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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> 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>
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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 an 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>
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In 1997, he was contacted by [[MI5]].<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-11701269 Profile: Abu Hamza], BBC, 5 November 2010.</ref>
 
In 1997, he was contacted by [[MI5]].<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-11701269 Profile: Abu Hamza], BBC, 5 November 2010.</ref>
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At a US trial in 2014, Hamza's lawyer said that he 'was an intermediary, that MI5 asked him on multiple times to act in hostage situations, cool down the community and maintain a sense of order," he argued.' The trial judge subsequently ruled that Hamza could not testify about his dealings with British intelligence.<ref>Philip Sherwell, [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/10814816/Abu-Hamza-secretly-worked-for-MI5-to-keep-streets-of-London-safe.html Abu Hamza 'secretly worked for MI5' to 'keep streets of London safe'], ''The Telegraph'', 7 May 2014.</ref>
  
 
==External Resources==
 
==External Resources==
 
*Cahal Milmo, [http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/mi5-approved-my-preaching-abu-hamza-tells-old-bailey-523786.html MI5 approved my preaching, Abu Hamza tells Old Bailey], Independent, 20 January 2006.
 
*Cahal Milmo, [http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/mi5-approved-my-preaching-abu-hamza-tells-old-bailey-523786.html MI5 approved my preaching, Abu Hamza tells Old Bailey], Independent, 20 January 2006.
*Duncan Campbell, Vikram Dodd and Tania Branigan, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2006/feb/08/topstories3.terrorism], The Guardian, 8 February 2006.
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*Duncan Campbell, Vikram Dodd and Tania Branigan, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2006/feb/08/topstories3.terrorism Guilty: the cleric who preached murder as a religious duty], The Guardian, 8 February 2006.
  
 
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Latest revision as of 21:15, 4 May 2016

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 an 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]

At a US trial in 2014, Hamza's lawyer said that he 'was an intermediary, that MI5 asked him on multiple times to act in hostage situations, cool down the community and maintain a sense of order," he argued.' The trial judge subsequently ruled that Hamza could not testify about his dealings with British intelligence.[11]

External Resources

Notes

  1. Profile: Abu Hamza, BBC, 5 November 2010.
  2. Profile: Abu Hamza, BBC, 5 November 2010.
  3. Profile: Abu Hamza, BBC, 5 November 2010.
  4. Profile: Abu Hamza, BBC, 5 November 2010.
  5. Sean O'Neill and Daniel McGrory, The Suicide Factory: Abu Hamza and the Finsbury Park Mosque, Harper Perennial, 2006, p.18.
  6. Profile: Abu Hamza, BBC, 5 November 2010.
  7. Sean O'Neill and Daniel McGrory, The Suicide Factory: Abu Hamza and the Finsbury Park Mosque, Harper Perennial, 2006, pp.22-29.
  8. Sean O'Neill and Daniel McGrory, The Suicide Factory: Abu Hamza and the Finsbury Park Mosque, Harper Perennial, 2006, p.30.
  9. Sean O'Neill and Daniel McGrory, The Suicide Factory: Abu Hamza and the Finsbury Park Mosque, Harper Perennial, 2006, p.30.
  10. Profile: Abu Hamza, BBC, 5 November 2010.
  11. Philip Sherwell, Abu Hamza 'secretly worked for MI5' to 'keep streets of London safe', The Telegraph, 7 May 2014.