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Mohammed Yusuf was born on 29 January, 1970 in Yobe, is an Islamist terrorist leader (1970–2009). Discover Mohammed Yusuf's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 39 years old?

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Age 39 years old
Zodiac Sign Aquarius
Born 29 January 1970
Birthday 29 January
Birthplace Yobe
Date of death 30 July, 2009
Died Place Maiduguri
Nationality Nigeria

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His wife is Malama Zara (m. ?–2009)

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Children Abu Musab al-Barnawi

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1970

Mohammed Yusuf (29 January 1970 – 30 July 2009), also known as Ustaz Mohammed Yusuf, was a Nigerian terrorist who founded the Islamist militant group Boko Haram in 2002.

2009

He is its leader until he was killed during the 2009 Boko Haram uprising.

The group's official name is Jama'atu Ahlis Sunna Lidda'awati wal-Jihad, which in Arabic means "People Committed to the Propagation of the Teachings and Jihad".

Born in Girgi village, in Jakusko, present-day Yobe State, Nigeria, Yusuf received a University education.

Later he studied more of Islam and became a Salafi.

According to scholar Paul Lubeck of the University of California at Santa Cruz, as a young man Yusuf was instructed in Shiasm and associated with Salafism and the teachings of Ibn Taymiyyah.

He had the equivalent of a graduate education, according to Nigerian academic Hussain Zakaria.

Yusuf was never as proficient in English as was reported.

He believed in strict application of Islamic law, which represented his ideal of justice according to the teachings of the Islamic prophet, Muhammad.

Boko Haram hitmen would murder members of other Muslim sects like the Salafist Izala and the Sufi Tidjaniyya and Qadiriya fraternities.

In a 2009 BBC interview, Yusuf stated his belief that the concept of a spherical Earth is contrary to Islamic teaching and should be rejected.

He also rejected Darwinian evolution, and the concept of the condensation cycle that produces rain.

In the interview he said:

There are prominent Islamic preachers who have seen and understood that the present Western-style education is mixed with issues that run contrary to our beliefs in Islam, he said.

Like rain.

We believe it is a creation of God rather than an evaporation caused by the sun that condenses and becomes rain.

Like saying the world is a sphere.

If it runs contrary to the teachings of Allah, we reject it.

We also reject the theory of Darwinism.

Following the July 2009 Boko Haram uprising, the Nigerian military captured Yusuf.

They transferred him to the custody of the Nigerian police force.

The police summarily executed Yusuf in public view outside the police headquarters in Maiduguri.

Police officials initially claimed either that Yusuf was shot while trying to escape or died of wounds he sustained during a gun battle with the military.

2016

Yusuf had four wives and 12 children, one of them being Abu Musab al-Barnawi, who claimed since 2016 to be the rightful leader of Boko Haram, opposing Abubakar Shekau.

He was reported as living a lavish lifestyle, which included ownership and driving of a Mercedes-Benz.