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This list only includes public declarations of holy war which either did, or could conceivably, have resulted in actual deaths.

See also: Declared Holy War and Declared Holy War Against Israel

• The Taliban (17-Sep-2001)

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Gulbuddin Hekmatyar	Head of State	1947		Prime Minister of Afghanistan
Saddam Hussein	Head of State	28-Apr-1937	30-Dec-2006	President of Iraq, 1979-2003
Ayatollah Khamenei	Head of State	15-Jul-1939		Supreme leader of Iran
Osama bin Laden	Terrorist	10-Mar-1957	1-May-2011	Head of al Qaeda terrorist organization
Muammar Qaddafi	Head of State	1942	20-Oct-2011	Dictator of Libya
Ayman al-Zawahiri	Terrorist	19-Jun-1951		Founder, Islamic Jihad

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