Kyai Hajji Habib Ali Alwi bin Thohir Al Husainy[2][1] (Arabic: علي علوي بن طاهر الحسيني, romanized: ‘Alī ʻAlwī bin Ṭāhir al-Ḥusayny, Arabic pronunciation: [ʕaliː ʕlwieː bin tˤ:hir al-ħuˈsajniː]; born 2 September 1967)[3] is an Indonesian politician, da'i, Islamic scholar and founder of the Pondok Pesantren Modern Al-Husainy, Serpong, South Tangerang, Banten.

[12] After 6 years as a student at Tebu Ireng, he continued his studies at IAIN Syarif Hidayatullah (now Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University Jakarta) majoring in Comparative Religion, Ushuluddin faculty, while deepening some kitab kuning to Habib Muhsin Al Attas Petamburan and Kyai Hajji Muhammad Syafi'i Hadzami.

[14] In the election of the head of this region, the pair of Usamah Hisyam and Alwi lost by incumbent candidate Ismet Iskandar together with Rano Karno as his deputy.

[7] In 2009, Alwi was re-elected as a Member of the Regional Representative Council of Banten Province from the Tangerang City electoral district.

[16] On 9 September 1991, Alwi initiated the idea of establishing a pesantren on a 1 hectare waqf land from the H. Sano family in Pregi village, Lengkong Wetan, Serpong, South Tangerang.

[17] On 7 March 1994, Alwi and his sister Syarifah Alawiyah bint Thohir went to a notary to formally record the establishment of the Pondok Pesantren Modern Al-Husainy under the auspices of the Nur As-Sholihat Foundation.

[4] Due to the expansion of residential land that occurred around the boarding school, now Pondok Pesantren Modern Al-Husainy is in the middle of the planned community of Bumi Serpong Damai, South Tangerang.

[13] In 1989, Alwi won a national-level speech contest at the Ibn Sina da'wah institution, Jakarta, beating out other participants such as Muhammad Arifin Ilham who occupied the 2nd position.

Alwi's da'wah soul has grown from a young age, so he is often invited to lecture in various places in Jakarta, even outside areas such as Cirebon, Tegal, Pekalongan, Banyuwangi, Banjarmasin, Aceh, Kutai, Batam, Padang, even to Merauke, Papua.

He argues, that the rhetoric in preaching is a language skill or art of speaking in the presence of others with a systematic and logical verbal to provide understanding and convince others.