Shaker Al Nabulsi (December 5, 1940 – January 6, 2014) was an American author and columnist of Jordanian descent.
al-Nabulsi was a signatory of the St. Petersburg Declaration at the Secular Islam Summit and authored numerous books and widely cited articles on politics, religion, literature and the Arab world.
He stated that Sharia laws could only be understood in the context of the period when they were written, and contested the idea that they are eternal.
In 2006, Al-Nabulsi warned that Hezbollah was planning to establish an Islamic republic in Lebanon modeled on Iran.
[2] Al-Nabulsi coined the term "neo-liberals" for late-twentieth century liberals in the Arab world, and served as their spokesperson.