Editing Abdulaziz al-Omari (section)

==Early life and career==
Abdulaziz al-Omari (or Alomari) was born on 28 May 1979 in a poor Arab family.<ref>{{cite web |author=John J. Lumpkin |url=http://www.globalsecurity.org/security/profiles/abdul_aziz_al_omari.htm |title=Abdul Aziz al Omari |publisher=Globalsecurity.org |access-date=2012-01-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120118061734/http://www.globalsecurity.org/security/profiles/abdul_aziz_al_omari.htm |archive-date=2012-01-18 |url-status=live }}</ref> He was born in [[ʽAsir Province|Aseer]], [[Saudi Arabia]] and was a fellow countryman of brothers [[Wail al-Shehri]] and [[Waleed al-Shehri]], fellow hijackers in the [[September 11 attacks]].<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=9/11 anniversary: Who were the September 11th attackers and what are the links with the new Taliban regime? |url=https://news.sky.com/story/9-11-anniversary-who-were-the-september-11th-attackers-and-what-are-the-links-with-the-new-taliban-regime-12402917 |access-date=2024-04-28 |website=Sky News |language=en}}</ref> It is alleged he graduated with honors from high school.<ref name=":3" /> He attained a degree from [[Imam Muhammad ibn Saud Islamic University]], got married, and had a daughter briefly before the attacks.<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":3">{{cite news| url = https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2015/12/06/trumps-dubious-claim-that-the-911-hijackers-wives-knew-exactly-what-was-going-to-happen/| title = Trump's false claim that the 9/11 hijackers' wives 'knew exactly what was going to happen' - The Washington Post| newspaper = [[The Washington Post]]}}</ref> He taught as an [[imam]] at his [[mosque]] in [[Al-Qassim Province|al-Qassim province]], which was the "heartland" of [[Wahhabism]], a strict form of Islam. At the mosque, which experts refer to as a "terrorist factory", he was possibly taught by the radical [[Clergy|cleric]] [[Sulaiman Al-Alwan|Sulayman al Alwan]].<ref name=":2" />

According to [[Walid bin Attash]], al-Omari was one of a group of future hijackers who provided security at [[Kandahar]] airport after their basic training at an al-Qaeda camp. During the [[Kuala Lumpur al-Qaeda Summit|2000 Al Qaeda Summit]] in [[Kuala Lumpur]], American authorities state that immigration records show that a person named Abdulaziz al-Omari was visiting the country, although they say they are not sure that this was the same person.{{citation needed|date=June 2018}}