Sheikh Ahmed Yassin
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Sheikh Ahmed Yassin (January 1, 1929[1] - March 22 2004) is an Islamic leader. To many he was a hero, to some he was a notorious Islamic Leader. He was the spiritual leader of the Islamic militant group Hamas. He was also a symbolic figure for Palestinians to fight against Israel.
Yassin helped create Hamas and became its spiritual leader in 1987. To his people he was hero but hee was blamed by the Israeli government for planning suicide bombings and other attacks against Israel. He claimed that was the only way of fighting occupation. Though he was confined to a wheelchair (he was paralyzed since boyhood, after a soccer game), nearly blind and could barely hear, he was very powerful and influential. He was assassinated in an airstrike by the Israeli Army after he leaving a mosque in Gaza in the early morning hours.
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- ↑ Ahmed's birth date is in dispute. He claimed he was born 1/1/1938. However, his passport indicated 1/1 1929
[edit] External links
- Israel Bombing of Refugee Camp
- Yassin killed, Ahmed Yassin biography
- Yassin's letter and kids named after him