Abdul Qadir Mumin | |
|---|---|
Cabdulqaadir Muumin | |
.jpg) Mumin in 2015 | |
| Emir of the Islamic State in Somalia's al-Karrar office | |
| Assumed office 2023 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Between 1950 (age 75–76) and 1953 (age 72–73)[1] |
| Citizenship | Somalia UK Sweden |
| Nationality | Somali |
| Spouse | Muna Abdule |
| Children | 3 |
Abdul Qādir Mūmin (Arabic:عبد القادر مؤمن; born between 1950 and 1953) is a SomaliIslamist militant who serves as the leader of theIslamic State in Somalia's al-Karrar office.[2] He was formerly a senior religious authority inal-Shabaab.
Born inQandala, Puntland, Somalia, to aMajerteen Ali Saleban parents,[3] Mūmin arrived to theUnited Kingdom in 2005–2006, having lived 1990–2003 in a north-eastern districtAngered ofGothenburg, Sweden.[4] While in the UK, he preached at Masjid Quba inLeicester and the Greenwich Islamic Centre inLondon. In 2010, he took part in a press conference alongside the ex-Guantanamo Bay prisonerMoazzam Begg for the charityCAGE, which was launching a report calling American war crimes inEast Africa.[5]
A few months later he fled toSomalia, after coming under investigation byMI5 forradicalising young men. Mūmin had given sermons at the mosque attended by Michael Adebolajo, one of the Islamic terrorists responsible for the murder of British soldierLee Rigby.[6] He joinedal-Shabaab and publicly burned hisBritish passport before a crowd of supporters in a mosque.[6] His wife, the British Somali national Muna Abdule, and their son and two daughters remained in the UK.[7]
On 22 October 2015, he pledged allegiance toAbu Bakr al-Baghdadi and theIslamic State, creating the "Islamic State in Somalia" (Abnaa ul-Calipha).[8][9][10] He is located in theGalgala region, inPuntland, Somalia.
On 31 August 2016, he was designated as a 'Specially Designated Global Terrorist' by theUnited States Department of State.[11][12]
By 2023, he was replaced as leader of ISS by Abdirahman Fahiye Isse Mohamud.[13]
On 31 May 2024, he was targeted by a US airstrike southeast ofBosaso, Somalia, that killed three militants, but his death was unconfirmed.[14]
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