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Yahya al-Hajuri
Yemeni Islamic scholar (born 1958) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Yahya al-Hajuri[a] (born 1958) is a Yemeni Islamic scholar.
Biography
He belongs to the Hajur tribe of northern Yemen. On January 19, 2020, renewed clashes between the Houthis and the Hajoor occurred. The first clashes between the two was in 2014, before the civil war broke out, the Houthis fought the Hajur for control of Saada province. Yahya was eventually forced from the province and the teaching centre in Dammaj was bombed. The Houthi rebels went on to seize the capital Sanaa, starting the current civil war.[1]
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Reception
Al-Hajuri was one of the prominent students of al-Wadi'i, one of the leading scholars of Wahhabism. Prominent Wahhabi scholar Salih al-Fawzan said regarding al-Hajuri: "I have not heard anything concerning him (Yahya al-Hajuri) but good".[2]
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