Ahmed Yassin information

Sheikh
Ahmed Yassin
Sheikh Ahmed Yassin
أحمد ياسين
	Yassin in 2004
Born	June 1936; Al-Jura, Mandatory Palestine (now known as Ashkelon, Israel)
Died	22 March 2004 (aged 67); Gaza City, Gaza Strip
Cause of death	Assassination
Nationality	Palestinian
Education	Al-Azhar University, Cairo
Occupations	Politician; imam;
Organization	Hamas

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 militant Islamist and Palestinian 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 who was nearly blind, had been reliant on a wheelchair due to a sporting accident at the age of 12.^[8]

He served as Hamas' spiritual leader after its founding, which is designated a terrorist organization by the US, the EU and 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]

^ Kabahā 2014, pp. 323.
^ "Sheikh Ahmad Yassin". Jewish Virtual Library. 2004. Archived from the original on 29 May 2022. Retrieved 6 April 2008. 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 ... Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP. ISBN 978-0-8368-6561-5. Archived from the original on 26 April 2024. Retrieved 11 June 2010.
^ Charny, Israel W. (2007). Fighting suicide bombing: a ... London, England: Bloomsbury. ISBN 978-0-275-99336-8. Archived from the original on 26 April 2024. Retrieved 11 June 2010.
^ Berko, Anat (2007). The path to paradise: the inner ... Abc-Clio, LLC. ISBN 978-0-275-99446-4. Archived from the original on 26 April 2024. Retrieved 11 June 2010.
^ 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 ... Lanham, Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 978-0-7425-4953-1. Archived from the original on 26 April 2024. Retrieved 11 June 2010.
^ "islam.about.com". Archived from the original on 11 March 2007. Retrieved 18 June 2007.
^ Cite error: The named reference :0 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ Cite error: The named reference :1 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ ^a ^b "The life and death of Shaikh Yasin". Al Jazeera. 27 March 2004. Archived from the original on 16 August 2007. Retrieved 7 August 2007.
^ 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 15 April 2008.

[FOOTNOTEKabahā2014323-1] Kabahā 2014, pp. 323.

[birthdate-2] "Sheikh Ahmad Yassin". Jewish Virtual Library. 2004. Archived from the original on 29 May 2022. Retrieved 6 April 2008. 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).

[3] Uschan, Michael V. (January 2006). Suicide Bombings in Israel and ... Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP. ISBN 978-0-8368-6561-5. Archived from the original on 26 April 2024. Retrieved 11 June 2010.

[4] Charny, Israel W. (2007). Fighting suicide bombing: a ... London, England: Bloomsbury. ISBN 978-0-275-99336-8. Archived from the original on 26 April 2024. Retrieved 11 June 2010.

[5] Berko, Anat (2007). The path to paradise: the inner ... Abc-Clio, LLC. ISBN 978-0-275-99446-4. Archived from the original on 26 April 2024. Retrieved 11 June 2010.

[6] 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.

[7] Brookes, Peter (March 2007). A Devil's Triangle: Terrorism ... Lanham, Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 978-0-7425-4953-1. Archived from the original on 26 April 2024. Retrieved 11 June 2010.

[islamaboutcom1-8] "islam.about.com". Archived from the original on 11 March 2007. Retrieved 18 June 2007.

[:0-9] Cite error: The named reference :0 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[:1-10] Cite error: The named reference :1 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[AlJazeerah-11] "The life and death of Shaikh Yasin". Al Jazeera. 27 March 2004. Archived from the original on 16 August 2007. Retrieved 7 August 2007.

[csm-12] 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 15 April 2008.

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