Habib Umar bin Hafiz

Al -Habib Omar bin Mohammed bin Salim bin Hafiz (* 1963 in Hadramaut, Yemen), in short: al -Habib Umar bin Hafiz (. Arabic الحبيب عمر بن حفيظ, DMG al -Habib Umar b ʿ Hafiz ) is the founder and dean the Dar al - Mustafa for Islamic Studies in Tarim ( دار المصطفى بتريم للدراسات الإسلامية ), Yemen.

He was one of the 138 signatories of the open letter A Common Word between Us and You (English A Common Word Between Us and You), the personalities of Islam to "leaders of Christian churches everywhere" (English " Leaders of Christian Churches, everywhere ... " ) submitted (13 October 2007).

In 2009 he was listed in the list of 500 most influential Muslims of the Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Center for Muslim- Christian Understanding at Georgetown University and the Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre of Jordan.