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In 1987, Hamza met Sheikh [[Abdullah Azzam]], the founder of the Afghan [[Mujahideen]], while undertaking the Hajj, the pilgrimage to Mecca.<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-11701269 Profile: Abu Hamza], BBC, 5 November 2010.</ref> | In 1987, Hamza met Sheikh [[Abdullah Azzam]], the founder of the Afghan [[Mujahideen]], while undertaking the Hajj, the pilgrimage to Mecca.<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-11701269 Profile: Abu Hamza], BBC, 5 November 2010.</ref> | ||
| − | He visited Peshawar and Afghanistan in 1990.<ref>Sean O'Neill and Daniel McGrory, The Suicide Factory: Abu Hamza and the Finsbury Park Mosque, Harper Perennial, 2006, p.18.</ref> He emigrated to Afghanistan in 1991.<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-11701269 Profile: Abu Hamza], BBC, 5 November 2010.</ref> | + | He visited Peshawar and Afghanistan in 1990.<ref>Sean O'Neill and Daniel McGrory, The Suicide Factory: Abu Hamza and the Finsbury Park Mosque, Harper Perennial, 2006, p.18.</ref> He emigrated to Afghanistan in 1991.<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-11701269 Profile: Abu Hamza], BBC, 5 November 2010.</ref> Whilst in Afghanistan, he lost an eye and both hands in explosion. According to some accounts, he was blown up by a mine while involved in construction or mine clearing operations. Other sources describe an accident while mixing explosives. He returned to Britain in 1993.<ref>Sean O'Neill and Daniel McGrory, The Suicide Factory: Abu Hamza and the Finsbury Park Mosque, Harper Perennial, 2006, pp.22-29.</ref> |
Abu Hamza travelled to Bosnia in 1995 under name Adam Ramsay Eaman.<ref>Sean O'Neill and Daniel McGrory, The Suicide Factory: Abu Hamza and the Finsbury Park Mosque, Harper Perennial, 2006, p.30.</ref> | Abu Hamza travelled to Bosnia in 1995 under name Adam Ramsay Eaman.<ref>Sean O'Neill and Daniel McGrory, The Suicide Factory: Abu Hamza and the Finsbury Park Mosque, Harper Perennial, 2006, p.30.</ref> | ||
Revision as of 00:22, 5 December 2010
Abu Hamza al-Masri is a radical Islamist cleric.[1]
Abu Hamza was born Mustafa Kamel Mustafa in Alexandria, Egypt, on 15 April 1958. His father was a naval officer and his mother was a primary school headmistress.[2]
He emigrated to England in 1979.[3]
In 1987, Hamza met Sheikh Abdullah Azzam, the founder of the Afghan Mujahideen, while undertaking the Hajj, the pilgrimage to Mecca.[4]
He visited Peshawar and Afghanistan in 1990.[5] He emigrated to Afghanistan in 1991.[6] Whilst in Afghanistan, he lost an eye and both hands in explosion. According to some accounts, he was blown up by a mine while involved in construction or mine clearing operations. Other sources describe an accident while mixing explosives. He returned to Britain in 1993.[7]
Abu Hamza travelled to Bosnia in 1995 under name Adam Ramsay Eaman.[8]
In March 1997, Hamza was appointed the Friday preacher at Finsbury Park mosque.[9]
In 1997, he was contacted by MI5.[10]
External Resources
- Cahal Milmo, MI5 approved my preaching, Abu Hamza tells Old Bailey, Independent, 20 January 2006.
- Duncan Campbell, Vikram Dodd and Tania Branigan, [1], The Guardian, 8 February 2006.
Notes
- ↑ Profile: Abu Hamza, BBC, 5 November 2010.
- ↑ Profile: Abu Hamza, BBC, 5 November 2010.
- ↑ Profile: Abu Hamza, BBC, 5 November 2010.
- ↑ Profile: Abu Hamza, BBC, 5 November 2010.
- ↑ Sean O'Neill and Daniel McGrory, The Suicide Factory: Abu Hamza and the Finsbury Park Mosque, Harper Perennial, 2006, p.18.
- ↑ Profile: Abu Hamza, BBC, 5 November 2010.
- ↑ Sean O'Neill and Daniel McGrory, The Suicide Factory: Abu Hamza and the Finsbury Park Mosque, Harper Perennial, 2006, pp.22-29.
- ↑ Sean O'Neill and Daniel McGrory, The Suicide Factory: Abu Hamza and the Finsbury Park Mosque, Harper Perennial, 2006, p.30.
- ↑ Sean O'Neill and Daniel McGrory, The Suicide Factory: Abu Hamza and the Finsbury Park Mosque, Harper Perennial, 2006, p.30.
- ↑ Profile: Abu Hamza, BBC, 5 November 2010.
