Muhibb al-Din al-Khatib

Born in Damascus in July 1886 al-Khatib was the son of a Damascene cleric called Abu al-Fath al-Khatib. Al Khatib received secondary education in his hometown and attended Maktab Anbar, a very well-known educational institute, where he studied modern sciences, Ottoman Turkish, French and some Persian. During his studies in Damascus he became one of the pupils of Salafi scholar Tahir al-Jazairi. Al Khatib continued his education at a state school in Beirut. In 1905 he went to Istanbul to study law and literature and also, founded the Society of Arab Awakening with Aref Al Shihabi there. ==Career and activities==

In 1907 al-Khatib moved to Yemen where he served as a translator for the British consulate Al-Khatib launched Al Zahra and Al Fath magazines. In 1928 he assumed an editorial role for another magazine, Al Minhaj, which was banned by the government in 1930. Khatib also published a book, Al Khuttut al-’Arida li al Shi‘a al Ithna ‘Ashiriyya (Arabic: Broad Outline of the Twelver Shiites).{{cite journal|author=Noorhaidi Hasan|title=The Salafi Movement in Indonesia: Transnational Dynamics and Local Development|volume=27 ==Views and death==

Al Khatib was an Arab nationalist and was part of Arabist-Salafi circles in Cairo. ==See also==