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Abû-Qatâda al-Filisṭînî (Arabic: أبو قتادة الفلسطيني‎), sometimes called Abû-Omar (ابو عمر) is a Muslim who has been accused of terrorist activities by a number of governments[1]. Arabic (ar الْعَرَبيّة (informally ar عَرَبيْ) in terms of the number of speakers is the largest living member of the Semitic language A Muslim (مسلم pronounced Muslim, not Muzlim) is an adherent of the Religion Under the name Omar Mahmoud Othman (عمر محمود عثمان), he is under worldwide embargo by the United Nations Security Council Committee 1267[2] for his affiliation with al-Qaeda. The United Nations Security Council Committee 1267, also known as the Al-Qaeda and Taliban Sanctions Committee, was established by the United Nations Al-Qaeda, alternatively spelled al-Qaida, al-Qa`ida or al-Qa`idah, ( Arabic:; ar-Latn ''al-qāʿidah'' Translation: The He is wanted on terrorism charges in Algeria[3], the United States, Belgium, Spain, France, Germany, Italy, and his native Jordan[4]. Algeria ( ar [[Arabic]] الجزائر, Al Jaza'ir ælʤæˈzæːʔir Amazigh: ⴷⵥⴰⵢⴻⵔ Dzayer) officially the People's The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The Kingdom of Belgium is a Country in northwest Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts its headquarters as well as those Spain () or the Kingdom of Spain (Reino de España is a country located mostly in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest Jordan, officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan (الأردنّ al-Urdunn) is an Arab country in Southwest Asia spanning the southern

After the liberation of Kuwait from Iraq (which Abu Qatada opposed) he was expelled from Kuwait to Jordan. The State of Kuwait ( دولة الكويت IPA [dawlatt̪ alkuwajt̪]) is a sovereign Arab Emirate on the coast of the Persian Gulf, enclosed For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Iraq topics. From there he travelled to the UK in 1993 on a forged UAE passport, and requested asylum on grounds of religious persecution. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located He was granted asylum the following year. He has been in British custody since his most recent arrest, in August of 2005, shortly after the London transit bombings. The 7 July 2005 London bombings (also called the 7/7 bombings) were a series of coordinated bomb blasts that hit London's public transport system during A British court ruled on February 26, 2007 that he may be deported to Jordan[5]. Events 747 BC - Epoch (origin of Ptolemy 's Nabonassar Era 364 - Valentinian I is proclaimed Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Qatada won the appeal against deportation in April 2008 under the controversial British Human Rights Act 1998 and European Convention on Human Rights despite suspected continued terrorist involvement, but remained in prison. The Human Rights Act 1998 is an Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom which received Royal Assent on 9 November 1998 and mostly came into force The Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (also called the "European Convention on Human Rights" and "ECHR" was adopted under the On 8th May 2008 he was granted bail by the Special Immigration Appeals Commission with security provided by former terrorist hostage Norman Kember who Qatada had requested the release of before his rescue by the SAS in 2006. Norman Frank Kember (born 1931 is a British peace activist Kember is an Emeritus Professor of Biophysics at the Barts and The London School of Medicine and

Abu Qatada is a Jordanian national, having been born in Bethlehem in 1960[6], at which time the West Bank was part of Jordan. Bethlehem ( بيت لحم,, lit "House of Meat" Βηθλεέμ Bethleém בית לחם Beit Lehem, lit "House of Bread" is a The West Bank (الضفة الغربية, הגדה המערבית Hagadah Hamaaravit) also referred to in Israel as " Judea and Samaria Jordan, officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan (الأردنّ al-Urdunn) is an Arab country in Southwest Asia spanning the southern Al-Filistini means the Palestinian.

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Writings and speeches

One of Abu Qatada's books, Islamic Movements and Contemporary Alliances, which is widely cited by Sunni terrorists, argues essentially for no affiliation whatsoever between Muslim and non-Muslim countries.

Dozens of writings and a few audio recordings of Abu Qatada are stored on the Tawhed website, which is al-Qaeda's online library, run by the organization of Abu Qatada's fellow Jordanian Abu Muhammad al-Maqdisi (who is the chief cleric of al-Qaeda in Iraq). Abu Muhammad al-Maqdisi (أبو محمد المقدسي or more fully Abu Muhammad Asem al-Maqdisi (أبو محمد عصام المقدسي is the Al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI is a group playing an active role in the Iraqi insurgency.

He wrote regularly for the al-Ansar magazine in the early 90s which was the official mouthpiece of the Armed Islamic Group (GIA). The Armed Islamic Group ( GIA, al-Jama'ah al-Islamiyah al-Musallaha, from French Groupe Islamique Armé; Arabic الجماعة الإسلامية [7] His writings and speeches have been critical assessed by a contemporary Muslim scholar Shaykh Abdul-Malik ar-Ramadani al-Jaza'iri in his book Takhlis al-Ibaad min Wahshiyyat Abi'l-Qataad [Liberating the Servants from the Father of Thorns], Jeddah: Makatabah al-Asaalah al-Athariyyah, 1422 AH, The Savage Barbarism of Abu Qatada

Terrorist activities, affiliations, and influence

Abu Qatada has been described by Jamal al-Fadl, in his testimony in the Southern District Court of New York on February 6, 2001, as a member of al-Qaeda’s "Fatwa Committee". Events 46 BC - Julius Caesar defeats the combined army of Pompeian followers and Numidians under Metellus Scipio Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. According to the indictment of the Madrid al-Qaeda cell, Abu Qatada was the spiritual leader of al-Qaeda in Europe, and the spiritual leader of the Armed Islamic Group (GIA), the Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat (GSPC), and the Tunisian Combat Group. The Armed Islamic Group ( GIA, al-Jama'ah al-Islamiyah al-Musallaha, from French Groupe Islamique Armé; Arabic الجماعة الإسلامية The al-Qaeda Organization in the Islamic Maghreb, previously known as the Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat (الجماعة السلفية للدعوة والقتال The Tunisian Combat Group (TCG or Tunisian Fighting Group is or was a loose network of terrorists who aspire to install an Islamist government in Tunisia. [8] (One of Abu Qatada's Tunisian admirers is Sami Essid. Sami bin Khamis bin Salih Essid ( سامي بن خميس بن صالح الصيد)a )

The Middle East Media Research Institute claimed that, in 1997, Abu Qatada called upon Muslims to kill the wives and children of Egyptian police and army officers. The Middle East Media Research Institute, or MEMRI for short is a Middle Eastern press monitoring organization located in Washington D [9]

While free in the UK Abu Qatada was the editor-in-chief of GIA's Al-Ansar magazine, and contributed fatwas to that magazine authorizing the indiscriminate mass murder of random Algerians. (Mustafa Setmariam Nasar was an editor and contributor at the same time, when he too was in England with political refugee status. Mustafa bin Abd al-Qadir Sitt Maryam Nasar, also transliterated as Mustafa Sethmariam Nasar ( Arabic:مصطفى بن عبد القادر ست مريم نصار (born )

Abu Qatada is reported by the British press[10][11] to have been a preacher or advisor to al-Qaeda terrorists Zacarias Moussaoui and Richard Reid. Zacarias Moussaoui ( Arabic: زكريا موسوي; born May 30 1968 is a French citizen who was convicted of conspiring to kill citizens Background A British citizen born in Bromley, South London and educated at Thomas Tallis School in Kidbrooke, London

When questioned in the UK in February 2001, Abu Qatada was in possession of £170,000 cash, including £805 in an envelope labelled "For the Mujahedin in Chechnya". He was not charged. [10]

Abu Qatada has been affiliated with Mohammed Omran, who heads the fundamentalist Ahlus Sunnah Wal Jemaah organization in Melbourne.

Nineteen audio cassettes of Abu Qatada's sermons were found in the apartment of Mohamed Atta when it was searched after the September 11, 2001 attacks, which he led[12]. Mohamed Atta ( ar محمد عطا السيد) (September 1 1968 &ndash September 11 2001 was an Egyptian Islamist,

Legal status

In early 2004, an immigration appeals committee, convened to decide whether Abu Qatada should be allowed at large at that time, ruled in part, "The appellant was heavily involved, indeed was at the centre in the United Kingdom of terrorist activities associated with al-Qaeda" and remarked also on "his passionate exposition of jihad and the spread of Islam to take over the world. "[13] But soon thereafter, the Law Lords struck down the basis on which he was being held, and he was again released. [14]

Jordan sentenced Abu Qatada in absentia in 2000 to life imprisonment[6] for his involvement in a plot to bomb tourists who would be in Jordan to attend the Millennium celebrations.

Offer to help negotiate the release of BBC journalist Alan Johnston

BBC journalist Alan Johnston was kidnapped, in Gaza by Muslim extremists on March 13, 2007. Alan Graham Johnston (born 17 May 1962 is a British Journalist working for the BBC. Palestine is a name which has been widely used since Roman times to refer to the region between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River. Events 1138 - Cardinal Gregorio Conti is elected Antipope as Victor IV, succeeding Anacletus II. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. [15][16][17] Johnston's captors, the infamous Doghmush clan who headed the Army of Islam (Gaza Strip),a group which contained Hamas terrorists operating under a name which game Hamas plausible deniability of involvement, demanded the release of dozens of captives, including Abu Qatada. The Doghmush ( دغمش) (pronounced "Doe-moosh" or "Durmush", see spelling) are a Palestinian family from the Army of Islam (جَيش الإسلام Jaysh al-Islām also known as Tawhid and Jihad Brigades, is the name used by the Dughmush -sometimes

Abu Qatada offered to help negotiate Johnston's release. [15][16][17]

References

  1. ^ Suspect linked to radical UK cleric, Times Online, 13 November 2005
  2. ^ UN list of affiliates of al-Qaeda and the Taliban
  3. ^ Statement from the Algerian government to the UN 1267 Committee, English translation by Nuclear Threat Initiative
  4. ^ Britain's most wanted (meaning Abu Qatada, who was missing at the time), The Observer, 12 May 2002
  5. ^ Court rules that Abu Qatada can be deported, Home Office, 26 February 2007
  6. ^ a b The Challenge of Terrorism and Religious Extremism in Jordan, Center for Contemporary Conflict, United States Navy
  7. ^ The Savage Barbarism of Abu Qatadah. The Times is a daily national Newspaper published in the United Kingdom since 1785 when it was known as The Daily Universal Register. The United Nations Security Council Committee 1267, also known as the Al-Qaeda and Taliban Sanctions Committee, was established by the United Nations The Observer is a British Newspaper published on Sundays In about the same place on the political spectrum as its daily sister paper The The Home Office is the United Kingdom government department responsible for security and order
  8. ^ The Global Jihadist Movement, Rand Corporation p. The RAND Corporation ( R esearch AN d D evelopment is a Nonprofit global policy Think tank first formed to offer research and analysis 27
  9. ^ Radical Islamist Profiles (1): London -- Abu Hamza Al-Masri, MEMRI, 16 October 2001
  10. ^ a b Profile: Abu Qatada, BBC, 26 February 2007. (May be updated. )
  11. ^ Move to expel 'al-Qaeda cleric' will test Britain's resolve on law, Times Online, 11 August 2005
  12. ^ The Recruiters: Interview with Abu Qatada, CBC, 16 March 2004
  13. ^ 'Qatada's key UK al-Qaeda role', BBC, 23 March 2004
  14. ^ British Plan to Deport 10 Foreigners, Fox News, 11 August 2005
  15. ^ a b Vikram Dodd. The Times is a daily national Newspaper published in the United Kingdom since 1785 when it was known as The Daily Universal Register. "Radical cleric offers to appeal for kidnapped BBC journalist", The Guardian, Friday May 18, 2007. The Guardian (until 1959 The Manchester Guardian) is a British Newspaper owned by the Guardian Media Group. Events 1152 - Henry II of England marries Eleanor of Aquitaine. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Retrieved on 2007-05-26. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 451 - The Battle of Avarayr between Armenian rebels and the Sassanid Empire takes place  
  16. ^ a b "Cleric contacted over Johnston plea", Daily Express, Thursday May 17, 2007. The Daily Express is a conservative Middle-market British Tabloid Newspaper. Events 1521 - Edward Stafford 3rd Duke of Buckingham, is executed for Treason. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Retrieved on 2007-05-26. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 451 - The Battle of Avarayr between Armenian rebels and the Sassanid Empire takes place  
  17. ^ a b Tariq Panja. "Talks to free BBC hostage continue", Buffalo Evening News, May 18, 2007. The Buffalo News is the primary Newspaper of the Buffalo New York, Metropolitan area and its surrounding Suburbs It is wholly owned Events 1152 - Henry II of England marries Eleanor of Aquitaine. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Retrieved on 2007-05-26. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 451 - The Battle of Avarayr between Armenian rebels and the Sassanid Empire takes place  
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