Ahmed Yassin
Ahmed Yassin was the co-founder of Hamas alongside Abdel Aziz Rantisi. Yassin served as the group's spiritual leader until he was killed by the Israeli military on March 22, 2004. Yassin encouraged Hamas's campaign of suicide bombing and martyrdom against Israel and asserted that the entirety of its territory belonged to Palestine. He also frequently conflated Jews and Israelis in his violent rhetoric and encouraged the targeting of Israeli civilians. His killing was internationally condemned and his funeral procession was attended by 200,000 Palestinian mourners.
Other terms tagged with Islamist
Islamic Revolutionar…
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) is part of Iran’s armed forces, separate from the traditional military but complementary to it. The group is tasked with defending Iran’s revolutionary regime, which took power in 1979, and answers... Read more
Kata’ib Hezbollah
Kata’ib Hezbollah (also Kata’ib Hizballah) is an Iraqi Shia militant group that seeks to institute an Iran-aligned government in Iraq, remove U.S. and coalition forces from the country and further Iranian interests in the region. KH has... Read more
