Asahara Shoko: Quick Facts


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Also Known As Matsumoto Chizuo
Born March 2, 1955 • Kumamoto • Japan
Died July 6, 2018 (aged 63) • Tokyo • Japan
Founder Aleph
Role In Tokyo subway attack of 1995

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Abu Musab al-Zarqawi
Jordanian-born terrorist
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Velupillai Prabhakaran
Sri Lankan revolutionary
Yahya Sinwar, the mastermind behind the October 7, 2023, attack
Yahya Sinwar
Palestinian politician
Muammar al-Qaddafi
Muammar al-Qaddafi
de facto leader of Libya
Ram Dass, wearing a loose light shirt and beaded necklaces, sits with his arms resting on his knees and smiles, photographed indoors at the First Unitarian Church.
Ram Dass
American spiritual leader
Jim Jones
Jim Jones
American cult leader
Marshall Applewhite
Marshall Applewhite
American religious leader
Osama bin Laden
Osama bin Laden
Saudi Arabian militant and al-Qaeda leader
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Anwar al-Awlaki
American preacher and terrorist
Black and white portrait of Ilich Ramirez Sanchez, known as Carlos the Jackal, wearing large dark glasses, a collared shirt, and a leather jacket.
Carlos the Jackal
Venezuelan militant
Joseph Kony
Joseph Kony
Ugandan rebel
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Ramzi Ahmed Yousef
Kuwaiti-born militant
Eric Robert Rudolph, wearing an orange prison jumpsuit and a black protective vest, is escorted in handcuffs and leg irons by law enforcement officers, including FBI and ATF agents.
Eric Rudolph
American terrorist
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Doku Umarov
Chechen separatist and guerrilla leader
Marianne Williamson smiling and wearing a light pink blazer over a black top, standing in front of a decorative mural in West Hollywood, California.
Marianne Williamson
American author, politician, and spiritual leader
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George Metesky
American criminal
“Apo”
Abdullah Öcalan
Kurdish militant leader
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Abimael Guzmán
Peruvian revolutionary
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed
Islamist militant
Ayman al-Zawahiri
Ayman al-Zawahiri
Egyptian militant