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APPENDIX For Caliph and Country: Full Sample MEN Abdel-Majed Abdel Bary Abu Qatada al-Filistini Born 1991 in Egypt Born 1960 in Bethlehem, West Bank Abdul Jabbar Afzal Munir Born 1977 in Sheffield, UK Born 1975 in UK Died 2010 in Pakistan Died 2001 in Afghanistan Abdul Jalil Aine Davis Born 1973 in Luton, UK Born 1984 in London, UK Abdullah Deghayes Akram Sebah Born 1996 in Sussex, UK Born 1989 in London, UK Died 2014 in Syria Died 2013 in Syria Abdullah al-Faisal Alexanda Kotey Born 1963 in Jamaica Born 1983 in Westminster, UK Abdul Miah Ali Almanasfi Born 1987 in Cardiff, UK Born 1990 in London, UK Abdulrahman Shariff Amer Deghayes Born 1998 in Manchester, UK Born 1995 in Sussex, UK Died April 2016 in Syria Andrew Rowe Abdul Waheed Majid Born 1971 in London, UK Died 2014 in Syria Anil Khalil Abu Hamza al-Masri From Didsbury, UK Born 1958 in Egypt Died February 2014 in Syria 1 Anjem Choudary Germaine Lindsay Born 1967 in Welling, Kent Born 1985 in Jamaica Died 2005 in London Anthony Garcia Born 1982 in Algeria Gurukanth Desai Born 1982 in Bangladesh Aseel Muthana Born 1997 in Cardiff, UK Hamaad Munshi Brother of Nasser Muthana Born 1990 in the UK Brother of Hassan Munshi Asif Mohammed Hanif Born 1980 in India Hamayun Tariq Died 2003 in Israel Born 1977 in Dudley, UK Bilal al-Berjawi Hamza Parvez Born 1984 in Beirut, Lebanon Born c.1993 Died 2012 in Somalia Lived in West London Brusthom Ziamani Hani al-Sibai From London, UK Born 1961 in Egypt Choukri Ellekhli Hasib Hussain Born 1991 in Morocco Born 1986 in Yorkshire, UK Died 2013 in Syria Died 2005 in London Daha Essa Hassan Munshi Born 1989 in the Netherlands Born 1998 in the UK Brother of Hamaad Munshi Dhiren Barot Born 1971 in India Hussain Osman Born 1978 in Ethiopia El Shafee Elsheikh Born 1988 in Sudan Ibrahim Adam Born 1987 in the UK Fasil Towalde Died 2011 in Pakistan Born 1963 in St. James Jamaica Ibrahim Abdullah Hassan Fatlum Shalaku Born c.1985/6 Born 1995 in the UK Died 2015 in Iraq Ibrahim Magag Born 1985 in Somalia Flamur Shalaku Born 1992 in UK Ibrahim al-Mazwagi Died 2015 in Iraq Born 1992 in London, UK Died February 2013 in Syria Gavin Rae Born 1980 in Preston, UK Ibrahim Kamara Born 1997 in Sierra Leone Died 2014 in Syria 2 Ifthekar Jaman Michael Abedolajo Born in Portsmouth, UK Born 1984 in London, UK Died 2013 in Syria Michael Abedowale Imran Khawaja Born in 1991 in London, UK Born 1988 in London Mohammad Sidique Khan Jabed Hussain Born 1974 in Leeds, UK Born 1994 in Bangladesh Died 2005 in London, UK Jaffar Deghayes Mohammed Ahmed Mohamed Born 1998 in Sussex, UK Born 1985 in Somalia Died 2014 in Syria Mohammed al-Araj Jamal al-Harith Born in 1990 on a British Airways flight Born 1966 in Manchester Died 2012 in Syria Died 2017 in Iraq Mohammed Azmir Khan Jawad Akbar Born 1974 in Sheffield, UK Born 20 June 1983 in Pakistan Died 2011 in Pakistan Jermaine Grant Mohammed Chowdhury Born 1983 Born 1991 in Bangladesh Junade Feroze Mohammed Emwazi Born 1977 in Blackburn Born 1988 in Kuwait Died 2015 in Syria Junaid Hussain Born 1994 in Birmingham, UK Mohammed Fakhri al-Khabass Died 2015 in Syria Born in 1990 in Middlesbrough Junead Ahmed Khan Mohammed Hamid Born 1991 Born in 1957 in Tanzania Kamel Bourgass Mohammed Jakir Born in 1974 in Algeria Born 1996 Died 2014 in Syria Khalid Kelly Born 1967 in Dublin Mohammed Nasser Died 2016 in Iraq Born 1993 Died 2013 in Syria Lamine Adam Born in 1980 in Algeria Mohammed Naveed Bhatti Born in 1980 in the UK Mahmoud Elsheikh Born 1997 in Sudan Mohommod Nawaz Died 2015 in Iraq Born c.1983/4 in UK Mashudur Choudhury Born 1983 3 Mohammed Omar Bakri Mohammed Qaisar Shaffi Died in October 2015 in Syria Born in 1979 Son of Omar Bakri Mohammed Ramzi Mohammed Mohammed Rizwan Awan Born 1972 in Somalia Born in 1989 in West Yorkshire, UK Died 2016 in Iraq Rashid Rauf Born 1981 in Birmingham, UK Mohammed Sakr Died 2008 in Pakistan Born 1985 in London, UK Died in 2012 in Somalia Reyaad Khan Born 1994 in Cardiff, UK Mohammed Sharfaraz Ahmed Died 2015 in Syria Born in 1988 Richard Dart Mohammed Tunveer Born 1983 in Dorset, UK Born in 1972 in Sheffield Brother of Mohammed Azmir Khan Richard Reid Born 1973 in Bromley, UK Muktar Ibrahim Born 1978 in Eritrea Salahuddin Amin Born 1975 in London, UK Mustakim Jaman Born in Portsmouth, UK Shabaaz Hussain Born 1984 Nadeem Tarmohamed Born in 1978 Shah Jalal Hussain Born 1982 in Islington, UK Naseer Taj Born in 1990 Shah Rahman Born 1983 in Bangladesh Nasser Muthana Born 1994 in Cardiff, UK Shehzad Tanweer Born 1982 in Bradford, UK Omar Bakri Mohammad Died 2005 in London, UK Born 1958 in Syria Siddhartha Dhar Omar Khan Sharif Born 1982 in the UK Born 1976 in Derby, UK Died 2003 in Israel Suhaib Majeed Born 1995 in London, UK Omar Khyam Born 7 December 1981 in the UK Syed Farhan Hussain Born 1991 Omar Rehman Born 1984 in Bushey, UK Talha Asmal Born 1998 in the UK Omar Saeed Sheikh Died 2015 in Iraq Born 1975 in London, UK 4 Tarik Hassane Rowan Kamal Zine El Abidine Born in 1994 in London, UK Born 1994 Died in 2016 in Mosul, Iraq Tuhin Shahensha Born 1988 Sally Jones Brother of Ifthekar and Mustakim Jaman Born in 1969 in the UK Umar Arshad Salma Halane Born 1989 Born 1998 in Denmark Sister of Zahra Halane Umran Javed Born in 1979 in Normanton, UK Samantha Lewthwaite Born in 1983 in County Down, UK Waheed Mahmood Born 22 March 1972 Sana Ahmed Khan Born 1992 in the UK Yassin Omar Born 1981 in Somalia Shamima Begum Born 2000 Zahid Iqbal Attended Bethnal Green Academy Born 1982 Sheida Khanam Zia Ul Haq Born 1988 Born 1979 Lived in Luton WOMEN Sugra Dawood Born 1981 in Bradford, UK Amal el-Wahabi Sister of Zohra and Khadija Dawood Born c.1986/7 Tareena Shakil Amira Abase Born 1990 in the UK Born 1999 Attended Bethnal Green Academy Zahra Halane Born 1998 in Denmark Grace Dare Sister of Salma Halane Born in 1992 Zohra Dawood Kadiza Sultana Born 1982 in Bradford, UK Born in 1999 Sister of Khadija and Sugra Dawood Attended Bethnal Green Academy Zohura Siddeka Khadija Dawood Born in 1989 Born 1985 in Bradford, UK Sister of Zohra and Sugra Dawood Nada Sami Khider Born in the UK to a family of Sudanese origin Sister of Sami Ahmed Khider 5.
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