Abu al-Ghaith
Abu al-Ghaith
Sulaiman Jassem Sulaiman Ali Abu Ghaith is a Kuwaiti former al-Qaeda spokesman known for his role in promoting the organisation's ideology and his conviction in the United States for terrorism-related charges.
Abu Ghaith was born in Kuwait in 1965 and grew up influenced by the Muslim Brotherhood. During the 1990–1991 Gulf War, he gained popularity for his sermons against the Iraqi occupation of Kuwait. In 2000, he joined al-Qaeda in Afghanistan and became its prominent spokesman, appearing in videos defending the 9/11 attacks. His public statements led to the revocation of his Kuwaiti citizenship. He was arrested in Jordan in 2013, extradited to the United States, and convicted in 2014 for conspiring to kill Americans and providing material support to terrorists. He is currently serving a life sentence in a federal prison in Colorado. Abu Ghaith is married three times, including to a daughter of Osama bin Laden, and has multiple children.
Significance
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He is significant as a reliable transmitter from the generation after the Sahaba.