Osama Chanou (Jihadi Militant, Netherlands)

STATUS UNKNOWN

Full name: Osama Chanou
Pseudonym: Abu Yazid
Alternatives: N/a
Location: Netherlands
Affiliation: Schilderswijk Jihadi Network [SJN]

Osama Chanou (º1996) is a Moroccan Islamist activist and longtime resident of Den Haag’s Schilderswijk neighborhood.¹ As a teenager, he became involved in the Schilderswijk Jihadi Network [SJN] during the early 2010s. Before long, Chanou served as the network’s most important ideologue.² He brazenly preached jihad to local Muslims on the streets and in the mosques of the neighborhood.³ Chanou also glorified jihad on social media and published tracts in support of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant [DaIISh; Dawlat al-Islamiya fi-Iraq wal ash-Sham].⁴ He inspired a significant number of Dutch Muslims to go to Syria.⁵

At the same time, Chanou was also a key figure in the Street Da’awah Movement, the activist front of the SJN.⁶ In September 2013, he gained some notoriety by defiantly giving a lecture to his supporters as police tried to break up a gathering of Islamists at a sports field in the Schilderswijk neighborhood.⁷ Despite his religious fervor, Chanou’s earned a reputation for lusting after women. This caused some controversy within the local Islamist community.⁸

Dutch police arrested Chanou on Jun. 24, 2014.⁹ He spent more than a year in jail before being released in the runup to his trial in October 2015.¹⁰ On Dec. 10, 2015, a court sentenced him to three years in prison for his role in recruiting jihadis in the Netherlands.¹¹ His current status is unknown.

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References
↑1	Nederlandse Omroep Stichting – “Verdachten in het jihadproces: van Abou Moussa tot Abou Gortex” (Sep. 07, 2015), link.
↑2	Agence France-Presse – “Dutch court convicts six for recruiting IS jihadists“, by Jan Hennop (Dec. 10, 2015), link; Algemeen Dagblad – “Straffen tot zes jaar cel in Haags jihadproces“, by Cyril Rosman & Maarten van Ast (Dec. 10, 2015), link; Algemeen Dagblad – “Tot 5,5 jaar cel in Haags Jihadproces“, by Cyril Rosman (May 25, 2018), link; Omroep West – “Wildersfotograaf staat terecht voor ronselen vijf jonge moslims voor jihad” (Sep. 28, 2014), link & Telegraaf – “Haags jihadproces: straffen tot 5,5 jaar in hoger beroep” (May 25, 2018), link.
↑3	Algemeen Dagblad – “Jonge Haagse jihad-ronselaar langer vast” (Nov. 04, 2014), link; Nederlandse Omroep Stichting – “Haags jihadistisch netwerk telt 17 verdachten” (Dec. 12, 2014), link; Omroep West – “Wildersfotograaf staat terecht voor ronselen vijf jonge moslims voor jihad” (Sep. 28, 2014), link & RTL Nieuws – “Tot 6 jaar cel voor Haagse jihadisten om steun aan terrorisme” (Dec. 10, 2015), link.
↑4	Nederlandse Omroep Stichting – “Verdachten in het jihadproces: van Abou Moussa tot Abou Gortex” (Sep. 07, 2015), link & Trouw – “Oussama C: Kleine jongen, groot spreker” (Jul. 05, 2014), link.
↑5	Nederlandse Omroep Stichting – “Verdachten in het jihadproces: van Abou Moussa tot Abou Gortex” (Sep. 07, 2015), link; Omroep West – “Wildersfotograaf staat terecht voor ronselen vijf jonge moslims voor jihad” (Sep. 28, 2014), link & Omroep West – “Oussama C is jongste jihadverdachte” (Sep. 29, 2015), link.
↑6	Nederlandse Omroep Stichting – “Verdachten in het jihadproces: van Abou Moussa tot Abou Gortex” (Sep. 07, 2015), link.
↑7	Omroep West – “Aangehouden moslims staan volgende week weer op voetbalveldje in Den Haag” (Sep. 09, 2013), link; Omroep West – “Oussama C is jongste jihadverdachte” (Sep. 29, 2015), link & Vrij Nederland – “De jonge Oussama C wilde anderen het licht laten zien“, by Jaco Alberts & Harry Lensink (Sep. 29, 2015), link.
↑8	Nederlandse Omroep Stichting – “Verdachten in het jihadproces: van Abou Moussa tot Abou Gortex” (Sep. 07, 2015), link & Vrij Nederland – “De jonge Oussama C wilde anderen het licht laten zien“, by Jaco Alberts & Harry Lensink (Sep. 29, 2015), link.
↑9	Nederlandse Omroep Stichting – “Verdachten in het jihadproces: van Abou Moussa tot Abou Gortex” (Sep. 07, 2015), link.
↑10	Algemeen Dagblad – “Jihadverdachte Oussama C uit gevangenis” (Oct. 05, 2015), link & Volkskrant – “Jihadverdachte Oussama C op vrije voeten” (Oct. 05, 2015), link.
↑11	Algemeen Dagblad – “Straffen tot zes jaar cel in Haags jihadproces“, by Cyril Rosman & Maarten van Ast (Dec. 10, 2015), link; Nederlandse Omroep Stichting – “Celstraffen tot zes jaar in jihadproces” (Dec. 10, 2015), link; RTL Nieuws – “Tot 6 jaar cel voor Haagse jihadisten om steun aan terrorisme” (Dec. 10, 2015), link & Telegraaf – “Haags jihadproces: straffen tot 5,5 jaar in hoger beroep” (May 25, 2018), link.

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