Omar Abdel-Rahman(Blind Egyptian Islamist Militant and Leader of ‘Al-Jama’a Al-Islamiyya’)

Posted on 21 Tháng 10, 2025 by

Birthdate: May 3, 1938

Sun Sign: Taurus

Birthplace: Dakahlia Governorate, Egypt

Died: February 18, 2017

Known as The Blind Sheikh, Omar Abdel-Rahman was a blind Islamist militant from Egypt. Though blind since childhood, he studied theology and went on to lead the al-Jamāʿah al-Islāmiyyah. He later fled to the US, where he was convicted of plotting several terrorist activities and sentenced to life imprisonment.

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