Committee for the Defense of Legitimate Rights

Committee for the Defense of Legitimate Rights
لجنة الدفاع عن الحقوق الشرعية
Formation	May 3, 1993
Founder	Six prominent Islamist scholars and academics
Type	Saudi dissident group
Purpose	Opposing the Saudi government as un-Islamic
Headquarters	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (originally)
Location	London, United Kingdom (later);
Key people	Mohammad al-Massari (official spokesman), Sa'ad Al-Faqih

The Committee for the Defense of Legitimate Rights (CDLR; Arabic: لجنة الدفاع عن الحقوق الشرعية) was a Saudi dissident group created in 1993 which opposed the Saudi government as un-Islamic.

The CDLR was the first opposition organization in the Kingdom openly challenging the monarchy, accusing the government and senior ulama of not doing enough to protect the legitimate Islamic rights of the Muslims.

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