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Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi

1971 - 2019

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Ibrahim Awwad Ibrahim Ali al-Badri (28 July 1971 – 27 October 2019), commonly known by his nom de guerre Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, was an Iraqi militant leader who was the founder and first leader of the Islamic State (IS), who proclaimed himself caliph in 2014 and stayed in power until his death in 2019. Baghdadi was born in Samarra and obtained graduate degrees in Islamic theology in the late 1990s and 2000s. According to supporters, he obtained a PhD at the Islamic University of Baghdad. Following the American invasion of Iraq in March 2003, Baghdadi led the "Jama'at Jaysh Ahl al-Sunna wal-Jama'ah" insurgent group in Iraq and was detained with al-Qaeda commanders at the American Camp Bucca in 2004. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is the 26th most popular extremist (down from 22nd in 2019), the 42nd most popular biography from Iraq (up from 43rd in 2019) and the most popular Iraqi Extremist.

Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is the leader of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, also known as ISIS. He is a Sunni Muslim who is the self-proclaimed caliph of the Islamic State. Baghdadi was born in Samarra, Iraq, and joined the insurgency that developed following the 2003 invasion of Iraq.

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Among extremists, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi ranks 26 out of 283. Before him are Ramón Mercader, Patrizia Reggiani, Andrei Chikatilo, Mehmet Ali Ağca, Ted Kaczynski, and John Wayne Gacy. After him are Ed Gein, Albert Fish, Carlos the Jackal, Machine Gun Kelly, Ulrike Meinhof, and Frank Sheeran.

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Among people born in 1971, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi ranks 5. Before him are Elon Musk, Justin Trudeau, Tupac Shakur, and Pep Guardiola. After him are Jared Leto, Anna Netrebko, Jada Pinkett Smith, Selena, Queen Máxima of the Netherlands, Andy Cole, and Marco Rubio. Among people deceased in 2019, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi ranks 19. Before him are Bruno Ganz, Nuon Chea, Peter Mayhew, Frank Lucas, Manfred Eigen, and I. M. Pei. After him are Peter Fonda, Karel Gott, Agnès Varda, Beji Caid Essebsi, Franco Zeffirelli, and Doris Day.

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In Iraq

Among people born in Iraq, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi ranks 42 out of 384. Before him are Enheduanna (-2300), Ahmad ibn Fadlan (900), Ismail al-Jazari (1136), Al-Mu'tasim (796), Gudea (-2200), and Abdul Latif Rashid (1944). After him are Nahum (-600), Al-Ash'ari (873), Al-Musta'sim (1213), Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr (1914), Ur-Nammu (-2200), and Al-Jahiz (775).

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Among EXTREMISTS In Iraq

Among extremists born in Iraq, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi ranks 1. After him are Taha Yassin Ramadan (1938), and Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurashi (1976).

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