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Fazlullah

1974 - 2018

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Fazal Hayat (1974 – 15 June 2018), more commonly known by his pseudonym Mullah Fazlullah (Pashto/Urdu: ملا فضل اللہ), was an Islamist jihadist militant who was the leader of the Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi, and was the leader of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan in Swat Valley. He became the emir of the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan in 2013, and presided over the descent of the group into factions who are often at war with each other. Fazlullah was designated by the Al-Qaida and Taliban Sanctions Committee of the Security Council in 2015, and was added to the U.S. State Department's Rewards for Justice wanted list on 7 March 2018. Fazlullah was killed in June 2018 by a U.S. drone strike in Kunar, Afghanistan. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Fazlullah is the 254th most popular extremist (up from 277th in 2019), the 135th most popular biography from Pakistan (up from 180th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Pakistani Extremist.

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Among EXTREMISTS

Among extremists, Fazlullah ranks 254 out of 283. Before him are Ramzi Yousef, Mokhtar Belmokhtar, Thomas Lubanga Dyilo, Eric Rudolph, Charles Ng, and Vlado Taneski. After him are Stuart Christie, Jared Fogle, Karla Homolka, Hamza bin Laden, Mohammed Bouyeri, and Tohir Yoʻldosh.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1974, Fazlullah ranks 354. Before him are Jeremy Sisto, Randall Park, Stephen Wiltshire, Jonas Eriksson, Albena Denkova, and Oleg Mityaev. After him are Tadahiro Nomura, Albert Nađ, Ulises de la Cruz, Eduardo Coudet, Mikael Stanne, and Mattias Jonson. Among people deceased in 2018, Fazlullah ranks 541. Before him are Aldo Tarlao, Roy Clark, Frank Ramsey, Oliver Knussen, Ken Flach, and Olivia Cole. After him are Sigi Schmid, Walter Bahr, João W. Nery, James H. Billington, Simon Shelton, and Aloyzas Kveinys.

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In Pakistan

Among people born in Pakistan, Fazlullah ranks 135 out of 217. Before him are Balakh Sher Mazari (1928), Bade Ghulam Ali Khan (1902), Shahid Khaqan Abbasi (1958), Malik Meraj Khalid (1915), Salima Ikram (1965), and Mukhtar Mai (1972). After him are Sultan Rahi (1938), Suraiya (1929), Chris Van Hollen (1959), Hadiqa Kiani (1972), A. K. Hangal (1915), and Ramanand Sagar (1917).

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Among EXTREMISTS In Pakistan

Among extremists born in Pakistan, Fazlullah ranks 3. Before him are Khalid Sheikh Mohammed (1964), and Javed Iqbal (1961). After him are Baitullah Mehsud (1974), Hakimullah Mehsud (1979), and Ajmal Kasab (1987).

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