Muhibb al-Din al-Khatib

Muhibb al-Din al-Khatib (Arabic: محب الدين الخطيب, romanized: Muḥibb al-Dīn al-Khaṭīb; 1886 – 30 December 1969) was a Syrian Islamic scholar of Salafism.

[1][2][3][4] He was the maternal uncle of Ali al-Tantawi[5] and was the author of the "hate filled" anti-Shia pamphlet entitled al-Khutut al-Arida (The broad lines of the foundations upon which the religion of the Imami Twelver Shiites is based).

[9][10] In 1905 he went to Istanbul to study law and literature[11] and also, founded the Society of Arab Awakening with Aref Al Shihabi there.

[9] In 1907 Al Khatib moved to Yemen where he served as a translator for the British consulate[10] and became a member of Rashid Rida's Ottoman Council Society based in Cairo.

[9] Following his release he first went to Egypt and then to Mecca where he met Sharif Hussain and cofounded a newspaper entitled Al Qibla in 1916 which he edited until 1920.