Abu-Muhammad al-Jawlani
After his release from Camp Bucca prison in 2008, al-Julani resumed his militant work, this time alongside Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the head of the then...
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Peter Cherif
He is a foreign fighter and member of al-Qa'ida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP). Cherif converted to Islam in 2003. His mentor was Farid Benyettou....
Bajro Ikanovic
Ikanovic has held various leadership positions within ISIL in Iraq and Syria over the past several years, including on ISIL's Shura Council in 2014. In...
Tarkhan Tayumurazovich Batirashvili
After being discharged from the Georgian military, Batirashvili became jihadist and served in various command positions with Islamist militant groups fighting in the Syrian Civil...
Abu Bakar Ba’asyir
In a speech following the Bali attacks Bashir stated, "I support Osama bin Laden's struggle because his is the true struggle to uphold Islam." He...
Khaled Sharrouf
As a teenager Khaled was a drug-addled petty criminal, whose substance abuse led to chronic mental illness (schizophrenia). Most likely caused by his sustained use...
Hamza Bin Laden
Hamza is a son of Osama bin Laden. In 2005, he was participating in an al-Qaeda assault on Pakistani security forces in the south Waziristan...