The Most Famous
EXTREMISTS from United Arab Emirates
This page contains a list of the greatest Emirati Extremists. The pantheon dataset contains 283 Extremists, NaN of which were born in United Arab Emirates. This makes United Arab Emirates the birth place of the 0th most number of Extremists.
Top 1
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Emirati Extremists of all time. This list of famous Emirati Extremists is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography's online popularity.
1. Fayez Banihammad (1977 - 2001)
With an HPI of 43.04, Fayez Banihammad is the most famous Emirati Extremist. His biography has been translated into 15 different languages on wikipedia.
Fayez Banihammad (March 19, 1977 – September 11, 2001) was an Emirati terrorist hijacker from al-Qaeda who was one of the five terrorist hijackers aboard United Airlines Flight 175 that was flown into the South Tower of the World Trade Center during the September 11 attacks. In 1999, Banihammad left the United Arab Emirates for Saudi Arabia, where he joined the al-Qaeda terrorist group. He met Mustafa al-Hawsawi, who allegedly funded the attacks. He entered the United States with a tourist visa, and on August 29, 2001, Banihammad paid for his flight ticket. Flight 175 was meant to fly from Boston's Logan Airport to Los Angeles. On the day of the attacks, after the plane took off, his group of hijackers forced their way into the cockpit. Marwan al-Shehhi, the only other Emirati involved in the attacks, took control of the plane, and flew it into the World Trade Center South Tower, killing everyone on board.
People
Pantheon has 1 people classified as Emirati extremists born between 1977 and 1977. Of these 1, none of them are still alive today. The most famous deceased Emirati extremists include Fayez Banihammad. As of April 2024, 1 new Emirati extremists have been added to Pantheon including Fayez Banihammad.
