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Abu Hamza al-Masri

1958 - Today

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Mustafa Kamel Mustafa (Arabic: مصطفى كامل مصطفى; born 15 April 1958), also known as Abu Hamza al-Masri ( ; أبو حمزة المصري, Abū Ḥamzah al-Maṣrī – literally, father of Hamza, the Egyptian), or simply Abu Hamza, is an Egyptian cleric who was the imam of Finsbury Park Mosque in London, where he preached Islamic fundamentalist views. The UK tabloid press nicknamed him "Captain Hook" in allusion to the fictional pirate Captain Hook, due to his prosthetic hook devices. In 2004, Hamza was arrested by British police after the United States requested he be extradited to face charges. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Abu Hamza al-Masri has received more than 1,743,657 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Abu Hamza al-Masri is the 64th most popular mafioso (down from 60th in 2019), the 555th most popular biography from Egypt (down from 519th in 2019) and the most popular Egyptian Mafioso.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.7M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.55

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.33

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.13

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MAFIOSOS

Among mafiosos, Abu Hamza al-Masri ranks 64 out of 70. Before him are Sergei Magnitsky, Kenneth Lay, Iva Toguri D'Aquino, Abu Qatada, Rakhat Aliyev, and Salah Abdeslam. After him are Anna Sorokin, Troy Davis, Ram Bahadur Bomjon, Delara Darabi, Peggy Hettrick murder case, and Murder of Emily Armstrong.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1958, Abu Hamza al-Masri ranks 523. Before him are Etienne De Wilde, Roddy Doyle, Victor Shenderovich, Barbara Crampton, Tom Thibodeau, and Roberts Zīle. After him are John Herrington, André Egli, Juan Antonio Señor, Jean Charest, Antonio Di Gennaro, and Rainer Hasler.

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In Egypt

Among people born in Egypt, Abu Hamza al-Masri ranks 555 out of 642. Before him are Hisham Abbas (1963), Magdi Abdelghani (1959), Ibrahim Hassan (1966), Angham (1972), Pope Peter II of Alexandria (null), and Rawya Ateya (1926). After him are Maggie Gobran (1949), Ahmed Shobair (1960), Taher Abouzeid (1962), Ghada Amer (1963), Karam Gaber (1979), and Amr Warda (1993).

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Among MAFIOSOS In Egypt

Among mafiosos born in Egypt, Abu Hamza al-Masri ranks 1. 

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