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Shaykh '''Ayman Mohammed Rabie al-Zawahiri''' (أيمن محمد ربيع الظواهري, born June 19, 1951) is an Egyptian physician,<ref>[http://www.fbi.gov/wanted/wanted_terrorists/ayman-al-zawahiri/view fbi.gov]</ref> [[Islam|Islamic]] theologian and current leader of [[al-Qaeda]].<ref name="BBC June 16 2011">[http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-13788594 Ayman al-Zawahiri appointed as al-Qaeda leader] - BBC News, June 16, 2011</ref> He was previously the second and last "emir" of the Egyptian Islamic Jihad, having succeeded Abbud al-Zumar in the latter role when Egyptian authorities sentenced al-Zumar to life imprisonment. His wife and three of his six children were killed in an air strike on Afghanistan in late 2001, following the September 11 terrorist attacks on the United States.<ref>Saad Abedine - [http://articles.cnn.com/2011-06-16/world/al.qaeda.new.leader_1_al-zawahiri-al-qaeda-statement-counterterrorism-official?_s=PM:WORLD Jihadist websites: Ayman al-Zawahiri appointed al Qaeda's new leader] - CNN, June 16, 2011</ref> | Shaykh '''Ayman Mohammed Rabie al-Zawahiri''' (أيمن محمد ربيع الظواهري, born June 19, 1951) is an Egyptian physician,<ref>[http://www.fbi.gov/wanted/wanted_terrorists/ayman-al-zawahiri/view fbi.gov]</ref> [[Islam|Islamic]] theologian and current leader of [[al-Qaeda]].<ref name="BBC June 16 2011">[http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-13788594 Ayman al-Zawahiri appointed as al-Qaeda leader] - BBC News, June 16, 2011</ref> He was previously the second and last "emir" of the Egyptian Islamic Jihad, having succeeded Abbud al-Zumar in the latter role when Egyptian authorities sentenced al-Zumar to life imprisonment. His wife and three of his six children were killed in an air strike on Afghanistan in late 2001, following the September 11 terrorist attacks on the United States.<ref>Saad Abedine - [http://articles.cnn.com/2011-06-16/world/al.qaeda.new.leader_1_al-zawahiri-al-qaeda-statement-counterterrorism-official?_s=PM:WORLD Jihadist websites: Ayman al-Zawahiri appointed al Qaeda's new leader] - CNN, June 16, 2011</ref> | ||
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