Muhammad Zahab (died 2018) was an

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math teacher who recruited many of his relatives, friends and acquaintances to join him in

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occupied Syria. The ''

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'' public affairs show ''Four Corners'' reported he recruited his wife, parents, his two brothers, his sister, three cousins, four in-laws, and their children. ''Four Corners'' reported that Zahab rose to a leadership role in Daesh. Australian security officials considered him the most senior member of the Daesh leadership from Australia. Zahab married his first wife Mariam Raad, in Australia. He married a second wife, Zahra Ahmad, after he arrived in Syria. Ahmad, came from another family which traveled to Daesh territory.

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