Career
However, following the release of Sayyed Imam Al-Sharif's anti-terrorist manifesto Rationalizing Jihad in Egypt and the World, he is reported to have "declared on a Web site that he welcomed the rejection of violence as a means of fostering change in the Arab world". Born in 1960, al-Ali is married with five children. He was a primary education teacher in Kuwait, where he taught Islamic studies.
He studied Sharia at the Islamic University of Madinah from 1979 until 1988, receiving a Masters degree in Tafsir and Quranic studies. After returning to Kuwait, al-Ali served as a professor of Islamic studies at Kuwait University for several years. Months before the 9/11 attack, al-Ali issued a fatwa authorizing the flying of aircraft into targets during suicide operations, leading some to characterize his fatwas as linked to Al Qaeda actions.
