Abdul Majeed al-Zindani (other spellings: Abdelmajid al-Zendani, Abdul Majeed Zendani, Abd Al Majid Zandani; Arabic: عبد المجيد الزنداني* ʿAbd al-Majīd az-Zindānī; born in 1942 in Ibb, Yemen)[1] has been described by Daniel Golden of the Wall Street Journal as "a charismatic Yemeni academic and politician."[2] He is the founder and head of the Iman University in Yemen, head of the al-Islah political movement in Yemen, and founder of the Commission on Scientific Signs in the Quran and Sunnah, based in Saudi Arabia.[3]
The US Treasury Department identified Zindani as a "Specially Designated Global Terrorist", citing his long history of working with Osama bin Laden. Students of his Iman University were suspected of involvement in assassinations of missionaries and of former Yemeni Socialist Party former Poltiburo member Jarallah Omar. His name also appears on the UN 1267 Committee's list[4] of individuals belonging to or associated with Al-Qaida.