Political columnist Debbie Schlussel has enumerated some high-ranking Muslim doctors who have been involved in terrorist plots. These include:
- Dr. Ayman Al-Zawahiri, a surgeon and/or psychiatrist who serves as al Qaeda’s second-in-command
- Dr. Mohammad Rabi Al-Zawahiri, a pharmacologist and medical professor with a strong allegiance to the Muslim Brotherhood
- Dr. "Abu Hafiza," a psychiatrist who headed the Moroccan cell that helped plan the 9/11 attacks
- Dr. Abdel Aziz Al-Rantisi, a pediatrician who was a high-level Hamas official until his assassination in April 2004
- Dr. Mahmoud Al-Zahar, a surgeon and medical lecturer who co-founded Hamas
- Dr. Fathi Abd Al-Aziz Shiqaqi, a physician who helped establish Islamic Jihad and was active in the Fatah organization
- Dr. George Habash, a pediatrician who founded the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP)
- Dr. Wadih Haddad, a physician who was the PFLP’s second-in-command
- Dr. Bashar Assad, an ophthalmologist who has served as President of Syria since 2000
- Dr. Rafiq Sabir, a Florida-based emergency room physician with ties to al Qaeda
- Drs. Laila Al-Marayati and Riad Abdelkarim, both Hamas fundraisers
and affiliates of KinderUSA (an outgrowth of the terrorism-tied Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development)
- Dr. Yahyah Basha, a Syrian-born, Detroit-based physician with a history of support for terrorist groups
- Dr. Mohammed Jamil Abdelqader Asha, a Saudi-born neurologist who
was arrested as a suspect in the attempted London bombings of June 2007
- Dr. Bilal Talal Abdul Samad Abdulla, an Iraqi suspected of taking
part in the attempted Glasgow International Airport bombing in June 2007
- Dr. Mohammed Haneef, an Indian Muslim suspected of involvement in the attempted London bombings of June 2007
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