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  "ar": "وليد إسماعيل",
  "en": "Waleed Ismail",
  "ur": "ولید اسماعیل"
 },
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  "ar": "وليد إسماعيل (وُلد 1975م) داعية مصري سلفي عُرف بمناظراته التلفزيونية والمباشرة في الدفاع عن الصحابة وأهل البيت، وهو عضو ائتلاف التيار الإسلامي للدفاع عن الصحب والآل والمتحدث باسمه، وتُبث مناظراته ودروسه عبر قناته الرسمية على يوتيوب.",
  "en": "Waleed Ismail (born 1975) is an Egyptian Salafi preacher known for televised and livestreamed debates in defence of the Companions and the Prophet's household; he is a member and spokesman of the Islamic Current Coalition for the Defense of the Companions and Ahl al-Bayt, and his debates and lessons are carried on his official YouTube channel.",
  "ur": "ولید اسماعیل (پیدائش 1975ء) مصری داعی ہیں جو صحابہ و اہل بیت کے دفاع میں ٹیلی وژن اور براہِ راست مناظروں کے لیے جانے جاتے ہیں؛ وہ «ائتلاف الصحب والآل» کے رکن و ترجمان ہیں اور ان کے مناظرے ان کے سرکاری یوٹیوب چینل پر نشر ہوتے ہیں۔"
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   "note": "Born 1975 (year only) in al-Hanoville, al-Ajami district, Alexandria, as the Arabic article gives it; the Hijri year is a converter derivation from the Gregorian year. The English Wikipedia article 'Walid Ismail' is a different man — a Lebanese footballer born 1984 — and was not used.",
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    "value": "وليد إسماعيل محمد إسماعيل",
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    "value": "Walid Ismail Muhammad Ismail",
    "kind": "full",
    "lang": "en"
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   {
    "value": "أبو عائشة",
    "kind": "kunya",
    "lang": "ar"
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    "value": "الدافع",
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  "gender": "male",
  "roles": [
   "preacher"
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  "born": {
   "edtf": "1975",
   "hijri": "1395",
   "calendar": "gregorian",
   "precision": "year",
   "status": "historical",
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   "note": "Born 1975 (year only) in al-Hanoville, al-Ajami district, Alexandria, as the Arabic article gives it; the Hijri year is a converter derivation from the Gregorian year. The English Wikipedia article 'Walid Ismail' is a different man — a Lebanese footballer born 1984 — and was not used.",
   "sources": [
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  "faith": [
   {
    "value": "unknown",
    "basis": "unknown",
    "note": "Not recorded as a school. The Arabic article's infobox gives his creed as 'Sunni Muslim', and its body describes him as a Salafi preacher; no school of law is named anywhere, and one article's infobox is not two independent attestations, so the value stays unknown under the two-source rule.",
    "sources": [
     "source/wikipedia-waleed-ismail-ar"
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   "source/youtube-waleedismail1"
  ],
  "provenance": {
   "layer": "own-research",
   "source": "Arabic Wikipedia article 'وليد إسماعيل (داعية)' (revision 72434791) and his own YouTube channel (@waleedismail1), which the article itself cites as his official channel and whose own descriptions name it so; no Wikidata item exists for him and the English Wikipedia article of the same name is a Lebanese footballer, a namesake not used here. Checked 26 October 2026.",
   "generated_by": "Muse (Muse Spark 1.3)",
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   "completeness": 3
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 },
 "prose": {
  "ar": {
   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "موجز",
     "markdown": "وليد إسماعيل محمد إسماعيل (وُلد 1975م)، وكنيته أبو عائشة ولقبه «الدافع»، داعية مصري سلفي وُلد في حي الهانوفيل بالعجمي في الإسكندرية، وتخرج في معهد إعداد الدعاة، وعُرف بمناظراته التلفزيونية والمباشرة في الدفاع عن الصحابة وأهل البيت. {cite:wikipedia-waleed-ismail-ar} وهو عضو ائتلاف التيار الإسلامي للدفاع عن الصحب والآل والمتحدث باسمه، وله قناة رسمية على يوتيوب (@waleedismail1) تنشر مناظراته وبثوثه. {cite:wikipedia-waleed-ismail-ar} {cite:youtube-waleedismail1}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "المسيرة",
     "markdown": "نشأ وليد إسماعيل في الإسكندرية وتخرج في معهد إعداد الدعاة، ثم برز في المناظرات الدينية المتلفزة وفي البث المباشر على منصات التواصل، متخصصًا في الرد على محاوريه من الشيعة في قضايا الصحابة وأهل البيت. {cite:wikipedia-waleed-ismail-ar} وانضم إلى ائتلاف التيار الإسلامي للدفاع عن الصحب والآل وصار متحدثًا باسمه، وذكرت صحيفة الوطن — كما تنقل المقالة — أن الائتلاف أطلق قناة «فاطمة». {cite:wikipedia-waleed-ismail-ar} ويبث عبر قناته الرسمية مناظراته ودروسه مباشرة، ويحيل وصف قناته إلى حساباته الرسمية للدعم والتواصل. {cite:youtube-waleedismail1}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "الأعمال",
     "markdown": "تقوم أعماله على المناظرة والبث أكثر من التأليف المطبوع؛ فقناته الرسمية تجمع مناظراته وسلاسل ردوده، وتستشهد المقالة العربية بمقاطع من قناته في توثيق تصريحاته عام 2025م. {cite:wikipedia-waleed-ismail-ar} {cite:youtube-waleedismail1}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "المواقف والنقد",
     "markdown": "يعرض هذا القسم ما نسبته المصادر إلى صاحب الترجمة وما يقابله، دون أن يتبنّى المتحف حكمًا فيه. تصف المقالة العربية وليد إسماعيل بأنه داعية سلفي عُرف بالتصدي للمبشّرين الشيعة في المناظرات، وتنقل مواقفه في الدفاع عن الصحابة وأهل البيت على لسانه ولسان ائتلافه. {cite:wikipedia-waleed-ismail-ar} ومحاوروه في مناظراته يردّون عليه من المنظور المقابل، والمقالة المتاحة مصدر واحد لا يعرض وجهتَي النظر بعمق، فيكتفي المتحف هنا بنقل النشاط والانتماء الائتلافي كما وردا. {cite:wikipedia-waleed-ismail-ar}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "المراجع",
     "markdown": "- مقالة ويكيبيديا العربية «وليد إسماعيل (داعية)»، مراجعة 72434791.\n- القناة الرسمية لوليد إسماعيل على يوتيوب (@waleedismail1)."
    }
   ],
   "frontmatter": {
    "id": "person/waleed-ismail",
    "lang": "ar",
    "source_lang": "ar",
    "translators": []
   },
   "updated": "2026-10-25"
  },
  "en": {
   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "Summary",
     "markdown": "Walid Ismail Muhammad Ismail (born 1975) — kunya Abu Aisha, nicknamed Al-Dafi' (\"the Defender\") — is an Egyptian Salafi preacher born in al-Hanoville, in Alexandria's al-Ajami district, a graduate of the Preachers' Preparation Institute, known for televised and livestreamed debates in defence of the Companions and the Prophet's household. {cite:wikipedia-waleed-ismail-ar} He is a member and spokesman of the Islamic Current Coalition for the Defense of the Companions and Ahl al-Bayt, and his official YouTube channel (@waleedismail1) carries his debates and broadcasts. {cite:wikipedia-waleed-ismail-ar} {cite:youtube-waleedismail1} The English Wikipedia article \"Walid Ismail\" is a different man, a Lebanese footballer, and was not used. {cite:wikipedia-waleed-ismail-ar}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "Career",
     "markdown": "Ismail was raised in Alexandria and trained at the Preachers' Preparation Institute, then rose to prominence in televised religious debates and in livestreams on social platforms, specialising in answering Shia interlocutors on questions of the Companions and the Prophet's household. {cite:wikipedia-waleed-ismail-ar} He joined the Islamic Current Coalition for the Defense of the Companions and Ahl al-Bayt and became its spokesman; the article, quoting Al-Watan newspaper, reports that the coalition launched the \"Fatima\" channel. {cite:wikipedia-waleed-ismail-ar} His official channel streams his debates and lessons live, and its description links his own support and contact accounts. {cite:youtube-waleedismail1}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "Works",
     "markdown": "His output is the debate and the broadcast rather than the printed book; his official channel collects his debates and reply series, and the Arabic article cites clips from the channel when documenting his 2025 statements. {cite:wikipedia-waleed-ismail-ar} {cite:youtube-waleedismail1}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "Views and criticism",
     "markdown": "This section reports what the sources attribute to him and the opposing side, and the museum adopts no verdict. The Arabic article describes Ismail as a Salafi preacher known for confronting Shia missionaries in debate, and carries his positions in defence of the Companions and the Prophet's household in his own words and those of his coalition. {cite:wikipedia-waleed-ismail-ar} His debate opponents answer from the opposing view; the single article available does not present both sides in depth, so the museum records the activity and the coalition affiliation as given. {cite:wikipedia-waleed-ismail-ar}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "References",
     "markdown": "- Arabic Wikipedia article «وليد إسماعيل (داعية)», revision 72434791.\n- Waleed Ismail's official YouTube channel (@waleedismail1)."
    }
   ],
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   "updated": "2026-10-25"
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  "ur": {
   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "خلاصہ",
     "markdown": "ولید اسماعیل محمد اسماعیل (پیدائش 1975ء)، کنیت ابو عائشہ اور لقب «الدافع»، مصری داعی ہیں جو اسکندریہ کے علاقے العجمی میں پیدا ہوئے، معہد إعداد الدعاة سے فارغ ہوئے اور صحابہ و اہل بیت کے دفاع میں ٹیلی وژن اور براہِ راست مناظروں کے لیے جانے جاتے ہیں۔ {cite:wikipedia-waleed-ismail-ar} وہ «ائتلاف الصحب والآل» کے رکن و ترجمان ہیں، اور ان کا سرکاری یوٹیوب چینل (@waleedismail1) ان کے مناظرے اور دروس نشر کرتا ہے۔ {cite:wikipedia-waleed-ismail-ar} {cite:youtube-waleedismail1}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "زندگی اور کام",
     "markdown": "انہوں نے ٹیلی وژن مناظروں اور سوشل پلیٹ فارموں کی براہِ راست نشریات سے شہرت پائی، خصوصاً صحابہ و اہل بیت کے موضوعات پر شیعہ محاوروں کے جواب میں۔ {cite:wikipedia-waleed-ismail-ar} ان کا کام زیادہ تر مناظرہ و بث ہے نہ کہ تصنیف؛ ان کے چینل پر ان کے مناظرے اور رد کی سلسلے موجود ہیں۔ {cite:youtube-waleedismail1}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "ماخذ",
     "markdown": "- عربی ویکیپیڈیا «وليد إسماعيل (داعية)»، نظرثانی 72434791۔\n- ولید اسماعیل کا سرکاری یوٹیوب چینل (@waleedismail1)۔"
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