Osama bin Muhammad bin 'Awad bin Laden, most often mentioned as Osama bin Laden or Usama bin Laden, is a Saudi militant Islamist and is reported to be the founder of the organization called al-Qaeda. He is a member of the wealthy bin Laden family. In conjunction with several other Islamic militant leaders, …

Khalid Sheikh Mohammed is a prisoner in U.S. custody for acts of terrorism, including mass murder. In March 2007, after four years in captivity, including six months of detention at Guantanamo Bay, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed — as it was claimed by a Combatant Status Review Tribunal Hearing in Guantanamo Bay — confessed to masterminding the September 11th attacks, the Richard Reid shoe bombing attempt to blow up an airliner over the Atlantic Ocean, …

Abu Qatada al-Filistini, sometimes called Abu Omar is a radical Islamist cleric who has been accused of terrorist activities by a number of governments. Under the name Omar Mahmoud Othman (عمر محمود عثمان), he is under worldwide embargo by the United Nations Security Council Committee 1267 for his affiliation with al-Qaeda. He is wanted on terrorism charges in Algeria, the United States, Belgium, Spain, France, Germany, Italy, …

Michael F. Scheuer is a 22-year CIA veteran. He served as the Chief, 1996 to 1999, of the Bin Laden Issue Station (aka "Alec Station"), the Osama bin Laden tracking unit at the Counterterrorist Center. He then worked again as Special Advisor to the Chief of the bin Laden unit from September 2001 to November 2004. He was also in charge of drafting the original rendition process (viz. Swiss senator Dick Marty's report on U.S. rendition facilities in Europe) under Clinton.

Mohamed Atta ("') (September 1, 1968 - September 11, 2001) was named by the FBI as the head suicide pilot of American Airlines Flight 11, the first plane to crash into the World Trade Center during the September 11, 2001 attacks. Atta is suspected of using numerous aliases during his lifetime, including Mehan Atta, Mohammed Atta, Mohammad El Amir, Mohamed El Sayed, …

Mohammed Bouyeri (born March 8 1978 in Amsterdam), is serving a life sentence without parole for the murder of Dutch film director Theo van Gogh. He holds both Dutch and Moroccan citizenship.

Jamie Glazov is Frontpage Magazine's managing editor. He holds a Ph.D. in History with a specialty in U.S. and Canadian foreign policy. He edited and wrote the introduction to David Horowitz 's Left Illusions. He is also the co-editor (with David Horowitz ) of The Hate America Left and the author of Canadian Policy Toward Khrushchev's Soviet Union (McGill-Queens University Press, 2002) and 15 Tips on How to be a Good Leftist .

John Phillip Walker Lindh is an American who was captured during the 2001 invasion of Afghanistan while fighting there for the Taliban. His capture made worldwide headlines. Walker prefers to go by the name Hamza Walker Lindh today, although during his time in Afghanistan, he went by Sulayman al-Faris. He earned the nicknames Jihad Johnny and Ratboy in the same style as Axis Sally and Tokyo Rose, …

Lorenzo Vidino is a research analyst for the Investigative Project. The Investigative Project is a Washington-based thinktank, which focuses on militant islamic terrorism. Vidino has given a testimony at the United States House of Representatives concerning "Islamic Extremism in Europe". He has published the book "Al Qaeda in Europe: The New Battleground of International Jihad” ISBN 1-59102-433-1, and is currently writing a Ph.D. at Tufts University.

Kafeel Ahmed, aka Khalid Ahmed and Khaled Ahmad, (b. Jan 1 1979) is an Indian Muslim and was born and raised in Bangalore, India He is an engineer who was studying for a PhD in computational fluid dynamics. He is often mistakenly referred to as a medical doctor. He was arrested in Great Britain in the aftermath of the 2007 Glasgow International Airport attack. He is held hospitalized at Royal Alexandra Hospital in critical condition, …

Adam Yahiye Gadahn is an American-born English-language spokesman for the al-Qaeda organization. He is notable for his suspected appearances as "Azzam the American" (ʿAzzām al-Amrīki, عزام الأمريكي), a spokesperson in 2004-2006 videotapes which claim to be messages from Al Qaeda to the United States. In 2004, he was added to the FBI Seeking Information - War on Terrorism list. On October 11, 2006 he was removed from that list, …

Derrick Shareef, also known as Talib Abu Salam Ibn Shareef, is an accused Islamic terrorist who is charged with trying to trade stereo speakers for handgrenades and a handgun as part of plan to terrorize shoppers at CherryVale Mall in Rockford, Illinois. Last known to reside in Genoa, Illinois, Shareef was arrested by FBI agents in Rockford on 6 December 2006.

Mohammed Junaid Babar is a Pakistani-American who, after pleading guilty to terrorist related offences in New York, testified in March 2006 against a group of men accused of plotting bomb attacks in London.

Juma Namangani, born Jumaboi Ahmadzhanovitch Khojayev (born in 1969, died 2001), founded and led the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan, a designated Islamic terrorist organization that operates in Uzbekistan, until an American airstrike near Kunduz, Afghanistan killed him as part of Operation Enduring Freedom in November 2001. Namangani, conscripted into the Soviet Army in 1987, fought in the 1979 invasion of Afghanistan.

Hussam Abdo (also Husam, Abdu), (full name Hussam Muhammad Bilal Abdu, born 1987) is a Palestinian, from Masahiya neighborhood in Nablus, who made international headlines on March 24 2004, when he was apparently forced to enter the Hawara Checkpoint, in West Bank, Israel, carrying bombs as part of a suicide attack attempt.

Little is known about Qari Mohammad Yousuf except that he is a spokesman for the Taliban. On numerous occasions he has contacted Reuters, Associated Press, and Afghan Islamic Press by satellite telephone to tell the Taliban's version of events in Afghanistan, particularly the south of that country. Examples are: *al-Jazeera, quoting Reuters, March 2006 *MSN, quoting AP, May 2006 *BBC, quoting AIP, September 2006 *TVNZ, quoting Reuters, 10 December 2006

Father Andrea Santoro (September 7 1945 in Priverno - February 5 2006 in Trabzon) was a Catholic priest who was murdered in the Santa Maria Church in Trabzon, Turkey, where he served as a member of the Catholic church's Fidei donum missionary program. He was shot dead from behind while kneeling in prayer in the church. A witness heard the perpetrator shouting "Allahu Akbar". A 16-year-old high school student was arrested two days after the shooting carrying a 9mm pistol.

Hasan Mahsum, also known as Abu-Muhammad al-Turkestani and Ashan Sumut, founded and led the East Turkestan Islamic Movement, an Islamic terrorist organization suspected of ties to Al Qaeda. He was shot dead in a counter-terrorism operation on 2 October 2003 by the Pakistani Army.

Abu Uzair (born Sajid Sharif in 1968) is the leader of the The Saved Sect, an organization the British government has designated and banned as terrorist, and a leading member of Ahlus Sunnah wal Jamaah. Uzair, formerly a member of Al-Muhajiroun, is a Pakistani-Briton. Uzair preached at Finsbury Park mosque.

Jainal Antel Sali, Jr. (June 1, 1964 - January 16, 2007) was the leader of Abu Sayyaf, an Islamist terrorist organization affiliated with Al Qaeda. Born in Zamboanga City, Mindanao, in Philippines, Sali was also known as The Engineer, and by other aliases; "Abu Solaiman, Abu Solajman, Abu Sulaiman, Abu Sulayman, and Jainal Antal Sali, Jr." He spoke Tausug, Tagalog, Arabic, and English.

Racid Belkacem (c. 1973 - July 2006) was a Dutch national, and a suspected member of the terrorist organisation Hofstad Network. He was never convicted in court. His nickname was Abu Fadel, he was a friend of Mohammed Bouyeri, the murderer of Dutch filmmaker Theo van Gogh. Belkacem was arrested in Whitechapel, London on 22 June 2005 on request of the Dutch authorities.

Boualem Bensaïd is an Algerian member of GIA, an Islamic terrorist organization, and one of the masterminds of the 1995 bombings in France. Born in Algeria in 1967, a sport teacher, he fell into terrorism and clandestinity around 1990. He went back to France in 1994, as Algeria was in full-scale civil war. On 27 November 2003 he was sentenced in appeal to life detention, with a 22-year "safety sentence" (which prevents the detainee from being liberated for good conduct).

Asmar Latin Sani was a member of Laskar Khos, an Arabic phrase which means "special force", a group is that formed inside the al Qaeda -linked Jemaah Islamiyah group which is believed responsible multiple attacks across Indonesia including the 2002 Bali bombing the 2005 Bali bombing and the Jakarta embassy bombing. A week after the Marriott attack al Qaeda claimed responsibility via the Arab media station Al Jazeera, …

Jill Courtney is a convert to Islam who is charged with planning to bomb public places within Sydney, Australia. She was arrested from her suburban home on Friday March 25, 2006, and is charged with conspiracy to murder and conspiracy to cause explosives to be placed in or near a public place. She converted to Islam after becoming "besotted" with Kalache, a 28 year old drug dealer serving a 22-year jail sentence.

Jerôme Courtailler was born in Bonneville, France. As a child, they played soccer and clowned around in judo class. His father, Michel, was a respected butcher whose shop window looked out on the cobblestoned town square. His sons worked in the shop as teenagers, and Jerome pursued the trade for a time. He was raised Catholic. When his fathers business failed, he began drinking alcohol and doing drugs. By 1997 he had converted to Islam, and moved to London, …

Varsha Bhosle (born 1958) is an Indian journalist and writer based in Mumbai. Varsha Bhosle is the daughter of the Indian celebrity playback singer Asha Bhosle, about whom she has also written.. She wrote regular columns for the Indian web portal Rediff from early 1997 to mid 2003. Before that she wrote a weekly column for The Sunday Observer from mid 1994 to 1998 and Gentleman magazine in 1993, as well as for the Times of India.

Tohir Yo‘ldosh, born Tohir Abduhalilovich Yo‘ldoshev (in Russian : Тахир Абдухалилович Юлдашев "Takhir Abdukhalilovich Yuldashev", born 1967) cofounded the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan, an Islamist organization active in Central Asia, with Juma Namangani in December 1991. The United Nations considers the IMU an Islamic terrorist organization.