Ibrahimj Sulayman Muhammad Arbaysh
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Ibrahim Sulayman Muhammad Arbaysh is a citizen of Saudi Arabia
who was held in extrajudicial detention
in the United States
's Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba
.
The Department of Defense reports he was born on July 7, 1979, in Al Brida, Saudi Arabia.
Ibrahim Sulayman Muhammad Arbaysh was captured near the Pakistan-Afghan border and transferred to Saudi Arabia on December 13, 2006.
On February 3, 2009 Saudi security officials published a new list of Saudi suspected terrorists. Al Rubaish was one of eleven of the 85 men on this list who was a former Guantanamo captive.
In November 2009 a research paper from the think tank
, The Jamestown Foundation
asserted that Al Rubaish was now a "mufti
" for Al Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula.
The paper's author, Murad Batal Al-shishani, asserted that Al Rubaish had produced an audio tape Al Qaida had released in September attempting to justify a recent attempt to assassinate a senior member of the Saudi Royal Family.
The paper asserted Al Rubaish had published a book criticizing Shaykh Salman al-Ouda
, a critic of al Qaida's attacks on September 11, 2001.
The paper reported that Al Rubaish had released an additional audio tape in November 2009, criticizing the Saudi government's introduction of mixed sex education for children.
He escaped from custody and is now reported to be a senior figure in al-Qaeda.
Saudi Arabia
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia , commonly known in British English as Saudi Arabia and in Arabic as as-Sa‘ūdiyyah , is the largest state in Western Asia by land area, constituting the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula, and the second-largest in the Arab World...
who was held in extrajudicial detention
Extrajudicial detention
Arbitrary or extrajudicial detention is the detention of individuals by a state, without ever laying formal charges against them.Although it has a long history of legitimate use in wartime , detention without charge, sometimes in secret, has been one of the hallmarks of totalitarian states...
in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
's Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba
Cuba
The Republic of Cuba is an island nation in the Caribbean. The nation of Cuba consists of the main island of Cuba, the Isla de la Juventud, and several archipelagos. Havana is the largest city in Cuba and the country's capital. Santiago de Cuba is the second largest city...
.
The Department of Defense reports he was born on July 7, 1979, in Al Brida, Saudi Arabia.
Ibrahim Sulayman Muhammad Arbaysh was captured near the Pakistan-Afghan border and transferred to Saudi Arabia on December 13, 2006.
On February 3, 2009 Saudi security officials published a new list of Saudi suspected terrorists. Al Rubaish was one of eleven of the 85 men on this list who was a former Guantanamo captive.
In November 2009 a research paper from the think tank
Think tank
A think tank is an organization that conducts research and engages in advocacy in areas such as social policy, political strategy, economics, military, and technology issues. Most think tanks are non-profit organizations, which some countries such as the United States and Canada provide with tax...
, The Jamestown Foundation
The Jamestown Foundation
The Jamestown Foundation is a Washington, D.C.-based institute for research and analysis, founded in 1984 as a platform to support Soviet dissidents. Today its stated mission is to "inform and educate" policy makers about events and trends, which it regards as being of current "strategic"...
asserted that Al Rubaish was now a "mufti
Mufti
A mufti is a Sunni Islamic scholar who is an interpreter or expounder of Islamic law . In religious administrative terms, a mufti is roughly equivalent to a deacon to a Sunni population...
" for Al Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula.
The paper's author, Murad Batal Al-shishani, asserted that Al Rubaish had produced an audio tape Al Qaida had released in September attempting to justify a recent attempt to assassinate a senior member of the Saudi Royal Family.
The paper asserted Al Rubaish had published a book criticizing Shaykh Salman al-Ouda
Salman al-Ouda
Salman bin Fahd bin Abdullah Al-Ouda or Salman al-Ouda , Salman al-Oadah, Salman Al-Audah, or Salman Al-Awdah -alias Abu Mu'ad - is a Saudi cleric or Sheikh and Muslim scholar. Al-Ouda is a member of the International Union for Muslim Scholars and on its Board of Trustees...
, a critic of al Qaida's attacks on September 11, 2001.
The paper reported that Al Rubaish had released an additional audio tape in November 2009, criticizing the Saudi government's introduction of mixed sex education for children.
Repatriation
Arbaysh was transferred to Saudi Arabia on December 13, 2006.He escaped from custody and is now reported to be a senior figure in al-Qaeda.
External links
- A Poem From Guantánamo: “Ode to the Sea” by Ibrahim al-Rubaish Andy Worthington