Muhammad al-Mukhtar al-Shinqiti (Arabic: محمد المختار الشنقيطي; born 1966) is a Mauritanian political activist, author, scholar, and academic. He currently works at Hamad Bin Khalifa University as an associate professor of political ethics and history of religion.[1][2] Besides, he regularly writes Arabic articles in Al Jazeera, which, by now, have exceeded 400 articles.[3][4] al-Shinqiti has studied and acquired degrees in different fields of both traditional and rational sciences. These include Fiqh, Translatology, Business administration, and History of religion.[5] He is a strong critic of Arab regimes and writes extensively about the Arab spring, Islamic civilization, and Islamic reform.