Former hardline cleric Al-Ouda first came to prominence as part of a group that issued two reform petitions to the Kingdom’s ruler in the early 90s before being imprisoned for anti government activities. Today he is increasingly influential in the Muslim world due to his website IslamToday. net and the dozens of books he has published. The cleric also has over four million followers on Twitter. Among his most prominent moments have been his criticisms of the September 11 attacks in a letter to Osama Bin Laden and in March 2013 when he issued an open letter to the Saudi government calling for reform.