Mir Hamzah or Shaykh Mir Hamzah is a Pakistani

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ist who was one of the five signatories of a 1998 fatwa from

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and the

World Islamic Front {{Infobox war faction , name = Al-Qaeda , native_name = {{Script, Arabic, القاعدة , native_name_lang = ar , war = {{Collapsible list , title={{Nbsp , {{Plainlist, * War on Terror * Afghanistan conf ...

(Al-Qaeda). He was identified as the secretary of the Jamiat-ul-Ulema-e-Pakistan.World Islamic Front Statement (23 February 1998)
Jihad Against Jews and Crusaders.
via fas.org

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*World Islamic Front Statement (23 February 1998)
Jihad Against Jews and Crusaders.
via fas.org Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Place of birth missing (living people) 20th-century Pakistani peoplea Pakistani Islamists {{pakistan-paramilitary-bio-stub

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