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| name = Ibrahim Zeid Keilani
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[[Sheikh]] '''Ibrahim Zeid Keilani''' (1937 in [[Salt, Jordan|Salt]] – 2 April 2013) was a [[Jordan]]ian Muslim cleric and politician. He served as the minister of awqaf and Islamic affairs in 1990 and served as a member of Jordan's [[Parliament of Jordan|House of Representatives]] between 1993 and 1997.<ref name=jordantimes>{{cite web|url=http://jordantimes.com/former-awqaf-minister-keilani-passes-away-at-76|title=Former awqaf minister Keilani passes away at 76|work=The Jordan Times|date=2 April 2013|accessdate=21 October 2013|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141116045521/http://jordantimes.com/former-awqaf-minister-keilani-passes-away-at-76|archivedate=16 November 2014|df=dmy-all}}</ref> He was a member of the [[Islamic Action Front]], the political wing of Jordan's [[Muslim Brotherhood]], and served on the party's Sharia Ulema Committee. He was described as an [[Islamism|Islamist]].<ref name="Warrick2009">{{cite book|author=Catherine Warrick|title=Law in the Service of Legitimacy: Gender and Politics in Jordan|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TIONbTRMNrwC&pg=PA157|date=1 January 2009|publisher=Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.|isbn=978-0-7546-7587-7|page=157}}</ref>

==Career and religious views==
Keilani studied Islamic Studies at the [[University of Baghdad]] and [[Damascus University]]. He then earned his MA and Ph.D. at [[Al-Azhar University]] in [[Cairo]], Egypt.<ref name=jordantimes/>

During the 1970s Keilani hosted a television show, the show was important in creating support for the first [[Islamic banking|Islamic bank]] of the country. The main proposer of the [[Jordan Islamic Bank]], [[Sami Hamoud]], featured on four episodes to discuss Islamic banking. Keilani later served on the Fatwa Committee of the Preparatory Committee of the bank.<ref name="HenryWilson2004">{{cite book|author1=Clement M. Henry|author2=Rodney Wilson|title=The Politics of Islamic Finance|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VswqETI8mVYC&pg=PA193|year=2004|publisher=Edinburgh University Press|isbn=978-0-7486-1837-8|page=193}}</ref>

Keilani was appointed as Minister of [[Waqf|Awqaf]] and Islamic Affairs either in 1990<ref name=jordantimes/> or January 1991.<ref name=refdag>{{cite web|url=http://www.digibron.nl/search/detail/012df99dd64c9553744cba16/saddam-verloren-dat-kan-niet |title=Saddam verloren? Dat kan niet!|language=Dutch|publisher=[[Reformatorisch Dagblad]]|date=12 March 1991|accessdate=21 October 2013}}</ref> During the [[Gulf War]], while he was the minister, Keilani supported [[Saddam Hussein]]. He condemned the [[United States]] and the Arab states that fought against Iraq in the war, saying that they were treacherous for fighting against the "army of Iraq, which is the army of Islam".<ref name=refdag/> At the same time he also supported the Palestinian cause, saying that [[Jerusalem]] belonged to the Palestinians.<ref name=refdag/>

After his term of minister, Keilani served in the [[Parliament of Jordan|House of Representatives]] of 12th Parliament of Jordan, which was in place from 1993 to 1997.<ref name=jordantimes/> In the parliamentary year 1996–1997 he served as chair of the law committee.<ref name="Lucas2006">{{cite book|author=Russell E. Lucas|title=Institutions and the Politics of Survival in Jordan: Domestic Responses to External Challenges, 1988-2001|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MYBbhU88IB4C&pg=PA183|date=1 June 2006|publisher=SUNY Press|isbn=978-0-7914-6446-5|page=183}}</ref>

===Islamic Action Front===
In 2000, the Jordanian government tried to introduce Saturday as a second rest-day of the week. Keilani, as leader of the [[Islamic Action Front]]'s Sharia [[Ulema]] Committee opposed this. Keilani said that Saturday was the day off of Jordan's enemy, [[Israel]], and that by implementing the measure the Jordanian government would be acting treacherously.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.albawaba.com/news/jordanian-islamists-outraged-over-saturday-day|title=Jordanian Islamists Outraged over Saturday Day Off|work=Al Bawaba|date=1 February 2000|accessdate=21 October 2013}}</ref> As leader of the committee Keilani defended the practice of [[honor killing]]s.<ref>{{cite web|author=Yotam Feldner|url=http://www.meforum.org/50/honor-murders-why-the-perps-get-off-easy|title="Honor" Murders – Why the Perps Get off Easy|work=The Middle East Quarterly |pages=41–50|date=December 2000 |accessdate=21 October 2013}}</ref> During the celebration of the Jordanian Independence Day on 25 May 2001 the Jordanian Muslim Brotherhood boycotted the official celebrations for the first time. Instead, they launched protests in which they voiced their support for Palestine and protest against Jordanian ties with Israel. Keilani was one of the main speakers during the protests.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2001/536/re3.htm|title=Brotherhood on the move in Jordan|work=Al Ahram Weekly|date=31 May – 6 June 2001|issue=Issue 536|accessdate=21 October 2013|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131023061629/http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2001/536/re3.htm|archivedate=23 October 2013|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

In 2004 members and leadership of the Jordanian Muslim Brotherhood were involved in leading sermons and teaching in mosques while having no authorization to do so by the Ministry of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs. Several members of the Muslim Brotherhood were arrested, while others were summoned to talk to security officials. Keilani was injured after a row with security men and had to go to hospital.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.arabicnews.com/ansub/Daily/Day/040911/2004091111.html|title=Jordan detains Muslim Brothers leadership banning them from sermons|work=Arabic News|date=11 September 2004|accessdate=21 October 2013|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131023112144/http://www.arabicnews.com/ansub/Daily/Day/040911/2004091111.html|archivedate=23 October 2013|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

Jordan had implemented the [[Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women]] in 2007. Keilani criticized the government for doing so, saying that the treaty was "a dangerous agreement that effects the rights of citizens as well as the nation's identity and values". He accused the treaty as an effort to distance people from religion and as an effort to destroy the Muslim family.<ref name="Warrick2009"/>

In 2008, Keilani disagreed with top Saudi Islamic cleric, [[Saleh al-Lihedan]], who issued a fatwa making it permissible to kill owners and employees of television stations which showed immoral content. Although Keilani agreed with al-Lihedan that some of the content was immoral to Islamic standards, he feared that the fatwa would bring unrest to countries. He said that governments were responsible for dealing with the television channels.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.foxnews.com/story/2008/09/19/arabs-denounce-cleric-edict-to-kill-satellite-tv-station-owners/|title=Arabs Denounce Cleric's Edict to Kill Satellite TV Station Owners|work=FoxNews|date=19 September 2008 |accessdate=22 October 2013}}</ref>

In 2010 Keilani ordered a ban on the increasing tourism to [[Jerusalem]], a holy city for Muslims. He said that the religious tourism normalized relations between Arab states and Israel.<ref>{{cite web|author=Ksenia Svetlova|url=http://www.jpost.com/Local-Israel/In-Jerusalem/The-forbidden-city |title=The forbidden city|work=The Jerusalem Post|date=20 August 2010|accessdate=21 October 2013}}</ref>

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[[Category:1937 births]]
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[[Category:People from Al-Salt]]
[[Category:Jordanian Sunni Muslims]]
[[Category:University of Baghdad alumni]]
[[Category:Damascus University alumni]]
[[Category:Al-Azhar University alumni]]
[[Category:Islamic affairs ministers of Jordan]]
[[Category:Members of the House of Representatives (Jordan)]]
[[Category:Islamic Action Front politicians]]

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