Al-Waisi holds a degree in Islamic Sharia and a diploma in educational qualification. He is also working on a master's thesis in Islamic and judicial studies. Prior to his judicial and political career, he worked as an Islamic education teacher and served as an imam and preacher in Aleppo for seven years. In a video, filmed in January in Maarrat Misrin , al-Waisi can reportedly be seen among the spectators at a public execution.
In another video, recorded approximately one week later in Hafasraja , a similar execution took place for a woman under the same charges. During the Syrian Civil War , he played a role in the establishment of judicial institutions in areas under the control of opposition factions.
He co-founded the Sharia Authority in Dhahret Awad and served as a judge. Later, he joined the founding cadre of the Quadripartite Sharia Authority in Aleppo, where he held positions as a military misdemeanor judge, an appeals judge, and the public prosecutor. He is also a member of the Supreme Judicial Council. In , al-Waisi began serving as the Minister of Justice in the Syrian transitional government under prime minister Mohammed al-Bashir after the fall of the Assad regime and the decision that ministers of the salvation government will serve in the same roles in the transitional government until March Videos of al-Waisi approving executions of women dating back to his tenure as a judge for the Al-Nusra Front resurfaced shortly after he was appointed as minister of justice and sparked criticism.
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