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Ahmad Yasin

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Ahmad Yasin

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Also known as Sheikh Ahmed Ismail Hassan Yassin, Ahmad Ismail Hasan Yasin

Palestinian political and religious leader (1937–2004)

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Ahmad Yasin was a Palestinian political and religious leader who lived from 1937 to 2004 and played a significant role in Palestinian affairs during that period. He is an important historical figure in understanding modern Palestinian politics and the Middle Eastern conflict, though his legacy remains contested and complex.

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Instance of
human
Given name
Ahmad
Gender
male
Citizenship
Mandatory Palestine
Place of birth
Al-Jura
Place of death
Gaza City
Occupation
cleric
Educated at
Al-Azhar University
Political party
Muslim Brotherhood
Languages spoken
Arabic
Religion
Sunni Islam
Image
Ahmed Yassin in 1998.jpg
Number of children
11
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date of death
2004-03-22
date of birth
1937-05-01
cause of death
airstrike
medical condition
paralysis
manner of death
targeted killing by Israel
name in native language
أحمد إسماعيل ياسين
Commons category
Ahmed Yassin
member of
Hamas
influenced by
Izz ad-Din al-Qassam
place of burial
Sheikh Radwan
P11012
Ridgeville Township
killed by
Israeli Air Force
honorific suffix
rahimahullah
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Encyclopedic overview

Sheikh Ahmed Ismail Hassan Yassin (Arabic: الشيخ أحمد إسماعيل حسن ياسين; June 1936/37 – 22 March 2004) 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.

Yassin was born in Ashkelon, in Mandatory Palestine in 1929 or 1936/1937. 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 16.

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