# Ahmad al-Faqi

> Ahmad al-Faqi al-Mahdi was a member of Ansar Dine, a Tuareg Islamist militia in North Africa. Al-Mahdi admitted guilt in the International Criminal Court (ICC) in 2016 for the war crime of attacking religious and historical buildings in the Malian city of Timbuktu. Al-Mahdi was the first person convicted by the ICC for such a crime, and in general the first individual to ever be prosecuted solely on the basis of cultural crimes. He was sentenced to nine years in prison. On 25 November 2021, his sentence was commuted to 7 years in prison, and he was released on 18 September 2022.

*Malian Islamist fighter and war criminal*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/ahmad-al-faqi

## Identity
- **Born:** 1975
- **Status:** living
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

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## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 43.5 / 100
- **Momentum:** 2.2 / 100  (trend: STABLE)
- **Historical depth:** 5.5 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 35.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 25.0 / 100

## Sources
- [Ahmad al-Faqi al-Mahdi](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahmad_al-Faqi_al-Mahdi)
- [احمد الفقى](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%AD%D9%85%D8%AF_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%81%D9%82%D9%89)
- [Ahmad al-Faqi al-Mahdi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahmad_al-Faqi_al-Mahdi)
- [Ahmet el Faqi el Mehdi](https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahmet_el_Faqi_el_Mehdi)
- [Ahmad al-Faqi al-Mahdi](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahmad_al-Faqi_al-Mahdi)
- [Ahmad al-Faqi al-Mahdi](https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahmad_al-Faqi_al-Mahdi)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21039411)

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