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    Abu Qatada

    Age 53 Male
    Islamic Cleric, Alleged Al-qaeda Member
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    Abu Qatada al-Filistini, sometimes called Abu Omar, is a Palestinian Islamist militant of Jordanian citizenship. Under the name Omar Mahmoud Othman (عمر محمود عثمان 'Umar Mamūd 'Uthmān), he is under worldwide embargo by the United Nations Security Council Committee 1267 for his affiliation with al-Qaeda. Although imprisoned in the UK since 2005, he has not been prosecuted for any criminal or conspiracy offences.… read more

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    Abu Bakr

    573 AD - 634 AD Male
    Elder, Prophet, Caliph

    Abu Bakr was a senior companion and the father-in-law of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. He ruled over the Rashidun Caliphate from 632–634 CE when he became the first Muslim Caliph following Muhammad's death. As Caliph, Abu Bakr succeeded to the political and administrative functions previously exercised by the Prophet, since the religious function and authority of prophethood ended with Muhammad's death according to Islam.… read more

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    Abu Musab al-Zarqawi

    1966 - 2006 Male
    Al-qaeda Member

    Abu Musab al-Zarqawi; October 30, 1966 – June 7, 2006, born Ahmad Fadeel al-Nazal al-Khalayleh was a Jordanian militant Islamist who ran a paramilitary training camp in Afghanistan. He became known after going to Iraq and being responsible for a series of bombings, beheadings, and attacks during the Iraq War. He formed al-Tawhid wal-Jihad in the 1990s, and led it until his death in June 2006.… read more

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    Abu Zubaydah

    Age 41 Male
    Guananamo Detainee

    Abu Zubaydah is a Saudi Arabian citizen, sentenced to death in Jordan and currently held in U.S. custody in Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba. Arrested in Pakistan in March 2002, Abu Zubaydah has been in US custody for more than nine years, four-and-a-half of them as a ghost detainee in the CIA secret prison network. The CIA transferred him between prisons in various countries as part of their extraordinary rendition program.… read more

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    Abu Ghraib torture and prisoner abuse

    Male

    Beginning in 2004, human rights violations in the form of physical, psychological, and sexual abuse, including torture, reports of rape, sodomy, and homicide of prisoners held in the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq came to public attention. These acts were committed by military police personnel of the United States Army together with additional US governmental agencies.… read more

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    Abu Nidal

    1937 - 2002 Male
    Palestinian Militant

    Abu Nidal, born Sabri Khalil al-Banna, was the founder of Fatah–The Revolutionary Council, a militant Palestinian splinter group also known as the Abu Nidal Organization (ANO). At the height of his power in the 1970s and 1980s, Abu Nidal, or "father of [the the] struggle," was widely regarded as the most ruthless of the Palestinian political leaders. He told Der Spiegel in a rare interview in 1985: "I am the evil spirit which moves around only at night causing ...… read more

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    Abu al-Walid

    1967 - 2004 Male
    Politician, Volunteer, Military Person

    Abu al-Walid (also transliterated as Abu al-Waleed and also called Abu al-Walid al-Ghamdi or simply Abu Walid) (1967 – 16 April 2004), was a Saudi-born Arab of the Ghamid tribe who fought as a "mujahid" volunteer in Central Asia, the Balkans, and the North Caucasus. He was killed in April 2004 by the Russian federal forces.… read more

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    Abu Ubaidah ibn al Jarrah

    581 AD - 639 AD Male
    Sahabah of Muhammad

    Amir ibn `Abdullah ibn al-Jarrah, more commonly known as Abu 'Ubaydah ibn al-Jarrah, was one of the ten companions of the Islamic prophet Muhammad who were promised Paradise as mentioned in early Islamic historical accounts and records. He remained commander of a large section of Muslim armies during the time of Caliph Umar ('Umar ibn al-Khattab) and was on the list of Umar's appointed successors to the Caliphate.… read more

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    Abu Bakar of Johor

    1833 - 1895 Male
    Sultan of Johor

    Sultan Sir Abu Bakar ibni Daing Ibrahim was the 21st Sultan of Johor. He was also informally known as "The Father of Modern Johor", as many historians accredited Johor's development in the 19th century to Abu Bakar's leadership. He initiated policies and provided aids to ethnic Chinese entrepreneurs to stimulate the development of the state's agricultural economy which was founded by Chinese migrants from Southern China in the 1840s.… read more

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    Abu Sayyaf

    Male
    Freelancer

    Abu Sayyaf also known as al-Harakat al-Islamiyya is one of several military Islamist separatist groups based in and around the southern Philippines, in Bangsamoro where for almost 30 years various Muslim groups have been engaged in an insurgency for an independent province in the country. The name of the group is derived from the Arabic ابو, abu and sayyaf ("Swordsmith"). The group calls itself "Al-Harakat Al-Islamiyya" or the "Islamic Movement".… read more

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    Abu Omar case

    Male
    Imam

    The Abu Omar Case refers to the abduction and transfer to Egypt of the Imam of Milan Hassan Mustafa Osama Nasr, also known as Abu Omar. The case was picked by the international media as one of the better-documented cases of extraordinary rendition carried out by the United States' Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in the context of the "global war on terrorism" declared by the Bush administration.… read more

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    Abū Rayḥān al-Bīrūnī

    973 AD - 1048 Male
    Scholar, Polymath, Historian

    Abū al-Rayḥān Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad al-Bīrūnī, known as Alberonius in Latin and Al-Biruni in English, was an Persian-Chorasmian Muslim scholar and polymath of the 11th century. Al-Biruni is regarded as one of the greatest scholars of the medieval Islamic era and was well versed in physics, mathematics, astronomy, and natural sciences, and also distinguished himself as a historian, chronologist and linguist.… read more

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    Abu Salem

    Age 44 Male
    Criminal

    Abu Salem is an underworld don originally from Azamgarh district in Uttar Pradesh, India. He is convicted for the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case and killing of India's music baron Gulshan Kumar in 1997. He has unsuccessfully attempted to kill Bollywood film directors Rajiv Rai and Rakesh Roshan. http://www. dnaindia. com/Report. asp?NewsID=9464 At one time was a close associate of Dawood Ibrahim. Before becoming a professional criminal, he worked as a driver and hawker in Mumbai.… read more

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    Abu Dharr al-Ghifari

    652 AD Male
    Date, Opposition, Caliph

    Jundub ibn Junādah ibn Sakan, better known as Abū Dharr al-Ghifārī (أبو ذر الغفاري) was an early convert to Islam. When he converted, Muhammad gave him a new name, Abdullah. He belonged to the Banu Ghifar, the Ghifar tribe. No date of birth is known. He died in 652 CE, at al-Rabadha, in the desert near Medina. Abu Dharr is remembered for his strict piety and also his opposition to the caliph Uthman ibn Affan.… read more

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    Abu Yusuf Yaqub ibn Abd Al-Haqq

    1286 Male
    Ruler of Morocco

    Abu Yusuf Yaqub ibn Abd al-Haqq (?-20 March 1286) was a Marinid ruler of Morocco. He was the fourth son of Marinid founder Abd al-Haqq, and succeeded his brother Abu Yahya in 1258. He died in 1286.

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    Abu Bakar Bashir

    Age 74 Male
    Cleric

    Abu Bakar Bashir (also Abubakar Ba'asyir, Abdus Somad, and Ustad Abu, born 17 August 1938, is an Indonesian Muslim cleric and leader of the Indonesian Mujahedeen Council . He runs the Al-Mukmin boarding school in Ngruki, Central Java which he co-founded with Abdullah Sungkar in 1972. He was in exile in Malaysia for 17 years during the secular New Order administration of the President of Indonesia Suharto resulting from various activities, including urging the implementation of Sharia law.… read more

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