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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 Arabia.
In October 1984, Abdullah Yusuf Azzam, a Palestinian Salafist also angered by the Soviet invasion, established Maktab al-Khadamat. The group aimed to coordinate logistics and support for the Afghan resistance from Pakistan.
- May 12 – June 4, 1987
- MAK victory, Soviet/Afghan government failure to capture the MAK base
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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.
Abdallah Yusuf Azzam (arabisch عبدالله يوسف عزام, DMG ʿAbdallāh Yūsuf ʿAzzām; * 14. November 1941 in Silat al-Harithiyya, Palästina, im heutigen Westjordanland; † 24. November 1989 in Peschawar) war ein palästinensischer islamistischer Ideologe, Vordenker von al-Qaida und Mentor von Osama bin Laden.
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.
Sep 7, 2021 · Ever since his assassination in late November 1989, Abdullah Azzam has occupied a hegemonic status in the minds of scholars and participants alike over his role in the evolution of modern Islamic activism.
