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'''Tareq Mohammed Al-Suwaidan''' ({{lang-ar|طارق محمد السويدان}}; born November 15, 1953) is a Kuwaiti leader of the Kuwaiti Muslim Brotherhood. He is well known in the [[Middle East]] and in Muslim communities throughout the world for his [[management]]/[[strategic planning]] training, [[motivational speaking]] and [[television]] shows and appearances. According to ''[[Forbes]]'' magazine (Arabic edition: Forbes Arabia), Al-Suwaidan ranks second in annual net income among Islamic speakers in the Muslim world with an estimated net profit of $1 million in 2007.<ref>http://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2008/02/28/46255.html</ref> Al-Suwaidan was trained in the classical Islamic sciences in his youth and lived and studied in the [[United States]], having received a [[B.S.]]{{when?|date=March 2014}} in petroleum and natural gas engineering from [[Penn State University]] in 1975 and an [[M.Sc.]] and [[Ph.D.]] in 1990 in [[petroleum engineering]] from the [[University of Tulsa]].<ref>http://en.zl50.com/20130409369374908.html</ref><ref>http://web.archive.org/web/20051127101957/http://www.thedohadebates.com/output/Page29.asp</ref>
'''Tareq Mohammed Al-Suwaidan''' ({{lang-ar|طارق محمد السويدان}}; born November 15, 1953) is a Kuwaiti leader of the Kuwaiti Muslim Brotherhood. He is well known in the [[Middle East]] and in Muslim communities throughout the world for his [[management]]/[[strategic planning]] training, [[motivational speaking]] and [[television]] shows and appearances. According to ''[[Forbes]]'' magazine (Arabic edition: Forbes Arabia), Al-Suwaidan ranks second in annual net income among Islamic speakers in the Muslim world with an estimated net profit of $1 million in 2007.<ref>http://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2008/02/28/46255.html</ref> Al-Suwaidan was trained in the classical Islamic sciences in his youth and lived and studied in the [[United States]], having received a [[B.S.]] in petroleum and natural gas engineering from [[Penn State University]] in 1975 and an [[M.Sc.]] and [[Ph.D.]] in 1990 in [[petroleum engineering]] from the [[University of Tulsa]].<ref>http://en.zl50.com/20130409369374908.html</ref><ref>http://web.archive.org/web/20051127101957/http://www.thedohadebates.com/output/Page29.asp</ref>


==Media and management==
==Media and management==
Al-Suwaidan is a TV personality who has prepared and presented numerous Islamic television shows on Islamic subjects ranging from broadcasting of the Holy Quran, stories of the Prophet, notable women and Andalusian history. His shows have aired on Kuwait television, First Channel, Space Channel and MBC.<ref> http://web.archive.org/web/20051127101957/http://www.thedohadebates.com/output/Page29.asp</ref>
Al-Suwaidan is a TV personality who has prepared and presented numerous Islamic television shows on Islamic subjects ranging from broadcasting of the Holy Quran, stories of the Prophet, notable women and Andalusian history. His shows have aired on Kuwait television, First Channel, Space Channel and MBC.<ref> http://web.archive.org/web/20051127101957/http://www.thedohadebates.com/output/Page29.asp</ref>


Al-Suwaidan was formerly the General Manager of [[Al-Resalah Satellite TV]], the brainchild of Saudi businessman Prince [[Al-Waleed bin Talal]].<ref>[http://www.arabnews.com/?page=1&section=0&article=78825 ]</ref> In August 2013, Prince Talal fired Suwaidan for his role as the leader of the Muslim Brotherhood in Kuwait. Prince Talal wrote on his Twitter account that he sacked Tarek Al-Suwaidan "for admitting he belongs to the Brotherhood movement."<ref>http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2013/08/18/saudi-prince-muslim-brotherhood/2668443/</ref>
Al-Suwaidan was formerly the General Manager of [[Al-Resalah Satellite TV]], the brainchild of Saudi businessman Prince [[Al-Waleed bin Talal]].</ref> In August 2013, Prince Talal fired Suwaidan for his role as the leader of the Muslim Brotherhood in Kuwait. Prince Talal wrote on his Twitter account that he sacked Tarek Al-Suwaidan "for admitting he belongs to the Brotherhood movement."<ref>http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2013/08/18/saudi-prince-muslim-brotherhood/2668443/</ref>


Al-Suwaidan is a management, leadership and strategic planning consultant in the Middle East and is Chairman of the Gulf Innovation Groups.<ref>http://www.gulfinnovation.com/NewsDetails.aspx?ID=34</ref>
Al-Suwaidan is a management, leadership and strategic planning consultant in the Middle East and is Chairman of the Gulf Innovation Groups.<ref>http://www.gulfinnovation.com/NewsDetails.aspx?ID=34</ref>
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==Views and ideology==
==Views and ideology==
Al-Suwaidan is a leader of the Muslim Brotherhood in Kuwait and describes himself as a "moderate Islamist".<ref>"Help cure West's ills, Muslims told", Catherine Porter, ''[[Toronto Star]]'', Monday, January 6, 2003, Ontario edition, Section: News, p. A08</ref><ref>http://www.tbsjournal.com/SuwaidanInterview.html</ref> Al-Suwaidan holds pro-democratic, free speech and freedom of religion viewpoints and is one of the signatories of [[A Common Word Between Us and You]], an open letter by Islamic scholars to [[Christian]] leaders, calling for peace and understanding.<ref>http://acommonword.com/index.php?lang=en&page=faq#link7</ref><ref>http://www.tbsjournal.com/SuwaidanInterview.html</ref>In 2006 he demanded that the [[European Union]], as well as the rest of the world, enact “a law that forbids the insult to religious figures and religious sacred opinions.”<ref>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ecews5f7xts</ref><ref>http://breakingnews.iol.ie/news/?c=ireland&jp=cweyidqlauey</ref> He has supported women's rights within Islamic [[sharia]] law and advocated for reforming traditional understanding of Islam.<ref>Al-Suwaidan on Tim Sebastian's the Doha Debates arguing pro the motion 'This House believes that Arab women should have full equality with men'* http://www.thedohadebates.com/output/page30.asp</ref>
Al-Suwaidan is a leader of the Muslim Brotherhood in Kuwait and has been described as a "moderate Islamist".<ref>"Help cure West's ills, Muslims told", Catherine Porter, ''[[Toronto Star]]'', Monday, January 6, 2003, Ontario edition, Section: News, p. A08</ref><ref>https://www.wikileaks.org/plusd/cables/05KUWAIT3384_a.html</ref> In 2012 he said "If Islamists start to become tyrants in the countries that were hit by the Arab Spring, we will revolt against them just like we did against their predecessors.” and that “Freedom is a holy right and is one of the principles in Islam ... Freedom is to do and say what a person wishes but in a polite manner and without hurting others.” <ref>http://english.alarabiya.net/articles/2012/03/25/203152.html</ref>In 2006 he demanded that the [[European Union]], as well as the rest of the world, enact “a law that forbids the insult to religious figures and religious sacred opinions.”<ref>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ecews5f7xts</ref>< He has supported women's rights within Islamic [[sharia]] law and advocated for reforming traditional understanding of Islam.<ref>http://www.thedohadebates.com/debates/item/indexbae7.html</ref>Al-Suwaidan is one of the signatories of [[A Common Word Between Us and You]], an open letter by Islamic scholars to [[Christian]] leaders, calling for peace and understanding.<ref>http://acommonword.com/index.php?lang=en&page=faq#link7</ref><ref>http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4679252</ref>


<ref>http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4679252</ref> Al-Suwaidan has condemned the 9/11 terrorists saying "these people are very dangerous to themselves, to the Arab world, to the Islamic world itself, and to Islam itself." Al-Suwaidan has called for the liberation of [[Palestine]] and said Muslims would be willing to sacrifice their sons for the cause of the [[Al-Aqsa mosque]].<ref>"Muslims urged to `liberate the Holy Land', Cathleen Falsani, ''[[Chicago Sun-Times]]'', November 25, 2000</ref>
Al-Suwaidan has condemned the 9/11 terrorists saying "these people are very dangerous to themselves, to the Arab world, to the Islamic world itself, and to Islam itself." Al-Suwaidan has called for the liberation of [[Palestine]] and said Muslims would be willing to sacrifice their sons for the cause of the [[Al-Aqsa mosque]].<ref>"Muslims urged to `liberate the Holy Land', Cathleen Falsani, ''[[Chicago Sun-Times]]'', November 25, 2000</ref>


In May 2007, Al-Suwaidan was listed by U.S. federal prosecutors, along with a group of U.S. Muslim Brotherhood members, as an [[unindicted co-conspirator]] in the [[terrorism financing]] case against the [[Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development]] which was convicted along with its leaders of financing [[Hamas]].<ref>http://web.archive.org/web/20081202111922/http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/112508dnmetholylandverdicts.1e5022504.html?</ref><ref>http://www.investigativeproject.org/documents/case_docs/423.pdf</ref><ref>http://www.nysun.com/national/islamic-groups-named-in-hamas-funding-case/55778/</ref> A Federal court subsequently ruled that the list of unindicted co-conspirators should not have been released to the public.<ref>http://www.dallasnews.com/news/local-news/20101106-Judge-ruled-prosecutors-should-not-have-6808.ece</ref>
In May 2007, Al-Suwaidan was listed by U.S. federal prosecutors, along with a group of U.S. Muslim Brotherhood members, as an [[unindicted co-conspirator]] in the [[terrorism financing]] case against the [[Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development]] which was convicted along with its leaders of financing [[Hamas]].<ref>http://web.archive.org/web/20081202111922/http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/112508dnmetholylandverdicts.1e5022504.html?</ref><ref>http://www.investigativeproject.org/documents/case_docs/423.pdf</ref><ref>http://www.nysun.com/national/islamic-groups-named-in-hamas-funding-case/55778/</ref> A Federal court subsequently ruled that the list of unindicted co-conspirators should not have been released to the public.<ref>http://www.dallasnews.com/news/local-news/20101106-Judge-ruled-prosecutors-should-not-have-6808.ece</ref>
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==Educational initiatives==
==Educational initiatives==
Al-Suwaidan was one of the founders of the American Creativity Academy in Kuwait, a private institution that offers an American college-preparatory education within the context of Islamic values.<ref>http://www.tbsjournal.com/SuwaidanInterview.html</ref><ref>http://www.thedohadebates.com/output/Page29.asp</ref><ref>[http://www.aca.edu.kw/ website]</ref>
Al-Suwaidan was one of the founders of the American Creativity Academy in Kuwait, a private institution that offers an American college-preparatory education within the context of Islamic values.<ref>http://americancreativityacademy-acareview.blogspot.de</ref>


He is also one of the founders of AGS (Advanced Generations School) in Saudi Arabia, a "Canadian school with an Islamic identity." Students study English under the Canadian curriculum, and take Islamic and Arabic classes as well.
He is also one of the founders of AGS (Advanced Generations School) in Saudi Arabia, a "Canadian school with an Islamic identity." Students study English under the Canadian curriculum, and take Islamic and Arabic classes as well.{{citation need}}


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Al-Suwaidan has been responsible for the preparation and submission of several courses and lectures to tens of entities in [[Kuwait]], the [[Persian Gulf|Gulf]] and the Arab world, [[Malaysia]], [[Europe]], [[United States|America]] and [[Australia]], and has trained more than 50 thousand trainees in a variety of topics relating to management in an Islamic context.{{citation needed}}

==Administrative Courses==

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The preparation and submission of several courses and lectures to tens of entities in [[Kuwait]], the [[Persian Gulf|Gulf]] and the Arab world, [[Malaysia]], [[Europe]], [[United States|America]] and [[Australia]], and have been training for more than 50 thousand trainees in the following fields:

{|
|valign="top"|
*Methodology change for organizations.
*Pentagonal loyalty.
*Leadership in the twenty-century.
*Strategic management and the challenges of the future.
*The Seven Habits of people more productive.
*Strategic Vision.
*Challenges and strategies for the twenty-century.
*Integrated approach to preparing future leaders.
*Time management.
*Teamwork.
|valign="top"|
*Modern approach to strategic planning.
*Recent trends in management.
*Creativity and innovative thinking.
*Know the science of management.
*Management of institutional work.
*Team building.
*Leadership skills.
*Skills to deal with the public.
*Decision-making.
*Managerial skills.
|valign="top"|
*Change Management.
*Leadership.
*Skills management excellence.
*Zakat awareness.
*Training of Trainers.
*Learn creativity.
*Mandate.
*Reengineering.
*The art of fundraising.
*The art of management meetings.
|valign="top"|
*An effective leader.
*Machine persuasion.
*Secretary effective.
*Customer Care.
*Regulation and the development of working methods.
*The art of dumping wonderful.
*Training creative.
*Strategies to compete.
|}


==Productions==
==Productions==
Al-Suwaidan is the author of thirty best-selling books, his most popular being: Iidad Alkada (Preparing Leaders), and spoken word audio tape albums. His album, ''Qasas al Anbiyaa'' (''Lives of the [[Prophets in Islam|Prophets]]'') is the highest-selling Islamic album in the world with well over 2 million copies sold. Additionally, over 3.4 million listeners have downloaded his lectures on the popular Islamic broadcast website "Islamway".<ref>http://ar.islamway.net/lessons/scholar/69</ref>
Al-Suwaidan is the author of thirty best-selling books, his most popular being: Iidad Alkada (Preparing Leaders), and spoken word audio tape albums. His album, ''Qasas al Anbiyaa'' (''Lives of the [[Prophets in Islam|Prophets]]'') is the highest-selling Islamic album in the world with well over 2 million copies sold. Additionally, over 3.4 million listeners have downloaded his lectures on the popular Islamic broadcast website "Islamway".<ref>http://ar.islamway.net/lessons/scholar/69</ref>{{citation needed}}


===First - Printed Production===


===(Management Books)===
===(Management Books)===

Revision as of 14:09, 4 November 2014

Tareq Al-Suwaidan M.Sc., Ph.D.
Born (1953-11-15) November 15, 1953 (age 70)
Kuwait
NationalityKuwaiti CEO, Gulf Innovation Group
EducationPenn State University
University of Tulsa
Websitewww.suwaidan.com

Tareq Mohammed Al-Suwaidan (Arabic: طارق محمد السويدان; born November 15, 1953) is a Kuwaiti leader of the Kuwaiti Muslim Brotherhood. He is well known in the Middle East and in Muslim communities throughout the world for his management/strategic planning training, motivational speaking and television shows and appearances. According to Forbes magazine (Arabic edition: Forbes Arabia), Al-Suwaidan ranks second in annual net income among Islamic speakers in the Muslim world with an estimated net profit of $1 million in 2007.[1] Al-Suwaidan was trained in the classical Islamic sciences in his youth and lived and studied in the United States, having received a B.S. in petroleum and natural gas engineering from Penn State University in 1975 and an M.Sc. and Ph.D. in 1990 in petroleum engineering from the University of Tulsa.[2][3]

Media and management

Al-Suwaidan is a TV personality who has prepared and presented numerous Islamic television shows on Islamic subjects ranging from broadcasting of the Holy Quran, stories of the Prophet, notable women and Andalusian history. His shows have aired on Kuwait television, First Channel, Space Channel and MBC.[4]

Al-Suwaidan was formerly the General Manager of Al-Resalah Satellite TV, the brainchild of Saudi businessman Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal.</ref> In August 2013, Prince Talal fired Suwaidan for his role as the leader of the Muslim Brotherhood in Kuwait. Prince Talal wrote on his Twitter account that he sacked Tarek Al-Suwaidan "for admitting he belongs to the Brotherhood movement."[5]

Al-Suwaidan is a management, leadership and strategic planning consultant in the Middle East and is Chairman of the Gulf Innovation Groups.[6]

Al-Suwaidan has two official social network on Facebook [1] and Twitter [2]. He has 3.6 million followers on Twitter and more than five million followers on Facebook.

Views and ideology

Al-Suwaidan is a leader of the Muslim Brotherhood in Kuwait and has been described as a "moderate Islamist".[7][8] In 2012 he said "If Islamists start to become tyrants in the countries that were hit by the Arab Spring, we will revolt against them just like we did against their predecessors.” and that “Freedom is a holy right and is one of the principles in Islam ... Freedom is to do and say what a person wishes but in a polite manner and without hurting others.” [9]In 2006 he demanded that the European Union, as well as the rest of the world, enact “a law that forbids the insult to religious figures and religious sacred opinions.”[10]< He has supported women's rights within Islamic sharia law and advocated for reforming traditional understanding of Islam.[11]Al-Suwaidan is one of the signatories of A Common Word Between Us and You, an open letter by Islamic scholars to Christian leaders, calling for peace and understanding.[12][13]

Al-Suwaidan has condemned the 9/11 terrorists saying "these people are very dangerous to themselves, to the Arab world, to the Islamic world itself, and to Islam itself." Al-Suwaidan has called for the liberation of Palestine and said Muslims would be willing to sacrifice their sons for the cause of the Al-Aqsa mosque.[14]

In May 2007, Al-Suwaidan was listed by U.S. federal prosecutors, along with a group of U.S. Muslim Brotherhood members, as an unindicted co-conspirator in the terrorism financing case against the Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development which was convicted along with its leaders of financing Hamas.[15][16][17] A Federal court subsequently ruled that the list of unindicted co-conspirators should not have been released to the public.[18]

In an April 2012 interview for Al-Quds, a TV station affiliated with Hamas, he claimed that since politicians were controlled by money and the media which are controlled by the Jews, only "armed resistance" and not Western aid or Western popular sympathy could change the situation in Palestine and Jerusalem. He also said in the interview that the most dangerous thing facing Muslims is the Jews calling them "the greatest enemy." [19] Al-Suwaidan subsequently denied charges of anti-semitism stating "We are not against the Jews, let this be very clear." He alleged that the comments were based on a report by MEMRI which he called a "Zionist organization." [20]

In a sermon to Hamas which was later posted on the internet on July 14, 2014 (as translated by MEMRI), Al-Suwaidan described Israel as "a deviant country...[that] is destined to be eradicated in its entirety," explaining that "We do not demand a ceasefire. Rather, we demand that the rockets continue to be launched until they bow before us." Al-Suwaidan further stated that:

All the mothers of the Islamic nation – not only Palestinian mothers – should suckle their babies on the hatred of the sons of Zion. We hate them. They are our enemies. We should instill this in the souls of our children, until a new generation arises and wipes them off the face of the earth...Each and every one of us, when leaving this hall, should be contemplating a plan how to wipe out Israel.".[21][22]

Educational initiatives

Al-Suwaidan was one of the founders of the American Creativity Academy in Kuwait, a private institution that offers an American college-preparatory education within the context of Islamic values.[23]

He is also one of the founders of AGS (Advanced Generations School) in Saudi Arabia, a "Canadian school with an Islamic identity." Students study English under the Canadian curriculum, and take Islamic and Arabic classes as well.[citation needed]

Al-Suwaidan has been responsible for the preparation and submission of several courses and lectures to tens of entities in Kuwait, the Gulf and the Arab world, Malaysia, Europe, America and Australia, and has trained more than 50 thousand trainees in a variety of topics relating to management in an Islamic context.[citation needed]

Productions

Al-Suwaidan is the author of thirty best-selling books, his most popular being: Iidad Alkada (Preparing Leaders), and spoken word audio tape albums. His album, Qasas al Anbiyaa (Lives of the Prophets) is the highest-selling Islamic album in the world with well over 2 million copies sold. Additionally, over 3.4 million listeners have downloaded his lectures on the popular Islamic broadcast website "Islamway".[24][citation needed]

(Management Books)

  • Leadership in the twenty-century.
  • How to write a strategic plan.
  • Test your strategic information.
  • Machine Creativity (Creativity step by step).
  • Flexible muscles of your brain.
  • Principles of creativity.
  • Pentagonal loyalty.
  • Time management.
  • Order your life.
  • Market leadership.
  • Learning Organization.
  • Systematic change in organizations.
  • Industry leader.
  • The art of wonderful diction.
  • Recent trends in management.
  • How to change yourself.
  • Success in life.
  • Training and creative teaching.
  • The culture industry - 1. Industry Culture
  • The culture industry - 2. How do I Read?
  • The culture industry - 3. What to Read?
  • The culture industry - 4. Child Reader
  • Industry Intelligence

(Islamic Books)

  1. Summary of the Islamic belief.
  2. Secrets of Fasting.
  3. Secrets of Hajj and Umrah.
  4. Fasting.

References

  1. ^ http://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2008/02/28/46255.html
  2. ^ http://en.zl50.com/20130409369374908.html
  3. ^ http://web.archive.org/web/20051127101957/http://www.thedohadebates.com/output/Page29.asp
  4. ^ http://web.archive.org/web/20051127101957/http://www.thedohadebates.com/output/Page29.asp
  5. ^ http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2013/08/18/saudi-prince-muslim-brotherhood/2668443/
  6. ^ http://www.gulfinnovation.com/NewsDetails.aspx?ID=34
  7. ^ "Help cure West's ills, Muslims told", Catherine Porter, Toronto Star, Monday, January 6, 2003, Ontario edition, Section: News, p. A08
  8. ^ https://www.wikileaks.org/plusd/cables/05KUWAIT3384_a.html
  9. ^ http://english.alarabiya.net/articles/2012/03/25/203152.html
  10. ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ecews5f7xts
  11. ^ http://www.thedohadebates.com/debates/item/indexbae7.html
  12. ^ http://acommonword.com/index.php?lang=en&page=faq#link7
  13. ^ http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4679252
  14. ^ "Muslims urged to `liberate the Holy Land', Cathleen Falsani, Chicago Sun-Times, November 25, 2000
  15. ^ http://web.archive.org/web/20081202111922/http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/112508dnmetholylandverdicts.1e5022504.html?
  16. ^ http://www.investigativeproject.org/documents/case_docs/423.pdf
  17. ^ http://www.nysun.com/national/islamic-groups-named-in-hamas-funding-case/55778/
  18. ^ http://www.dallasnews.com/news/local-news/20101106-Judge-ruled-prosecutors-should-not-have-6808.ece
  19. ^ "http://www.theaustralian.com.au/higher-education/mixed-messages-from-touring-muslim-lecturer/story-e6frgcjx-1226386791743
  20. ^ http://muslimvillage.com/2012/06/26/24397/tareq-al-suwaidan-defends-charges-anti-semitism/
  21. ^ Kuwaiti Cleric Tareq Al-Suwaidan to Hamas: Do Not Agree to Ceasefire until They Bow Before Us. We Must Contemplate a Plan to Erase Israel, MEMRI, Clip No. 4361 (transcript), July 14, 2014. (video clip available here)
  22. ^ Hamas Peace Plan Is to Wipe Out Israel by Rich Lowry, Newsmax Media, July 25, 2014.
  23. ^ http://americancreativityacademy-acareview.blogspot.de
  24. ^ http://ar.islamway.net/lessons/scholar/69

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