Abu Hafs may refer to: Abu Hafs Umar al-Nasafi, a Muslim scholar of 11th/12th century Mohammed Atef (Abu Hafs al-Masri), past military chief of al-Qaeda Umar I of Crete (Abu Hafs Umar al-Iqritishi), early ninth-century Andalusian pirate and founder of the Emirate of Crete Abu Hafs ibn Amr (died ca. 928/931), last Arab emir of Malatya Abu Hafs al-Urduni, Jordanian mujahid who fought in Chechnya Mahfouz Ould al-Walid (Abu Hafs al-Mauritani), Islamic religious scholar associated with the Taliban and al-Qaeda. He opposed the September 11 attacks and has since distanced himself from al-Qaeda Abu Hafs al-Hashimi al-Qurashi, a militant and the fifth and current caliph of the Islamic State.