Shaikh Ahmed Yassin

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Shaikh Ahmed Yassin
The founder and spiritual leader of the
Palestinian Resistance Movement Hamas

• Life and Martyrdom for a Cause
• 1938-2004

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His Firm Belief
Palestine is an Islamic land consecrated for
future Muslim generations until Judgement Day,
and that no Arab leader had the right to give up
any part of this territory
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His Services to Besieged Nation

• Established Schools, Clinics and Health Clubs
• Offering free social services

• Powerful inspiration to disillusioned nation
• Helping families of martyred fighters and
  detainees

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Despite Disability Diseases

• Complete Paralysis
• Loss of right eye due to Zionist blows during
  interrogation
• Weekness in left eye
• Chronic inflammation in ear
• Lung Infection
• Other disease in abdomen

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Despite Detention Death Threats

• Arrested in 1983 and sentenced to 13 years
  imprisonment by Zionists
• Released in 1985 in a prisoners exchange deal
• In 1988, Zionist Occupation Forces broke into and
  ransacked his house
• Arrested again in 1989 and sentenced to life
  imprisonment
• Released in 1997 in a trade-off with Jordan for
  two Mussad agents
• Survived an assassination attempt in 2003 by the
  Zionist Occupation Forces

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Zionists Against Peace
Shaikh Yassin "In the past we declared a
unilateral ceasefire, we gave the Israeli enemy a
truce for 50 days, but they did not commit to it
even for one day. They continued with their
killings and crimes, with demolishing houses and
building settlements."
"It failed because illegitimate Israel did not
want peace or security for the Palestinian
People." "So we have to study where the national
interest lies with resistance, or with declaring
a ceasefire."
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Freedom Struggle
"Our battle is a military one, against soldiers
and Jewish settlers. The attacks inside Israel
are the operations we carry out in response to
Israeli crimes against our people".
"They are not the strategy of our movement, our
strategy is to defend ourselves against an
occupying army, and against the settlers and the
settlements ".
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Terrorism Vs Freedom Struggle
"America is the one who gives Israel the money
and the weapons. America is defending Israel in
the UN Security Council by vetoing resolutions".
"We did not fight the Americans, we did not fight
the Europeans, we only fought on Palestinian land
against the Israeli enemy who took our home. "So
WHY have America and Europe put us on the list of
terrorists, when we never touched their
interests?".
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Marked for Death by Zionists
Zionists Sheikh Yassin is marked for death, and
he should hide himself deep underground where he
won't know the difference between day and
night Shaikh Yassin Death threats do not
frighten us, because we are in search of
martyrdom
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Martyrdom Achieved
On 22nd March 2004, Allah (swt) bestowed
martyrdom upon him by the brutal Zionist
Occupational Forces. Inna lillahi wa inna ilaihi
raajioon. May Allah (swt) accept his martyrdom
and grant him a high place in Jannah.
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Last Moments of Life in Mosque
After the dawn prayers, as he came out of his
local Mosque, the Coward Zionist Forces fired
missiles directly at him from a US made Apache
Helicopter bringing martyrdom to this aged,
wheelchair bound paraplegic Scholar
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The World Condemns
Israeli oppression will not force the
Palestinians to kneel. Al-Quds - Palestinian
territories There is a limit to arrogance and
cowardice. Yediot Aharonot - Israel Meanwhile,
the region is awash with blood. Madness
celebrates. Maariv - Israel It is a crime
against Arabs, Muslims and the entire world.
Al-Ahram - Egypt
Ariel Sharon and his generals are terrorists par
excellence. The blood of the martyrs will not be
shed in vain. Tishrin - Syria
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The World Condemns
By all criteria - human, moral, political,
strategic or even from a security point of view -
Sharon's criminal assassination of Sheikh Ahmed
Yassin is extreme madness. Al-Hayat - London-based
Does Sharon expect Hamas to disappear after this
operation? Does he expect that suicide operations
inside Israel will end? Al-Sharq al-Awsat -
London-based Israel's action confirms to the
Muslim world that enmity with it will remain
forever. Al-Riyadh - Saudi Arabia
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The World Condemns
The resistance will never die. All its men are
'Yassins'. Al-Bayan - United Arab
Emirates Suicide and other operations carried out
by Hamas will not end. They are likely to
multiply instead. Al-Ayyam - Bahrain
This crime confirms once again that Israel,
despite its talk, is frightened of its own
future, while the Palestinian people are
confident of theirs, despite the challenges they
are facing daily. Al-Watan - Qatar
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New Yassins
This is the place graveyard where new warriors
are born
Shaikh Yassin When I die, a hundred Yassins
will be born
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Resistance to Continue
Addressing a rally to mark Hamas 15th
Anniversary in Dec 2002, Shaikh Yassin said
The march of martyrs will move forward...
Resistance will move forward. Jihad will
continue, and martyrdom operations will continue
until the full liberation of Palestine