Khalil Abdel-Karim (خليل عبد الكريم Arabic) (born in Aswan City in Upper Egypt) was an Egyptian writer, scholar and lawyer.

Khalil Abdul-Karim joined the Muslim Brotherhood in his youth. After attaining his high school diploma he traveled to Cairo to study Law and he graduated from Cairo University.^{[citation needed]}

Abdul-Karim started his law-practice office where he was the head of the defense team (primary and appeal Courts) in the case of Professor Nasr Abu Zayd.

• Cairo Times banned for carrying interview with Khalil Abdel Karim
• The Red Sheikh teaches a mixture of social justice and liberal Islam