RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Sajida al-Rishawi

1970 - 2015

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Sajida Mubarak Atrous al-Rishawi (Arabic: ساجدة مبارك عطروس الريشاوي c. 1970 – 4 February 2015) was an attempted suicide bomber and an Islamic terrorist. She was convicted of possessing explosives and intending to commit a terrorist act in the 9 November 2005 Amman bombings in Jordan that killed 60 people and injured 115 others, having survived when her explosive belt failed to detonate. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Sajida al-Rishawi is the 2,980th most popular religious figure (down from 2,930th in 2024), the 333rd most popular biography from Iraq (up from 336th in 2019) and the 39th most popular Iraqi Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Sajida al-Rishawi ranks 2,980 out of 3,187. Before her are Cosmo Gordon Lang, Alvin Sargent, José Humberto Quintero Parra, Pedro Ignacio Wolcan Olano, Aimee Semple McPherson, and Thirteen Assyrian Fathers. After her are Mirza Tahir Ahmad, Wenceslao Padilla, Demophilus of Constantinople, Paolo Pezzi, Maher Al-Mu'aiqly, and James J. Martin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1970, Sajida al-Rishawi ranks 292. Before her are Tetsuya Nomura, Paul B. Preciado, Alexi Lalas, Erkan Petekkaya, Serdar Ortaç, and Regina Hall. After her are Leif Ove Andsnes, David Benioff, Evgeni Berzin, Michelle Reis, Bryan Roy, and Khalil Al Ghamdi. Among people deceased in 2015, Sajida al-Rishawi ranks 425. Before her are Ann Rule, Sergio Caprari, Bruno Pesaola, Toller Cranston, Rakhat Aliyev, and Tanith Lee. After her are Darren Shahlavi, Jihadi John, Bobbi Kristina Brown, Bob Foster, Marisa Del Frate, and Ernst Larsen.

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In Iraq

Among people born in Iraq, Sajida al-Rishawi ranks 333 out of 384. Before her are Puzur-Ashur I (-2050), Hoshyar Zebari (1953), Ninurta-tukulti-Ashur (-1200), Eriba-Adad II (-1100), Ahmet Haşim (1887), and Dar Salim (1977). After her are Rana Hussein (1969), Beatrice Ohanessian (1927), Mohammed Tawfiq Allawi (1954), Selim Bayraktar (1975), Ahmed Al Safi (1971), and Jafar Salmasi (1918).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Iraq

Among religious figures born in Iraq, Sajida al-Rishawi ranks 39. Before her are Ignatius Gabriel I Tappouni (1879), Yitzhak Kaduri (1898), Ma'mar ibn al-Muthanna (728), Abu al-Hasan al-Hashimi al-Qurashi (1980), Mullah Krekar (1956), and Paulos Faraj Rahho (1942). After her are Mari Emmanuel (1970), Bashar Warda (1969), and Murder of Du'a Khalil Aswad (null).

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