Muhibb al-Din al-Khatib

Muhibb al-Din al-Khatib (; 1886 – 30 December 1969) was a Syrian Islamic scholar of Salafism. He was the maternal uncle of Ali al-Tantawi and was the author of the pamphlet entitled (The Broad Outline of the Foundations upon Which the Religion of the Imami Twelver Shiites is Based). He has been described as "one of the most influential anti-Shiite polemicists of the twentieth century".

In 1916, he was made the editor of Al Qibla, the official newspaper of Sharif Hussein.

Early life and education Born in Damascus in July 1886 al-Khatib was the son of a Damascene cleric called Abu al-Fath al-Khatib. In November 1917 al-Khatib launched another weekly newspaper, Al Irtiqa.

Al-Khatib settled in Cairo in 1921 as result of his clash with Faisal, King of Syria and Iraq. Al-Khatib launched Al Zahra and Al Fath magazines. In 1928 he assumed an editorial role for another magazine, Al Minhaj, which was banned by the government in 1930.

Khatib also published a book, Al Khuttut al-’Arida li al Shi‘a al Ithna ‘Ashiriyya (Arabic: Broad Outline of the Twelver Shiites).

Views and death Al Khatib was an Arab nationalist and was part of Arabist-Salafi circles in Cairo.