Ahmad Salamah Mabruk
| Ahmad Salama Mabruk | |
|---|---|
| Born | 8 December 1956 El Giza, Egypt |
| Arrested | 1981, 1996, 1998 Egypt, Russia, and Azerbaijan |
| Died | October 3, 2016 (aged 59) Jisr al-Shughur, Idlib Governorate, Syria |
| Citizenship | Egyptian |
| Detained at | Guantanamo Bay camp |
| Alternate name | Abu al-Faraj al-Masri, Sharif |
| Children | Ibrahim, Musab, at least one daughter |
Ahmad Salama Mabruk (Arabic: الشيخ أحمد سلامة مبروك; December 8, 1956 – October 3, 2016), known as Abu Faraj al-Masri (Arabic: أبو الفرج المصري), was a senior leader in the Syrian militant group Jabhat Fateh al-Sham, and was previously a leader in Jabhat al-Nusra and the Egyptian Islamic Jihad militant groups. He was present alongside Abu Muhammad al-Julani at the announcement of the creation of Jabhat Fateh al-Sham. He was one of 14 people subjected to extraordinary rendition by the CIA prior to the 2001 declaration of a War on Terror.
A computer science graduate of Cairo University, Mabrouk graduated alongside Mustafa Hamza. He then joined the Egyptian army as a reserve officer. In 1981, Mabruk was arrested following the assassination of President Anwar Sadat, and sentenced to seven years imprisonment.
Released in 1988, Mabruk moved to Afghanistan where Sayyed Imam Al-Sharif was gathering EIJ members. However, al-Sharif was replaced by Ayman al-Zawahiri as leader of the group in 1991, and the following year Mabruk moved to the Sudan.
In 1994, Mabruk's 15-year-old son Musab, as well as the 15-year-old Ahmed, son of Mohammed Sharaf, were captured by the Egyptian General Intelligence Directorate and sexually abused. They were blackmailed with videotape of the sodomy, until they agreed to act as informants against their fathers' group. Musab went through his father's files and photocopied them for the Egyptians, but the Sudanese intelligence service saw the covert meetings and alerted al-Jihad, recommending that they treat the boys leniently if they confessed. After Tariq Anwar found explosives in Musab's possession, al-Zawahiri convened a Sharia court, where Musab confessed he had been given the bomb by the Egyptians which he was told to detonate at the next Shura council meeting. They were each found guilty of "sodomy, treason, and attempted murder", and sentenced to death by firing squad. The trial, and the execution, were filmed and copies of the film were distributed by al-Jihad. The incident "catastrophically undermined" Mabruk's position in the organisation, and when the Sudanese found out about the executions, al-Jihad was ordered to leave the country.
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