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Ahmed Yassin | |
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أحمد ياسين | |
 Yassin in 2004 | |
| Chairman of the Hamas Shura Council | |
| In office 10 December 1987 – 22 March 2004 | |
| Deputy | Abdel Aziz al-Rantisi |
| Preceded by | Position created |
| Succeeded by | Abdel Aziz al-Rantisi |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Ahmed Ismail Hassan Yassin June 1936 Al-Jura, Mandatory Palestine[1] (now known as Ashkelon, Israel) |
| Died | 22 March 2004 (aged 67) Gaza City, Gaza Strip |
| Manner of death | Assassination |
| Nationality | Palestinian |
| Political party | Hamas |
| Education | Al-Azhar University, Cairo |
| Occupation |
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Sheikh Ahmed Ismail Hassan Yassin (Arabic: الشيخ أحمد إسماعيل حسن ياسين; June 1936 – 22 March 2004)[2] was a Palestinian politician and imam who founded Hamas, an Islamist political and military organization. He also served as the first chairman of the Hamas Shura Council and de facto leader of Hamas since its inception from December 1987 until his assassination in March 2004.[3][4][5][6][7]
Yassin was born in Ashkelon, in Mandatory Palestine in 1929 or 1936.[2] His family fled or were expelled during the 1948 Palestine War to Gaza City. Yassin, a quadriplegic who was nearly blind, had been reliant on a wheelchair due to a sporting accident at the age of 12.
After its founding in 1987, Yassin served as the spiritual leader of Hamas.[8] The Israeli government held him responsible for the killing of several Israeli civilians.[9] In 2004, he was killed when an Israeli helicopter gunship fired a missile at him as he was being wheeled from Fajr prayer in Gaza City.[10] The attack, which also killed both of his bodyguards and nine bystanders, was internationally condemned.[10] His funeral procession was attended by 200,000 people in Gaza.[11]
- ^ Kabahā 2014, pp. 323.
- ^ a b "Sheikh Ahmad Yassin". Jewish Virtual Library. 2004. Archived from the original on 29 May 2022. Retrieved 26 June 2024.
Ahmed Yassin's Palestinian passport listed his date of birth as 1 January 1929, but Palestinian sources listed his birth year as 1937 (other Western media reported it as 1938).
- ^ Uschan, Michael V. (January 2006). Suicide Bombings in Israel and Palestinian Terrorism. Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP. p. 16. ISBN 978-0-8368-6561-5. Archived from the original on 26 April 2024. Retrieved 26 June 2024.
- ^ Charny, Israel W. (2007). Fighting suicide bombing: A Worldwide Campaign for Life. London, England: Bloomsbury. ISBN 978-0-275-99336-8. Archived from the original on 26 April 2024. Retrieved 11 June 2010.
- ^ Berko, Anat (2007). "Sheikh Ahmad Yassin, Hamas founder: "The shaheed doesn't die, he lives with Allah"". The path to paradise: the inner world of suicide bombers and their dispatchers. Abc-Clio, LLC. ISBN 978-0-275-99446-4. Archived from the original on 26 April 2024. Retrieved 26 June 2024.
- ^ Costigan, Sean S.; Gold, David (26 April 2007). Terrornomics. Farnham, Surrey, England: Ashgate Publishing. ISBN 978-0-7546-4995-3. Archived from the original on 26 April 2024. Retrieved 11 June 2010.
- ^ Brookes, Peter (March 2007). A Devil's Triangle: Terrorism, Weapons of Mass Destruction, and Rogue States. Lanham, Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield. p. 21. ISBN 978-0-7425-4953-1. Archived from the original on 26 April 2024. Retrieved 26 June 2024.
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:1was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ a b "The life and death of Shaikh Yasin". Al Jazeera. 24 March 2004. Archived from the original on 16 August 2007. Retrieved 26 June 2024.
- ^ Prusher, Ilene R. (23 March 2004). "Killing of Yassin a Turning Point". The Christian Science Monitor. Archived from the original on 20 January 2024. Retrieved 26 June 2024.