Abdul Qādir Mūmin (born between 1950 and 1953) is a Somali Islamist militant who serves as the leader of the Islamic State in Somalia.
Born in Qandala, Puntland, Somalia to a Majerteen Ali saleeban parents,[2] Mūmin arrived to the United Kingdom in 2005–2006, having lived 1990–2003 in a north-eastern district Angered of Gothenburg, Sweden.
In 2010, he took part in a press conference alongside the ex-Guantanamo Bay prisoner Moazzam Begg for the charity CAGE, which was launching a report criticizing Western anti-terror tactics in East Africa.
Mūmin had given sermons at the mosque attended by Michael Adebolajo, one of the Islamic terrorists responsible for the murder of British soldier Lee Rigby.
[9][10] On 31 May 2024, he was targeted by a US airstrike southeast of Bosaso, Somalia that killed three militants, but his death was unconfirmed.