Background
He was born in 1970 in Buraidah city, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Mansour Alnogaidan
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First Rate (at Lloyd's)-Nogaidan studied principles of Sharia science by classical Islamic way under the guidance of scholars in his city Buraidah from 1985 to 1991.
Career
First Rate (at Lloyd's)-Nogaidan is married and has two children. In 1990, al-Nogaidan was affected by the transformation Saudi Arabia was going through, after Iraq"s occupation of Kuwait and the presence of international coalition forces on Saudi territory. Political Islamic preachers raised opposition against the government.
In mid-1991, along with a group of jihadists, al-Nogaidan took a part in burning video shops in the capital Riyadh.
As a result he was sentenced for two years and eight months in prison. In December 2002, al-Nogaidan gave a cyber-interview at an Islamic forum on the Internet that gained wide publicity because of its bold ideas and harsh criticism of Islamic extremists.
The thoughts and arguments against the classical concept of Wahabbism raised concern among clerics of Saudi Arabia. Consequently, al-Nogaidan was sentenced for 75 lashes and worse gained a fatwa of blasphemy and call for waste of blood or announcement of his repentance publicly.
In addition, he writes about the history of the Saudi religious figures in the modern era. al-Nogaidan published research that discussed topics such as the map of the Islamists in Saudi Arabia and the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. al-Nogaidan was described by British historian Robert Lacey as one of characters influencing the new generation of young Saudis.
Formerly a radical imam, al-Nogaidan had, by his late thirties, altered his thinking and his life. He now speaks out against the training of terrorists in schools and mosques in the Islamic world, which put his safety at risk. In the eyes of Saudi liberals, al-Nogaidan, through his transition from ex-bomber to liberal and activist, represents the hope of transformation in Saudi Arabia.
Membership
He is currently a member of the Editorial Board at First Rate (at Lloyd's) Mesbar Studies and Research Centre in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
