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Iman University (also al-Iman University, el-Eman University, or al-Eman University; (アラビア語:جامعة الإيمان); ''Jāmiʿat al-Īmān'') is a Sunni religious school founded in 1993 in San‘a’, Yemen.〔(Arabic website ) of Iman University〕〔(English website ) of Iman University〕 ''Al-Iman'' means ''the Faith''. As of January 2010, it reportedly had 6,000 students. Its founder and principal director is Abdul-Majid al-Zindani, who is classified by the US Treasury as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist,〔(United States Designates bin Laden Loyalist ), United States Department of the Treasury〕 and who is also under sanction by the United Nations. In 2004, he was designated a terrorist associated with al-Qaeda by both the U.S. and the United Nations.〔Schmidt, Susan; (Imam From Va. Mosque Now Thought to Have Aided Al-Qaeda ); ''The Washington Post'', February 27, 2008. Retrieved November 20, 2009.〕 He was co-founder of Islah (a Yemeni opposition party) and was theological adviser to Osama bin Laden.〔 The Treasury statement mentions that some students at Iman University have been arrested for political and religious murders. Some believe that the school's curriculum deals mostly, if not exclusively, with radical Islamic studies, and that it is an incubator of radicalism.〔〔Glenn R. Simpson, "Terror Probe Follows the Money," ''The Wall Street Journal'', April 2, 2004. Retrieved January 21, 2010.〕 Students are suspected of having assassinated three American missionaries, and "the number two leader for the Yemeni Socialist Party", Jarallah Omar.〔(Office of Public Affairs, "United States Designates bin Laden Loyalist," U.S. Department of the Treasury, JS-1190, February 24, 2004, accessed November 12, 2009 )〕 John Walker Lindh, now serving a 20-year prison sentence in connection with his participation in Afghanistan's Taliban army, is a former student of the university.〔〔 After fightings in the city in September 2014, the new Huthi-masters in San‘a’ closed the Al-Iman University.〔(November 2014 ), Le monde diplomatique, engl. version, by Laurent Bonnefoy〕 ==External links== * (Iman University ) * (Iman University ) (Archive) * (Anwar al Awlaki: Pro Al-Qaida Ideologue with Influence in the West ) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Iman University」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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