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Thursday, November 5, 2009

Sheikh Ahmed Yassin



Ahmed Ismail Yassin was born in 1938 in the village of (Jura), south of the Gaza Strip. Refuge with his family to the Gaza Strip after the 1948 war.

 He had an accident in his youth during the exercise of sport, resulting in paralysis of all limbs, total paralysis.

 He Worked as a teacher of Arabic language and Islamic education, then worked as a preacher and a teacher in the mosques of Gaza.


Served as president of the Islamic Complex in Gaza.

Sheikh Ahmed Yassin was arrested in 1983 on charges of possession of weapons. And incitement to remove the Jewish state to exist, then the court published decision for prison him 13 years.

He was released in 1985 in an exchange of prisoners between the occupation authorities and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine - General Command, after serving 11 months in prison.

Sheikh Ahmed Yassin made with a group of Islamist activists organized the Islamic Resistance Movement "Hamas" in the Gaza Strip in 1987.

On the night of 18/5/1989 the Israeli occupation arrested Sheikh Ahmed Yassin with hundreds of "Hamas" to try stopping their sortie on the occupation army.

On 16/10/1991 published the court sentenced to life imprisonment added to fifteen years,  


He was released on Wednesday, 1/10/1997 under an agreement reached between (Jordan and Israel) for the release of Sheikh for the delivery of Zionists agents arrested in Jordan.  

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