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Abu Hamza's path from Egyptian engineer to Britain's most notorious hate preacher
1958
Abu Hamza born Mostafa Kemal Mostafa in Alexandria, Egypt
1979
Emigrates to Britain; works as Soho nightclub bouncer
1980
Meets and marries Valerie Traverso
1984
Divorces Ms Traverso and takes custody of their son
1985
Remarries in Islamic ceremony to Nagat Mostafa. Starts to become interested in his own religion
1986
He is granted British citizenship
1987
Meets Abdullah Azzam, father of jihadi movement, on hajj
1989
Graduates in civil engineering from Brighton Polytechnic
1990
Engineer on construction project at Sandhurst, military college where Prince Harry studied. He keeps a copy of ground plans
1991
Emigrates to Afghanistan to work as engineer
1993
Loses arms and left eye in mysterious incident; returns to Britain
1995
In Bosnia with Arab mujahidin towards end of Balkan wars
1996
Abu Hamza preaching at mosque in Luton
1997
Becomes khateeb of Finsbury Park Mosque
1998
Abu Hamza’s son and stepson among 10 men sent for jihad training in Yemen
1999
Three British tourists and one Australian die in Yemen kidnapping; Abu Hamza is arrested over Yemen incident but released without charge. His 17-year-old son is jailed in Yemen for three years for plotting attacks on tourist sites
2001
Describes 9/11 hijackers as martyrs who acted in self-defence
2002
Hosts conference at Finsbury Park titled "A Towering Day in History" to mark anniversary of 9/11
2003
Finsbury Park mosque is raided and closed down. Abu Hamza continues to preach on the street outside
2004
Arrested on US extradition warrant in May; while in jail he is charged under British law with soliciting murder
2005
July 7 bombs in London; Abu Hamza in the dock at the Old Bailey on the same day
2006
Abu Hamza found guilty of inciting murder and racial hatred.
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