Abdullah Al-Alayli

Abdallah al-Alayli (; 1914–1996) was a Lebanese intellectual and writer. His specializations included the Arabic language, Arab history and politics, and Islamic law. His works sparked controversy among Arab audiences, even leading to the banning of some of his books in certain places. He was also a theoretician of Arab nationalism.

Biography Al-Alayli was born on November 20, 1914, in Beirut, Lebanon. He completed his higher learning at Al-Azhar University in Cairo, Egypt. Generally speaking, al-Alayli's “socialist economic views and his secular writings...have alienated him from religious establishments and Arab regimes."

He has been described as a “foremost Arab linguist and Lebanese Sunni cleric” and as “Lebanon’s revolutionary interpreter of Muslim Shari’a Law."