Palestinian political and religious leader (1936–2004)
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 , a Palestinian militant Islamist and nationalist organization in the Gaza Strip , in 1987.[3] [4] [5] [6] [7]
Yassin was born in Ashkelon , in Mandatory Palestine in 1929 or 1936. His family fled or were expelled during the 1948 Palestine War to Gaza City . Yassin, a quadriplegic [8] who was nearly blind , had been reliant on a wheelchair due to a sporting accident at the age of 12.
After its founding, he served as the spiritual leader of Hamas, which is designated a terrorist organization by the US, the EU and several other countries .[9] The Israeli government held him responsible for the killing of several Israeli civilians.[10] 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 .[11] The attack, which also killed both of his bodyguards and nine bystanders, was internationally condemned.[11] 200,000 Palestinians attended his funeral procession in Gaza.[12]
^ "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 .
^ "Sheikh Ahmed Yassin Assassinated by Israel" . islam.about.com . 22 March 2004. Archived from the original on 11 March 2007. Retrieved 18 June 2007 .
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^ 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 .