Not Allowed to teach Islam - Schalors in Jail |

Saudi Arabia’s Islamic University of Madinah has reportedly issued a list of 100 banned authors, many of whom are said to be imprisoned. The list raises important questions about intellectual freedom, religious authority, political dissent, and the limits of acceptable thought in a state that claims to uphold Islamic values. It reportedly includes influential figures such as Syed Qutb, Hassan al-Banna, Yusuf al-Qaradawi, Abul A’la Maududi, and Rachid Ghannouchi, whose political interpretations of Islam challenge the Saudi state’s official religious and political narrative. Shia scholars, reformist thinkers, and intellectuals critical of religious orthodoxy also appear among the prohibited authors. In this discussion, author and thinker Mobarak Haider takes an analytical approach to examining the ideological motivations behind such restrictions. Why are certain Muslim thinkers considered dangerous? Is the real concern theological disagreement, political opposition, or the possibility that independent thinking might challenge established authority? The discussion goes beyond the list itself to explore the relationship between religion and power, the politics of censorship, and the contradictions of a religious establishment that promotes the pursuit of knowledge while restricting access to ideas that question its authority. #muslim #muslimscholars #islam #banned #history #radical #faith #religion #shia #sunni