Hajjaj al-Ajmi

Hajjaj bin Fahd al-Ajmi (Arabic: حجاج بن فهد العجمي‎, born c. 1988[1]) is a Kuwaiti-born Salafi[2] sheikh who has been accused to be active in fundraising for Islamist rebels in the Syrian Civil War.[3] The U.S. government and United Nations accuse Ajmi of backing the Jabhat al-Nusra, an affiliate of al Qaeda.[1][4]

Ajmi is descended from a wealthy Kuwaiti family who earned money from the oil and construction industries.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 "Kuwait arrests suspected Qaeda financier". Kuwait City: Al Arabiya. Agence France-Presse. 20 August 2014. Retrieved 10 September 2014.
  2. ↑ Pall, Zoltan (7 May 2014). "Kuwaiti Salafism and Its Growing Influence in the Levant". Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Retrieved 10 September 2014.
  3. ↑ Kirkpatrick, David D. (8 September 2014). "Qatar's Support of Islamists Alienates Allies Near and Far". New York Times. Retrieved 10 September 2014.
  4. ↑ "US sanctions suspected terrorist financiers". Yahoo!. Associated Press. 6 August 2014. Retrieved 10 September 2014.
  5. ↑ Warrick, Joby (15 June 2013). "Private money pours into Syrian conflict as rich donors pick sides". The Washington Post. Retrieved 10 September 2014.
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