Abdallah al-Qutbi
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Abdallah Yusuf al-Qutbi (b. 1879 - 1952) was a Somali
polemicist, theologian and philosopher who lived during the 19th and 20th centuries in Somalia
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in which he launches a literary attack on the Wahhabis, the Salihiya, and their leaders whom he considered to be heretics and Satanic
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Somali people
Somalis are an ethnic group located in the Horn of Africa, also known as the Somali Peninsula. The overwhelming majority of Somalis speak the Somali language, which is part of the Cushitic branch of the Afro-Asiatic language family...
polemicist, theologian and philosopher who lived during the 19th and 20th centuries in Somalia
Somalia
Somalia , officially the Somali Republic and formerly known as the Somali Democratic Republic under Socialist rule, is a country located in the Horn of Africa. Since the outbreak of the Somali Civil War in 1991 there has been no central government control over most of the country's territory...
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Biography
Al-Qubti is best known for his body of work called the Blessed collection that he published in CairoCairo
Cairo , is the capital of Egypt and the largest city in the Arab world and Africa, and the 16th largest metropolitan area in the world. Nicknamed "The City of a Thousand Minarets" for its preponderance of Islamic architecture, Cairo has long been a centre of the region's political and cultural life...
in which he launches a literary attack on the Wahhabis, the Salihiya, and their leaders whom he considered to be heretics and Satanic
Satanism
Satanism is a group of religions that is composed of a diverse number of ideological and philosophical beliefs and social phenomena. Their shared feature include symbolic association with, admiration for the character of, and even veneration of Satan or similar rebellious, promethean, and...
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