Tal'at Fu'ad Qasim

Tal'at Fu'ad Qasim^[1] (also spelled Qassim, Arabic: طلعت فؤاد قاسم; born c. 1957 Nag Hammadi Qena Governorate), also known as Abu Talal al-Qasimi (Arabic: أبو طلال القاسمي) (possibly executed in 1995), was the leader of Egypt's militant al-Jama'a al-Islamiyya (Gama'a Islamiyya) organization until he obtained political asylum in Denmark. He was executed in secret in 1995, following the first modern "extraordinary rendition" at the hands of U.S. authorities.