Turki al-Binali
Turki al-Binali | |
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تركي البنعلي | |
| Personal life | |
| Born | Turki bin Mubarak Abdullah Ahmad al-Binali 3 September 1984 |
| Died | 31 May 2017 (aged 32) Mayadin, Deir ez-Zor Governorate, Syria |
| Cause of death | Assassination via airstrike |
| Citizenship | Bahrain (revoked in 2015) |
| Main interest(s) | Jihad, aqidah, fiqh, politics |
| Known for | headed the Office of Investigation and Studies of the Islamic State |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Islam |
| Denomination | Sunni |
| Jurisprudence | Hanbali |
| Creed | Athari and Salafism |
| Movement | Islamic State |
| Muslim leader | |
| Disciple of | Ibn Jibrin, Abu Muhammad al-Maqdisi, Omar al-Haddouchi |
Turki bin Mubarak al-Binali (Arabic: تركي بن مبارك البنعلي, romanized: Turkī ibn Mubārak al-Binʿalī; 3 September 1984 – 31 May 2017) was a Bahraini-born Islamist jihadist and theologian. He was one of the ideologues, religious officials and high-ranking members of the Islamic State (IS).
A disciple of a number of Salafi scholars like Ibn Jibrin and Abu Muhammad al-Maqdisi, Turki al-Binali was considered the "chief cleric" and mufti of ISIS. He served as the Islamic State's chief qadi, and headed the Maktab al-Buhuth wa al-Dirasat ('Office of Investigation and Studies'), "an independent entity concerned with researching Shari'i issues, and issuing fatwas", as well as writing his own writings and propaganda pamphlets, and hosting a program with fatwas and religious programs on Al-Bayan radio, and thus had great religious authority in the organization. His moderate faction was dominant in ISIS, as opposed to the more extreme Hazimi doctrine.
Turki al-Binali was killed on May 31, 2017, in the Syrian town of Mayadin in an airstrike by the U.S.-led international coalition against the Islamic State.