| Bashir al-Ahar بشير الاحر | |
|---|---|
| Native name | بشير بن الوليد بن قادر الاحر |
| Born | April 30, 1966 Shfa'Amr, Palestine |
| Nationality | Palestinian |
| Citizenship | Palestine Canada |
| Education | Grand Al-Quds Madrasah |
| Alma mater | Religious leader, religious scholar, political activist |
| Title | Abdul-Baal |
| Political party | All-Palestine Party |
| Religion | Din al-Kan‘ān (formerly Sunni Islam) |
Bashir ibn Waleed ibn Qadir al-Ahar (Arabic: بشير بن الوليد بن قادر الاحر, born April 30, 1966) also known by Abdul-Ba'el (عبد البعل, lit. "Servant of Baal"), Al-Kanani (الكنعاني, lit. "The Canaanite") and by his kunya Abu Imru (ابو علاء الدين) is a Palestinian mystic, linguist, former Islamic scholar, Sufi master, and political activist who is the founder of the Din al-Kan‘ān, and the Canaanite Temple, or the Bayt Kanisat al-Kan‘ān (بيت كنيست البعل) a pagan mystic religion based in the city of Ashdod. He is considered one of the most controversial people in Palestine. He currently serves as the reigning Highest Priest of Ashdod and all Canaan.
A member of the All-Palestine Party, he was known for having strong connections to Grand Vizier Khalin ibn Mishaal al-Mizanur, where there have been claim that the latter was a follower of Bashir's Baal cult.
Growing up fervently Muslim, Bashir later left the Islamic faith, and wrote a couple of books, criticizing Islam, and promoting ancient Baal worship and ancient Canaanite religion. This earned him extreme ridicule from all three of Palestine's religious "heritage groups", namely Muslims, Christians and Jews.
However, during the Tumultuous 1990s, he migrated to the United States, due to the hostile spiritual situation in what had been established as the Islamic State of Palestine.
After the situation quelled, thanks to Russian military aid sent by Wassily Felgenhauer, he eventually re-migrated back, now having the sufficient funds to find his own religious organization, a process which met much resistance from Palestinian authorities. The situation had truly put Palestine's constitutional laws to the test, which according to the 1948 Constitution, guaranteed Freedom of Religion.
Biography[]
Bashir al-Ahar was born to Waleed and Maryam in the mixed Muslim-Christian city of Shfa'Amr. He claims the family were devout Sunni Muslims, and he originally was raised a devout Muslim, and attended a prestigious madarasah in Jerusalem. Al-Ahar claims to be of ancient Canaanite descent.
He graduated from Grand Al-Quds University (OTE: Hebrew University), with a B.A. in Religious Studies and Islamic Studies.
When doing his Religious Studies in college, is when he claims he "left Islam", though secretly.
He was read and was deeply influenced by the works of Abdul-Qasim al-Qudsi and Omar ben Obadiah al-Abdi. He was very defensive of the Beit Ashareh of and Abdul-Qasim al-Qudsi and Omar ben Obadiah al-Abdi , and had actually met the two and studied under them.
Career at the Grand Language Academy of Jerusalem[]
He eventually secured a job, working at the Grand Language Academy of Jerusalem. He was often an advocate, of retoring the ancient Canaanite and Philistine language.
Spiritual Career[]
As the Tumultuous 1990s raged in Palestine, and Islamists briefly took over the Jerusalem Parliament, Bashir wanted to stay and fight the Islamists, however, Grand Vizier Khalid al-Mizanur urged him to leave, ended up moving to the United States for a while, where he continued his work, along with members of other neo-Pagan cults.
Spiritual Vision for Palestine[]
Bashir states in many of his books, that he doesn't support, and as a matter of fact, is opposed to the destruction of mosques, churches or synagogues - but rather, re-use them for Baal as well as pre-Abrahamic worship after as he coins in
Page 54 of Kitab al-Kafir, ".....once Islam, Christianity and Judaism are rightfully, and no longer part of people's daily lives, the buildings they used shall remain. But in a reversal of what they did to our people, their buildings will be re-dedicated to the honoring of our Gods."