Abu al-Walid al-Maqdisi

Hisham Al Saedni
Born	1965 Gaza
Died	13 October 2012 (aged 47)
Nationality	Palestinian

Hisham Al Saedni (Arabic: هشام السعيدني‎‎), also known by the nom de guerre Abu Walid al-Maqdisi, was a Palestinian military activist and a Muslim leader and founding member of the Mujahideen Shura Council in the Environs of Jerusalem in the Gaza Strip and he was also leader of al-Tawhid wa al-Jihad, a branch of al-Qaeda in Gaza.

Al-Saedni was born in Gaza in around 1965. He lived in Egypt and Jordan. He fought for Al Qaeda in Iraq.Egypt wanted to arrest him due to his alleged involvement in attacks against Egypt's tourist sites.

On 5 February 2011, Al-Saedni, then also known as Sheikh 'Ahed Ahmad 'Abd Al-Karim Al-Sa'idani, was the leader of a Gazan jihadist group calling itself Jama'at al-Tawhid wal-Jihad, and posted a fatwa stating that Jews and Christians may be targeted in lethal attacks such as those of 9/11 because they are "aggressive combatants" and "fundamentally not innocent". The fatwa also stated that it is not permissible to refrain from such attacks for fear of hurting Muslims, "because this would mean stopping the jihad".

Al-Saedni tried to unite all the different groups of Salafi jihadists in Gaza to form and lead the Mujahideen Shura Council in the Environs of Jerusalem.

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