Aukai Collins

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Aukai Collins, also known as "Aqil Collins" is an Irish American convert to Islam who fought with Islamic Chechen rebels and later became an FBI informer. His exploits, which included contacts with Al Qaeda leading operatives, are described in the autobiographical book My Jihad (ISBN 0-7434-7059-1). Although he is sometimes referred to as Hawaiian American, he is Caucasian and was born in the United States, having moved to Hawaii for a period in his youth.

In this book he distinguishes between the Chechen armed resistance against the Russian army, which he regards as justified according to Islam, and terrorism in Al Qaeda style, which he regards as contrary to Islam.

He also appears in Canadian-born adventurer Robert Young Pelton's book, "The Hunter, The Hammer, and Heaven: Journeys to Three Worlds Gone Mad".

After authoring My Jihad, Collins became a bounty hunter which ultimately led to his arrest in Mexico on weapons charges. He was recently released after serving a 4 year prison sentence in Durango, Mexico.