Doha: Well-known preacher in Qatar Dr Hashim Al Mashhadani passed away yesterday at the age of 69.
Dr Al Mashhadani has written many religious books and has featured in many programmes on Qatar TV.
Dr Al Mashhadani is from Iraqi and holds Qatari citizenship.
Dr Hashim Al Mashhadani was born in Baghdad in 1952 and completed his primary and secondary education in Baghdad schools and then obtained a bachelor’s degree in Shariah from the University of Baghdad in 1974. He traveled to Pakistan for his master's degree from Punjab University in 1986. He obtained a doctorate from Omdurman Islamic University, Sudan.
Dr Al Mashhadani also held many positions in the Ministry of Endowments and Islamic Affairs (Awqaf), including the head of the department for directing imams and preachers from 1998 to 2000, and the head of the family affairs section in the Department of Da`wah from 2000 to 2001.
He held the position of imam at the Great Al-Rayyan Mosque.
