Overview
Mohammed Islambouli has a long history of participation and leadership in extremist groups, culminating in a partnership with Osama bin-Laden and al-Qaeda in the 1990s. Islambouli is reportedly “an expert in hijacking planes,” Dina Temple-Raston, “Al-Qaida Reasserts Itself With Khorasan Group,” NPR, October 3, 2014, http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2014/10/03/353498827/al-qaida-reasserts-itself-with-khorasan-group. and led an al-Qaeda cell in Qatar with 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed.“Profile: Mohammed Shawqui Islambouli,” History Commons, http://www.historycommons.org/entity.jsp?entity=shawqui_islambuli. In 1998, President Clinton was reportedly briefed about a hijacking plot involving Islambouli, although it is unclear whether Islambouli played a direct role in the 9/11 attacks.“Profile: Mohammed Shawqui Islambouli,” History Commons, http://www.historycommons.org/entity.jsp?entity=shawqui_islambuli. Islambouli is the brother of Khaled al-Islambouli, one of the men convicted of assassinating Egypt’s former president Anwar Sadat. Certain reports state that Islambouli, and not Muhsin al-Fadhli, is the leader of Khorasan. Dina Temple-Raston, “Al-Qaida Reasserts Itself With Khorasan Group,” NPR, October 3, 2014, http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2014/10/03/353498827/al-qaida-reasserts-itself-with-khorasan-group.
Associated Groups
- Extremist entity
- Khorasan
- Type(s) of Organization:
- Non-state actor, Terrorist, Transnational, Violent
- Ideologies and Affiliations:
- Islamist, Salafist, Jihadist, Sunni
- Position(s):
- Member
- Extremist entity
- al-Qaeda (The Islambouli Brigade)
- Read Threat Report
- Type(s) of Organization:
- Non-state actor, Terrorist, Transnational, Violent
- Ideologies and Affiliations:
- Islamist, Salafist, Jihadist, Sunni
- Position(s):
- Leader
History
Daily Dose
Extremists: Their Words. Their Actions.
Fact:
On October 7, 2023, Hamas invaded southern Israel where, in the space of eight hours, hundreds of armed terrorists perpetrated mass crimes of brutality, rape, and torture against men, women and children. In the biggest attack on Jewish life in a single day since the Holocaust, 1,200 were killed, and 251 were taken hostage into Gaza—where 101 remain. One year on, antisemitic incidents have increased by record numbers.