Abu Hamza al-Masri

Abu Hamza al-Masri was a Egyptian Imam born in Alexandria, Egypt in the year 1958. Al-Masri moved to the UK in 1979 with the intent to preach Alevi Islam. He originally called the UK, "a paradise where you could do anything you wanted" however he retracted these claims after he joined Al-Qaeda in Afghanistan and converted to Sunni Islam. He was later arrested for terrorism in 2004 and was  given a life sentence in 2017 for terrorism.

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Category:Naturalised citizens of the United Kingdom
Category:People from Alexandria
Category:Living people
Category:1958 births