Abdel Majid al-Majali ( ar, عبد المجيد المجالي) Also known as Abu Qutaibah al

Majali Majali (Arabic: المجالي) is a prominent Jordanian political family that has been based in the town of Al Karak since at least the 1770s. The Majali family originate from the Tamimi family and were named Al-Majali when they were exiled from A ...

( ar, أبو قتيبة المجالي) and Abu Qutayba al-Ordony ( ar, أبو قتيبة الأردني) is a Salafi jihadist from

Al Karak Al-Karak ( ar, الكرك), is a city in Jordan known for its medieval castle, the Kerak Castle. The castle is one of the three largest castles in the region, the other two being in Syria. Al-Karak is the capital city of the Karak Governorate. ...

who recruited

Abu Musab al-Zarqawi Abu Musab al-Zarqawi ( ar, أَبُو مُصْعَبٍ ٱلزَّرْقَاوِيُّ, ', ''Father of Musab, from Zarqa''; ; October 30, 1966 – June 7, 2006), born Ahmad Fadeel al-Nazal al-Khalayleh (, '), was a Jordanian jihadist who ran a t ...

to fight in

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. He was one of participants in the

Afghan Arabs Afghan Arabs (also known as Arab-Afghans) are Arab and other Muslim Islamist mujahideen who came to Afghanistan during and following the Soviet–Afghan War to help fellow Muslims fight Soviets and pro-Soviet Afghans. Estimates of the volunte ...

، and the manager of Maktab al-Khidamat in

Jordan Jordan ( ar, الأردن; tr. ' ), officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan,; tr. ' is a country in Western Asia. It is situated at the crossroads of Asia, Africa, and Europe, within the Levant region, on the East Bank of the Jordan Rive ...

. his older son qutaibah is fighting with

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and his other son yusef returned from fighting with ISIS. He was arrested in 2014 because of encouraging people to fight with ISIS. Some Jordanian writers claimed that his jihadist activities was linked with

2016 Al-Karak attack On 18 December 2016, a series of shootings took place in the city of Al-Karak in southern Jordan. The attack started in the vicinity of Al-Karak where a group of unidentified militants ambushed emergency responders and then moved into the city, a ...

.7iber.com, The Road to Karak Castle: The Path of the Attack and Backgrounds of Some of Those Involved

External links

meforum.org

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