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  1. Abdullah Yusuf Azzam [a] ( 14 November 1941 – 24 November 1989) was a Palestinian jihadist and theologian. Belonging to the Salafi movement within Sunni Islam, he and his family fled from what had been the Jordanian-annexed West Bank after the 1967 Arab–Israeli War and pursued higher education in Jordan and Egypt before relocating to Saudi ...

  2. Abdullah Azzam (1941-1989) was a Palestinian Islamist preacher who helped found al-Qaeda, Hamas, and Lashkar-e-Taiba. He is often referred to as the father of global jihad, and was instrumental in recruiting foreign fighters to Afghanistan in the 1980s. Azzam theorized that Muslims should fight a single, global jihad against their enemies as ...

  3. Abdullah Yusuf Azzam (1941 - November 24, 1989) was a highly influential Palestinian Sunni Islamic scholar and theologian, and a central figure in preaching for defensive jihad by Muslims to help the Afghan mujahideen against the Soviet invaders. He fled the West Bank in 1967, in the Palestinian exodus to Jordan, taking a leading role in the ...

  4. Abdullah Yusuf Azzam was a Palestinian jihadist and theologian. Belonging to the Salafi movement within Sunni Islam, he and his family fled from what had been the Jordanian-annexed West Bank after the 1967 Arab–Israeli War and pursued higher education in Jordan and Egypt before relocating to Saudi Arabia.

  5. Mar 5, 2020 · Thomas Heggehammer's newest work spans decades which encompasses the historical background of the most influential Afghan Jihadist and founder of modern day "jihad", Abdallah Yusuf Azzam. The volume is quite extensive, 718 pages, with 126 pages worth of footnotes.

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  7. Sep 11, 2011 · Abdullah Azzam, inspiration to al Qaeda, was killed two decades ago, but his ideas won’t die. The heart of the attack on America 10 years ago was a small cell of fanatics led by Mohammad Atta ...

  8. Abdullah Yusuf Azzam, who also did much to support the establishment and entrenchment of Hamas. This essay traces the links between Azzam and these two radical Islamic organizations and outlines his major influence on central components of their agendas – jihad (holy war) 1 and istishhad (martyrdom). Abdullah Azzam and al-Qaeda

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