Mohammed Omar

Also known as Mullah Omar, Omar, Mullah Mohammed Omar Mujahid, Mohammed Omar Mujahid, Mullah Muhammad Omar Mujahid, Ghazi Mohammed Omar Mujahid

Afghan cleric who founded the Taliban (1960–2013)

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Mohammed Omar was an Afghan cleric who founded the Taliban, a militant Islamic movement that came to power in Afghanistan in the 1990s and again after 2021. His leadership of the Taliban made him a significant and controversial figure in late 20th-century Afghan and global politics until his death in 2013.

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The Chemistry and Applications of Metal-Organic Frameworks
· 2013 · cited 15,640x
Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
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ROBINS-I: a tool for assessing risk of bias in non-randomised studies of interventions
· 2016 · cited 14,601x
Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 354 diseases and injuries for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017
· 2018 · cited 10,798x
Global Burden of Cardiovascular Diseases and Risk Factors, 1990–2019
· 2020 · cited 9,736x

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Quotes

“When they are asked the question by a journalist, a country, a friend, an enemy or anybody, "What is the real purpose of the taliban movement?" the answer to them all is that the talibans mission and purpose is to implement the sharia on this land of Allah. That is their answer, true purpose and their mission from the beginning.”
“Islam says that when a Muslim asks for shelter, give the shelter and never hand him over to enemy. And our Afghan tradition says that, even if your enemy asks for shelter, forgive him and give him shelter. Osama has helped the jihad in Afghanistan, he was with us in bad days and I am not going to give him to anyone.”
“As for the United States' future in Afghanistan, it will be fire and hell and total defeat, God willing, as it was for their predecessors - the Soviets and, before them, the British.”
“We don't consider the battle has ended in Afghanistan.… The battle has begun and its fires are picking up. These fires will reach the White House, because it is the center of injustice and tyranny.”
“The sheik [Osama bin Laden] is, thank God, still alive and this hurts Bush who promised to his people to kill Osama,”
“I tell my brethren in Palestine: be patient and continue your blessed struggle.… We did not forget you. We are still healing another wound in the Muslim nation, which is the occupation of our land by the Americans. Your battle and ours are one and the same,”

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date of birth: 1960-00-00
date of death: 2013-04-23
name in native language: محمد عمر
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Muhammad Umar Mujahid (d. 23 April 2013), commonly known as Mullah Omar or Muhammad Omar, was an Afghan militant and religious leader who served as the first supreme leader of Afghanistan from 1996 to 2001. He founded the Taliban, an Islamist militant organization, in 1994 and served as its first supreme leader until his death in 2013. During the Third Afghan Civil War, the Taliban fought the Northern Alliance and took control of most of the country, establishing its First Islamic Emirate. Shortly after the militant group al-Qaeda carried out the September 11 attacks in 2001, the Taliban government was toppled by an American invasion of Afghanistan, prompting Omar to go into hiding. While evading capture by the American-led coalition, he died from tuberculosis in 2013.

Born into a religious family in Kandahar, Afghanistan, Omar was educated at local madrasas. After Afghanistan was invaded by the Soviet Union in 1979, he joined the mujahideen to fight in the Soviet–Afghan War and was trained by Amir Sultan Tarar. Omar served as an important rebel commander during several skirmishes, losing his right eye in an explosion. The Soviets eventually withdrew from the country in 1989 and Afghanistan's Soviet-backed Democratic Republic was toppled in 1992, triggering the Second Afghan Civil War. While initially remaining quiet and focused on continuing his studies, Omar became increasingly discontent with what he perceived as fasād in the country, ultimately prompting him to return to fighting in the Civil War.