# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/muhammad-abd-al-salam-faraj
# Generated: 2026-08-15T01:29:03.534Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/muhammad-abd-al-salam-faraj"
name: "Muhammad abd-al-Salam Faraj"
slug: "muhammad-abd-al-salam-faraj"
description: "Muhammad Abd al-Salam Faraj was an Egyptian radical Islamist, convicted murderer by proxy, and theorist. He led the Cairo branch of the Islamist group al-Jihad and made a significant contribution in elevating the role of jihad in radical Islam with his pamphlet The Neglected Obligation. He was executed in 1982 for his role in coordinating the assassination of Egyptian president Anwar Sadat the previous year."
tagline: "Egyptian Terrorist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/%D8%B9%D8%A8%D8%AF_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%85_%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%AC.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Egypt"
  isoCode: "EG"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "TV Personality"
  slug: "tv-personality"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1954"
deathDate: "1982-04-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.38
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.439497333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%AD%D9%85%D8%AF_%D8%B9%D8%A8%D8%AF_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%85_%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%AC"
    title: "محمد عبد السلام فرج"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%AD%D9%85%D8%AF_%D8%B9%D8%A8%D8%AF_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%85_%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%AC"
    title: "محمد عبد السلام فرج"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%AD%D9%85%D8%AF_%D8%B9%D8%A8%D8%AF_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%85_%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%AC"
    title: "محمد عبد السلام فرج"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad_Abd_as-Salam_Faradsch"
    title: "Muhammad Abd as-Salam Faradsch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad_Abd_al-Salam_Faraj"
    title: "Muhammad Abd al-Salam Faraj"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A2%D7%91%D7%93_%D7%90-%D7%A1%D7%9C%D7%90%D7%9D_%D7%A4%D7%A8%D7%92"
    title: "עבד א-סלאם פרג"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mu%E1%B8%A5ammad_%CA%BFAbd_al-Sal%C4%81m_Faraj"
    title: "Muḥammad ʿAbd al-Salām Faraj"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q537626"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump