He is also a keynote speaker at the Imam Shawkaani mosque in Sana’a and manages a number of humanitarian relief projects under the supervision of the Ministry of Social and Labour Affairs.
[1] After the conference, he said in an interview that behind the Salafis’ entry into the political arena was the party members’ willingness to “contribute to the nation's awakening in line with developments being witnessed by Yemen and Arab region in light of the Arab Spring.”[6] He further stated that al-Rashad would unite the Salafi factions in the country toward the common goal of ruling “the people using the Islamic Shari’a law and peaceful means.
[8] The conference inaugurated the second phase of Yemen's transition of power in the framework of the Gulf initiative signed in Riyadh in November 2011 by the deposed President Ali Abdullah Saleh.
[8] The initiative, brokered by the Gulf Cooperation Council and sponsored by the United States and Saudi Arabia,[3] stipulated a two-year transitional period and created the National Dialogue Conference as a forum to discuss outstanding issues and to draft a new constitution compatible with Yemen's new situation.
[3] There have been speculations that the selection of Humayqani as one of the two Yemeni representative to attend the conference may indicate Saudi Arabia's hope that al-Rashad Union can be bolstered to compete with the Muslim Brotherhood like al-Nour party in Egypt.
[13] Humayqani served as a “onetime adviser to Qatar on charitable giving”,[2] and was one of the local representatives of the Qatari branch of the Swiss-based human rights organization Alkarama.
[11] President Mansour Hadi refused to extradite Humayqani and denounced the charges, which caused a wave of discontent in Yemen from the political and the religious field.
[12] Interviewed by The Washington Post, he declared that his charities “benefit orphans, mosques and poor families, not al-Qaeda,” and that he had no objections to face trial in Yemen to defend himself against any charges.
[20] He has also said that he could consider legal action in the U.S.[21] In September 2023, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) released a report detailing the removal of Qatari individuals and organizations from its list of designated terrorist entities.
“In addition,” NGO monitor writes “these organizations have an obligation to review the status of the officials responsible for such collaborations, alliances, and affiliations.”[23] Amnesty admitted that, in the past, Alkarama helped it with information on human rights abuse cases and added that it was “unable to confirm” the accuracy of the US allegations of terror finance.