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Relatives and friends of “Blind Sheikh” Omar Abdel-Rahman carry his coffin after funeral prayers at the Grand Mosque in the Nile Delta town of Gamaleya, Egypt, on Feb. 22, 2017. (AP Photo/Mostafa Albasuni)

Followers, Relatives of Gamaa Islamiya’s Founder Mourn his Death

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Feb 23, 2017 | Middle East

El-Gamaleya – Memories ruled the eulogies of relatives and supporters of Sheikh Omar Abdul Rahman as he was laid to rest in his hometown in el-Gamaleya, Egypt. The sheikh was serving a life sentence in the U.S. for conspiring in the 1993 New York bombings and hadn’t...

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An Egyptian girl holds a portrait of Omar Abdel Rahman, who died serving a life sentence for his role in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing in New York, during a sit-in to call for his release at the U.S. Embassy in Cairo in August 2011 (AFP Photo/KHALED DESOUKI)

The Death of Father of Terrorism

by Abdulrahman Al-Rashed | Feb 20, 2017 | Opinion

While mourning Sheikh Omar Abdul Rahman, who died in prison cell in U.S. – some try to portray him as an innocent victim and an unjustly treated hero. He is everything but that! Abdul Rahman invented the modern day terrorism and preceded Osama bin Laden and...

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Sheikh Abdul Rahman © Reuters

Founder of Gamaa Islamiya Dies in Prison in U.S.

by Mohamed Shafei | Feb 19, 2017 | Middle East

London – Omar Abdul Rahman, spiritual leader of Gamaa Islamiya, died in his prison in the United States, sources confirmed. Kenneth McKoy of the Federal Correctional Complex in Butner, N.C., said Abdul Rahman died at 5:40 a.m. He suffered from diabetes and coronary...