of the most important shi'a leaders in saudi arabia .
he established the shi'a islamic reform movement in the early 1990s , which sought to improve the relations between the shi'a and the ruling family .
on october 23 , 2009 , the royal islamic strategic studies centre mentioned him as one of the 500 most influential muslims in the world . ''
