Noman Benotman
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Noman Benotman was the former head of the Libyan militant organization known as the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group
. After the September 11th attacks he resigned his position and now lives in London. Benotman has been active in reforming his former terrorist comrades in prison, attempting to persuade them to renounce violence. He wrote an open letter to Osama bin Laden
in 2010 repudiating al-Qaeda
's use of violence, and calling on bin Laden to unilaterally halt all attacks. He is also a Senior Analyst (Strategic Communications) at Quilliam, a British-government-funded Middle East focused think tank.
The Washington Post quoted Benotman in 2006 in a profile of Atiyah Abd al-Rahman
another Libyan exile who was to rise to a senior membership of Al Qaeda's leadership.
Benotman said that Atiyah had been taken captive by the Armed Islamic Group
, in Algeria, in the mid 1990s.
Libyan Islamic Fighting Group
Libyan Islamic Movement formerly known as The Libyan Islamic Fighting Group also known as Al-Jama’a al-Islamiyyah al-Muqatilah bi-Libya is a group active in Libya which played a key role in deposing Colonel Muammar Gaddafi's regime, allying itself with the National Transitional Council.However...
. After the September 11th attacks he resigned his position and now lives in London. Benotman has been active in reforming his former terrorist comrades in prison, attempting to persuade them to renounce violence. He wrote an open letter to Osama bin Laden
Osama bin Laden
Osama bin Mohammed bin Awad bin Laden was the founder of the militant Islamist organization Al-Qaeda, the jihadist organization responsible for the September 11 attacks on the United States and numerous other mass-casualty attacks against civilian and military targets...
in 2010 repudiating al-Qaeda
Al-Qaeda
Al-Qaeda is a global broad-based militant Islamist terrorist organization founded by Osama bin Laden sometime between August 1988 and late 1989. It operates as a network comprising both a multinational, stateless army and a radical Sunni Muslim movement calling for global Jihad...
's use of violence, and calling on bin Laden to unilaterally halt all attacks. He is also a Senior Analyst (Strategic Communications) at Quilliam, a British-government-funded Middle East focused think tank.
The Washington Post quoted Benotman in 2006 in a profile of Atiyah Abd al-Rahman
Atiyah Abd al-Rahman
Atiyah Abd Al Rahman was reported by the US State Department to be a senior member of al-Qaeda and a member of the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group and Ansar al-Sunna...
another Libyan exile who was to rise to a senior membership of Al Qaeda's leadership.
Benotman said that Atiyah had been taken captive by the Armed Islamic Group
Armed Islamic Group
The Armed Islamic Group is an Islamist organisation that wants to overthrow the Algerian government and replace it with an Islamic state...
, in Algeria, in the mid 1990s.