Mustafa Setmariam Nasar
Suspected Syrian member of Al-Qaeda / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dear Wikiwand AI, let's keep it short by simply answering these key questions:
Can you list the top facts and stats about Mustafa Setmariam Nasar?
Summarize this article for a 10 year old
Abu Musab al-Suri (Arabic: أبو مصعب السوري), born Mustafa bin Abd al-Qadir Setmariam Nasar (Arabic: مصطفى بن عبد القادر ست مريم نصار; 26 October 1958), is a suspected Al-Qaeda member and writer best known for his 1,600-page book The Global Islamic Resistance Call (Da'wat al-muqawamah al-islamiyyah al-'alamiyyah). He is considered by many as 'the most articulate exponent of the modern jihad and its most sophisticated strategist'.[5][6]
Mustafa Setmariam Nasar | |
---|---|
Personal | |
Born | (1958-10-26) 26 October 1958 (age 65)[1] Aleppo, Syria |
Religion | Islam |
Denomination | Sunni |
Movement | Salafi |
Other names | kunya: Abu Musab al-Suri[2] Umar Abd al-Hakim[3][4] |
Occupation | Writer |
Children | 4 |
Nasar has held Spanish citizenship since the late 1980s, following marriage to a Spanish woman.[5] He is wanted in Spain for the 1985 El Descanso bombing, which killed eighteen people in a restaurant in Madrid, and (as a witness)[4] in connection with the 2004 Madrid train bombings.[7]
Nasar was captured by Pakistani security forces in 2005 and was rendered to Syria,[6] where he was also a wanted man.[7] As of April 2014, he was being held in a Syrian prison.