Hassan Kettani

Hassan El Kettani
TitleSheikh
Personal life
BornMohamed Hassan Echerif El Kettani
(1976-08-16) August 16, 1976
Salé, Morocco
NationalityMoroccan
Religious life
ReligionIslam
DenominationSunni
JurisprudenceMaliki
CreedAthari
MovementSalafi
Muslim leader
Influenced

Mohamed Hassan Echerif El Kettani (Arabic: حسن الكتاني; born 16 August 1972) is a Muslim scholar and former political prisoner from Morocco. Imprisoned for alleged connections to the 2003 Casablanca bombings, Kettani was pardoned by Mohammed VI eight years later after efforts by his lawyer and human rights groups, and the success of Islamists in Morocco's parliament. However many human rights groups have pointed at the fact that Shaykh Hasan was targeted due to the crackdown on Islamist scholars and activist, he was released in 2013 after years of torture and persecution.