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Khader Adnan

1978 - 2023

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Khader Adnan Mohammad Musa (Arabic: خضر عدنان محمد موسى, romanized: Khaḍr ʿAdnān Muḥammad Mūsā‎; 24 March 1978 – 2 May 2023) was a Palestinian activist and prisoner in Israel who died after an 87-day hunger strike in protest of his detention without trial. By the time of his death, he had been arrested 12 times by Israel. He became prominent as a figure after a 66-day hunger strike in 2011 that led to a mass hunger strike among Palestinian prisoners and his ultimate release. In the early 2000s, Adnan was a spokesman for the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ), a group that militantly opposes Israel, and Adnan was convicted for his role with the group. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Khader Adnan is the 294th most popular extremist (down from 268th in 2024). (down from 4,897th in 2019)

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Among EXTREMISTS

Among extremists, Khader Adnan ranks 294 out of 283Before him are Waleed al-Shehri, Fayez Banihammad, Ahmed al-Nami, Amy Fisher, Khalid al-Mihdhar, and Ahmed al-Ghamdi. After him are Hakimullah Mehsud, Jimmy Chérizier, Tetsuya Yamagami, Ajmal Kasab, Monster of Florence, and Saeed al-Ghamdi.

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Among people born in 1978, Khader Adnan ranks 849Before him are Katherine Parkinson, Michael Mosley, Aldo Montano, Washington Luigi Garcia, Mizuki Noguchi, and Beth Riesgraf. After him are Yulia Barsukova, Joan Lino Martínez, Destin Daniel Cretton, Věra Pospíšilová-Cechlová, Pablo Amo, and Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit. Among people deceased in 2023, Khader Adnan ranks 603Before him are Refaat Alareer, Tim Lobinger, Adam Rich, Raphael Dwamena, Melissa Hoskins, and Mike McFarlane. After him are Craig Breen, Miklós Lendvai, Vladlen Tatarsky, Kéné Ndoye, Dmytro Kotsiubailo, and Frank McGarvey.

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