Omar Abdel-Rahman
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Omar Abdel-Rahman, also known as the "Blind Sheikh," was an Egyptian Islamist cleric and spiritual leader of extremist groups who was convicted in the United States for his role in plots to wage terror attacks, including those related to the 1993 World Trade Center bombing.
All labels observed (1)
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| Omar Abdel-Rahman canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9130531 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Omar Abdel-Rahman Context triple: [1993 World Trade Center bombing, associatedPerson, Omar Abdel-Rahman]
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Abu al-Ma'ali
Abu al-Ma'ali is the honorific kunya of the eminent 11th-century Sunni theologian and Shafi'i jurist Imam al-Juwayni, a leading figure of classical Ash'ari kalam.
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Khaled al-Hassan
Khaled al-Hassan was a Palestinian politician and founding leader of the Fatah movement who played a key role in shaping modern Palestinian nationalism.
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Sheikh Ahmed Yassin
Sheikh Ahmed Yassin was a Palestinian imam and political leader best known as the founder and spiritual leader of the Islamist militant organization Hamas.
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Ali Hassan al-Majid
Ali Hassan al-Majid, widely known as "Chemical Ali," was a senior Iraqi Ba'athist military commander and cousin of Saddam Hussein notorious for overseeing brutal campaigns including chemical attacks against Kurdish civilians.
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E.
Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri
Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri is a Saudi-born alleged al-Qaeda operative accused of masterminding several major terrorist attacks against U.S. and Western targets, and has been held for years at Guantánamo Bay facing war crimes charges.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Omar Abdel-Rahman Target entity description: Omar Abdel-Rahman, also known as the "Blind Sheikh," was an Egyptian Islamist cleric and spiritual leader of extremist groups who was convicted in the United States for his role in plots to wage terror attacks, including those related to the 1993 World Trade Center bombing.
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A.
Abu al-Ma'ali
Abu al-Ma'ali is the honorific kunya of the eminent 11th-century Sunni theologian and Shafi'i jurist Imam al-Juwayni, a leading figure of classical Ash'ari kalam.
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B.
Khaled al-Hassan
Khaled al-Hassan was a Palestinian politician and founding leader of the Fatah movement who played a key role in shaping modern Palestinian nationalism.
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C.
Sheikh Ahmed Yassin
Sheikh Ahmed Yassin was a Palestinian imam and political leader best known as the founder and spiritual leader of the Islamist militant organization Hamas.
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D.
Ali Hassan al-Majid
Ali Hassan al-Majid, widely known as "Chemical Ali," was a senior Iraqi Ba'athist military commander and cousin of Saddam Hussein notorious for overseeing brutal campaigns including chemical attacks against Kurdish civilians.
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E.
Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri
Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri is a Saudi-born alleged al-Qaeda operative accused of masterminding several major terrorist attacks against U.S. and Western targets, and has been held for years at Guantánamo Bay facing war crimes charges.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Egyptian national
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Islamist cleric ⓘ convicted terrorist ⓘ human ⓘ religious leader ⓘ |
| alias |
Blind Sheikh
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
The Blind Sheikh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Egyptian Islamic Jihad
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
al-Gama'a al-Islamiyya NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | complications from diabetes and heart disease ⓘ |
| convictedIn | United States federal court ⓘ |
| convictedOf |
seditious conspiracy
ⓘ
solicitation to murder ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Egypt ⓘ |
| criminalCharge |
conspiracy to bomb New York City landmarks
ⓘ
conspiracy to wage a war of urban terrorism in the United States ⓘ solicitation to attack U.S. military installations ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1938-05-03 ⓘ |
| dateOfConviction | 1995-10-01 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2017-02-18 ⓘ |
| disability | blindness ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Al-Azhar University NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| enteredCountry | United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| entryYear | 1990 ⓘ |
| eraOfActivity | late 20th century ⓘ |
| fieldOfStudy | Islamic jurisprudence ⓘ |
| fullName | Omar Ahmed Ali Abdel-Rahman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ideology | Islamist extremism ⓘ |
| involvedIn |
plans to attack FBI offices in New York
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plans to attack the United Nations headquarters ⓘ plans to attack tunnels and bridges in New York City ⓘ plots to bomb New York City landmarks in 1993 ⓘ |
| knownFor | issuing radical fatwas supporting violence ⓘ |
| language | Arabic ⓘ |
| legalStatusInUS | convicted federal prisoner ⓘ |
| notableFor |
connection to the 1993 World Trade Center bombing conspirators
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role in plots to attack targets in New York City in the early 1990s ⓘ spiritual leadership of extremist Islamist groups ⓘ |
| occupation |
imam
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preacher ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Al Gammalia, Dakahlia Governorate, Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Butner, North Carolina, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDetention |
Butner, North Carolina, United States
NERFINISHED
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Federal Medical Center, Butner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfTrial | New York City NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Islam ⓘ |
| religiousDenomination | Sunni Islam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence | Jersey City, New Jersey, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| role | spiritual leader of al-Gama'a al-Islamiyya ⓘ |
| sentence | life imprisonment plus additional years ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Omar Abdel-Rahman Description of subject: Omar Abdel-Rahman, also known as the "Blind Sheikh," was an Egyptian Islamist cleric and spiritual leader of extremist groups who was convicted in the United States for his role in plots to wage terror attacks, including those related to the 1993 World Trade Center bombing.
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