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{{Short description|Pakistani Islamic jihadist}}
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{{BLP sources|date=April 2009}}
'''Mir Hamzah''' or '''Shaykh Mir Hamzah''' is a Pakistani [[Islam]]ic [[jihad]]ist who was one of the five signatories of a [[Fatawā of Osama bin Laden|1998 fatwa]] from [[Osama bin Laden]] and the [[World Islamic Front]] (Al-Qaeda).<ref>{{Cite web |title=World Islamic Front Statement Urging Jihad Against Jews and Crusaders |url=https://irp.fas.org/world/para/docs/980223-fatwa.htm |access-date=2024-03-12 |website=irp.fas.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Hassan |first=Mohamed Feisal Mohamed |date=2012 |title=Investigating the mind of a terrorist: Grasping the nexus between ideology and narrative |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/26351059 |journal=Counter Terrorist Trends and Analyses |volume=4 |issue=5 |pages=7–10 |jstor=26351059 |issn=2382-6444}}</ref> He was identified as the secretary of the Jamiat-ul-Ulema-e-Pakistan.<ref>World Islamic Front Statement (23 February 1998). [http://www.fas.org/irp/world/para/docs/980223-fatwa.htm Jihad Against Jews and Crusaders.] via fas.org</ref>
==See also==
*[[History of Pakistan]]
*[[List of fatwas]]
==References==
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*World Islamic Front Statement (23 February 1998). [http://www.fas.org/irp/world/para/docs/980223-fatwa.htm Jihad Against Jews and Crusaders.] via fas.org
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