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Salman al-Ouda

Salman bin Fahd bin Abdullah al-Ouda () or Salman al-Ouda (), ''Salman al-Oadah'', ''Salman al-Audah'', or ''Salman al-Awdah'' () - kunya: '''Abu Mu'ad''' (أبو معاذ)- (born 14 December 1956) is a Saudi Islamic scholar. Al-Ouda is a member of the International Union for Muslim Scholars and on its board of trustees. He is a director of the Arabic edition of the website ''Islam Today'' and appears on a number of TV shows and authors newspaper articles.

In 1993 al-Ouda was one of the leaders of the dissident group Committee for the Defense of Legitimate Rights (CDLR) that challenged the Saudi government, for which he was imprisoned during 1994–1999. In 2007 he was viewed as a government supporter. He was detained by the Saudi authorities in September 2017. , he remained in solitary confinement without charge or trial. Officials imposed travel bans on members of his family. He was arrested for his refusal to comply with an order by Saudi authorities to tweet a specific text to support the Saudi-led blockade of Qatar. In a 4 September 2018 legal hearing, prosecutors applied for al-Ouda to be sentenced to death. Provided by Wikipedia