# Reda Seyam

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**Reda Seyam** (born 1959 or 1960), also known as **Ghana Prakesh** or **Gnanavel** (the one with two horns), was a [German](/source/Germans)-[Turkish](/source/Turkish_people) Islamic militant and an official in the [Islamic State](/source/Islamic_State_of_Iraq_and_the_Levant) (IS). He has been described as a 'veteran of jihad' and is the highest ranking German [member of the Islamic State](/source/List_of_Islamic_State_of_Iraq_and_the_Levant_members).

## Background

Reda Seyam was born in 1959 or 1960 in [Egypt](/source/Egypt). He joined the [Bosnian mujahideen](/source/Bosnian_mujahideen) in 1994, fighting in the [Bosnian War](/source/Bosnian_War) (1992–95). He later moved to [Riyadh](/source/Riyadh), [Saudi Arabia](/source/Saudi_Arabia) in 1998.

Seyam is suspected of playing a role in financing the [2002 Bali bombings](/source/2002_Bali_bombings). He was arrested in Indonesia and interrogated by the [Central Intelligence Agency](/source/Central_Intelligence_Agency) at a [black site](/source/Black_site) before being extradited to [Germany](/source/Germany) in 2003, where he became an influential figure in the [Salafi movement](/source/Salafi_movement).[1][2]

## Islamic State

On August 19, 2013, it was reported that Seyam was active in [Syria](/source/Syria). Presently he is said to be the "emir for education" in [Nineveh Governorate](/source/Nineveh_Governorate), [Iraq](/source/Iraq), where he is responsible for "education reform" in the region. He has appeared in a video titled "Education in the Shade of the Caliphate" and in pictures taken inside Mosul University. [3][4]

According to a study by Jean-Charles Brisard and Kevin Jacksom, he was at one point deputy to the Islamic State governor in [Aleppo](/source/Aleppo) province in [Syria](/source/Syria).[5]

## Family

Seyam first married in 1988. His first wife left him and was placed in witness protection by the German government. He later remarried. Seyam has a son named Jihad. The Berlin Interior Minister, [Ehrhart Körting](/source/Ehrhart_K%C3%B6rting) made a complaint against him naming his son Jihad but on September 2, 2009 the Court of Appeal ruled that this was a common name in the [Arab world](/source/Arab_world) and was, therefore, permissible.[6][7]

## References

1. ["Google Translate"](https://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?depth=1&hl=en&prev=search&rurl=translate.google.com&sl=de&u=http://www.spiegel.de/politik/deutschland/terrorfinanzierung-deutscher-mitverantwortlich-fuer-bali-attentat-a-291640.html&usg=ALkJrhia-n4LxTi7aH32eAhXyHPg_A_0yQ). *Translate.googleusercontent.com*. Retrieved 2016-07-27.

1. ["IS-Fanatiker-aus-Berlin-soll-am-Leben-sein"](https://www.welt.de/politik/deutschland/article136860286/IS-Fanatiker-aus-Berlin-soll-am-Leben-sein.html). *Die Welt*. 28 January 2015. Retrieved 2017-02-13.

1. Flade, Florian. ["The Islamic State Threat to Germany Evidence from the Investigations"](https://web.archive.org/web/20160918093112/https://www.ctc.usma.edu/posts/the-islamic-state-threat-to-germany-evidence-from-the-investigations). Archived from [the original](https://www.ctc.usma.edu/posts/the-islamic-state-threat-to-germany-evidence-from-the-investigations) on 18 September 2016. Retrieved 27 July 2016.

1. ["Google Translate"](https://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?depth=1&hl=en&prev=search&rurl=translate.google.com&sl=de&u=https://www.neues-deutschland.de/artikel/955821.deutscher-islamist-als-mitglied-der-is-fuehrung-offenbar-im-irak-gefallen.html&usg=ALkJrhirpqqtwJFpa3W84YHjpskCI7JUPg). *Translate.googleusercontent.com*. Retrieved 2016-07-27.

1. Jean-Charles Brisard and Kévin Jackson. ["Islamic State's External Operations and the French-Belgian Nexus"](https://web.archive.org/web/20161111192627/https://www.ctc.usma.edu/v2/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/CTC-Sentinel_Vol9Iss11.pdf). Archived from [the original](https://www.ctc.usma.edu/v2/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/CTC-Sentinel_Vol9Iss11.pdf) on 2016-11-11. Retrieved 2016-11-11.

1. ["Google Translate"](https://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?depth=1&hl=en&prev=search&rurl=translate.google.com&sl=de&u=http://www.berliner-zeitung.de/sie-war-die-frau-eines-mutmasslichen-terroristen--als-zeugin-bekam-sie-einen-neuen-namen--man-riss-sie-aus-ihrer-welt--nun-findet-sie-nicht-zurueck-das-verlorene-leben-der-doris-glueck-15894708&usg=ALkJrhhbNSpwzzZiKs3Q3om8hd6XGK-Qzw). *Translate.googleusercontent.com*. Retrieved 2016-07-27.

1. ["Google Translate"](https://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?depth=1&hl=en&prev=search&rurl=translate.google.com&sl=de&u=https://web.archive.org/web/20070303173300/http://www.daserste.de/doku/beitrag_dyn~uid,6vse5xraghyd8gnv~cm.asp&usg=ALkJrhgkCcvQvrM9X721ZIHlsERjLFf0aQ). *Translate.googleusercontent.com*. 2007-03-03. Retrieved 2016-07-27.

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