Editing Omar Abdel-Rahman (section)

==Legacy==
Abdel-Rahman's imprisonment became a rallying point for Islamic militants around the world, including Al Qaeda and Osama bin Laden.<ref name="McCarthyDead">{{cite magazine|last1=McCarthy|first1=Andrew|title=Omar Abdel Rahman, the 'Blind Sheikh,' Is Dead|url=http://www.nationalreview.com/article/445052/blind-sheikh-dies-terrorist-evangelist|access-date=20 February 2017|magazine=National Review|date=18 February 2017}}</ref> In 1997, members of his group Al-Jama'a al-Islamiyya conducted two attacks against European visitors to Egypt, including the [[Luxor massacre|massacre of 58 Western tourists]] at [[Deir el-Bahri]] in Luxor. In addition to killing women and children, the attackers mutilated a number of bodies and distributed leaflets throughout the scene demanding Abdel-Rahman's release.{{Citation needed|date=June 2008}}

In 2005, three members of Abdel-Rahman's legal team, lawyer [[Lynne Stewart]], translator [[Mohamed Yousry]] and postal clerk Ahmed Abdel Sattar, were convicted of facilitating communication between Abdel-Rahman and members of the US designated-terrorist organization Al-Jama'a al-Islamiyya in Egypt. They received long federal prison sentences, based on their violated obligation to keep Abdel-Rahman incommunicado while providing him legal counsel.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/02/10/terror.trial.lawyer/ |title=Civil rights attorney convicted in terror trial – February 10, 2005 |publisher=CNN.com |date= February 14, 2005|access-date=March 18, 2010}}</ref>

[[Qasim al Raymi]], leader of [[Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula]], eulogized Abdul Rahman on 6 March.<ref name=CThreats2017-03-06/> His eulogy was critical of the US.