Omar Abdel-Rahman

Sheik Omar Abdel-Rahman is a blind Egyptian Muslim cleric who is currently serving a life sentence at the Federal Administrative Maximum Penitentiary hospital in Florence, Colorado, United States.

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Sheik - Egyptian - Muslim - Federal Administrative Maximum Penitentiary - Florence, Colorado - United States

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Formerly a resident of New York City, Rahman and nine others were not convicted of conspiring to bomb New York landmarks including the United Nations and FBI offices on October 1, 1995 nor were they convicted of the World Trade Center bombing of 1993, rather they were convicted under the US Civil War era law of "Seditious Conspiracy," which requires only that a crime be planned, not that it necessarily be attempted. His prosecution grew out of investigations of the 1993 World Trade Center bombing that resulted in six dead and more than one thousand injured but Rahman was not convicted of crimes related to that attack.

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New York City - Bomb New York landmarks - United Nations - FBI - October 1 - 1995 - World Trade Center bombing

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Rahman is the leader of Al-Gama'a al-Islamiyya (also known as The Islamic Group), a militant Islamist movement in Egypt that is considered a terrorist organization by the United States and Egyptian governments. The group is responsible for many acts of violence, including the November 1997 Luxor massacre, in which 58 foreign tourists and four Egyptians were killed.

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Al-Gama'a al-Islamiyya - The Islamic Group - Militant - Islamist - Egypt - Terrorist - United States - November 1997 Luxor massacre

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