David Myatt

David Myatt
Abdul-Aziz ibn Myatt after his conversion to Islam in 1998, wearing a Thawb and a Taqiyah (cap) (aka Kufi)
Born	David Wulstan Myatt 1950 (age 66–67) Tanzania
Nationality	British
Other names	Abdul-Aziz bin Myatt
Occupation	Author, philosopher, political activist
Years active	1968-1998 (National Socialism) 1998-2009 (Islam) 2010-present (Numinous Way)
Known for	National Socialism, Islam, Numinous Way, Order of Nine Angles

David Wulstan Myatt (born 1950), formerly known as Abdul-Aziz ibn Myatt and Abdul al-Qari, is the founder of The Numinous Way, a former British Muslim, and a former Neo-Nazi.

"A British iconoclast who has lived a somewhat itinerant life and has undertaken an equally desultory intellectual quest, Myatt is emblematic of the modern syncretism of radical ideologies", and regarded as an "example of the axis between right-wing extremists and Islamists". He has been described as an "extremely violent, intelligent, dark, and complex individual", as a martial arts expert, and as one of the more interesting figures on the British neo-Nazi scene since the 1970s.

Before his conversion to Islam in 1998, Myatt was the first leader of the British National Socialist Movement (NSM), and was identified by the British newspaper The Observer, as the "ideological heavyweight" behind Combat 18.

Myatt came to public attention in 1999, a year after his Islamic conversion, when a pamphlet he wrote many years earlier, A Practical Guide to Aryan Revolution, described as a "detailed step-by-step guide for terrorist insurrection", was said to have inspired David Copeland, who left nailbombs in areas frequented by London's black, South Asian, and gay communities. Three people died and 129 were injured in the explosions, several of them losing limbs. It has also been suggested that Myatt's A Practical Guide to Aryan Revolution might have influenced the German National Socialist Underground.

Myatt has translated works of ancient Greek literature, translated and written a commentary on the Greek text of seven tractates of the Corpus Hermeticum, and written several collections of poems. He is currently translating and writing a commentary on the Greek text of the Gospel of John.

Myatt grew up in Tanzania, where his father worked as a civil servant for the British government, and later in the Far East, where he studied the martial arts. He moved to England in 1967 to complete his schooling, and has said that he began a degree in physics but did not complete it, leaving his studies to focus on his political activism. He is reported to live in the Midlands and to have been married three times.