Ali Yassin Mohamed ( so, Cali Yaasiin Maxamed, ar, علي ياسين محمد) (born 24 December 1965) is a Somali-Swedish Islamist militant. As of May 2009, Ali Yassin Mohamed was residing in Rinkeby in northern Stockholm.

Early life

Mohamed was born on 24 December 1965.

Alleged activities

In February 2008, Ali Yassin Mohamed, along with Omar Ali and Abdulkadir Okashe Ali, was arrested in Sweden suspected of financing the Somali Islamist insurgency group Al-Shabaab. Abdulkadir Okashe Ali was released after three days while Ali Yassin Mohamed and Omar Ali were detained in custody pending trial. On 11 June 2008, they were released from custody and on 12 September the same year the preliminary investigation was closed. In January 2009, Ali Yassin Mohamed travelled to Somalia, where he participated in the founding of the

Hizbul Islam Hizbul Islam ("Islamic Party"), also known as Hizbul Islaami, Hisbi Islam, or Hezb-ul Islam, was a Somali Islamist group formed after four Islamist groups merged to oppose the new Somali government of President Sheikh Sharif Ahmed. The four gr ...

organization. The Treasury of the United kingdom put him among the targets for asset freeze on 28 April 2010.

References

1965 births Living people Somalian emigrants to Sweden Swedish people of Somali descent Islamic terrorism in Sweden Swedish Islamists Hizbul Islam politicians {{Somalia-bio-stub

Early life

Alleged activities

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