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Abdullah Yusuf Azzam

Abdullah Yusuf Azzam
عبد الله يوسف عزام
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Co-founder of Al-Qaeda (With Osama bin Laden and Ayman al-Zawahiri)
In office
1988–1989
Preceded by Position created
Succeeded by Osama bin Laden (as General Emir)
Co-founder of Maktab al-Khidamat
In office
1984–1988
Preceded by Position created
Succeeded by Position abolished
Personal details
Born 1941
Silat al-Harithiya, Palestine
Died November 24, 1989(1989-11-24) (age 47–48)
Peshawar, Pakistan
Nationality Palestinian (1941–48)
Jordanian (1948–89)
Alma mater University of Damascus
Occupation Islamic scholar and theologian
Known for Co-founder of Al-Qaeda
Religion Sunni Islam

Abdullah Yusuf Azzam (Arabic: عبد الله يوسف عزام‎‎, ‘Abdu’llāh Yūsuf ‘Azzām; 1941 – 24 November 1989) also known as Father of Global Jihad was a Palestinian Sunni Islamic scholar and theologian and founding member of al-Qaeda. Azzam preached both defensive and offensive jihad by Muslims to help the Afghan mujahideen against the Soviet invaders. He raised funds, recruited and organised the international Islamic volunteer effort of Afghan Arabs through the 1980s, and emphasised the political aspects of Islam.

Azzam was a teacher and mentor of Osama bin Laden and persuaded bin Laden to come to Afghanistan and help the jihad. As the war drew to an end, they both established al-Qaeda. He was also a co-founder of Lashkar-e-Taiba.

Azzam was killed by a car bomb while within Peshawar, Pakistan.

Abdullah Yusuf Azzam was born in 1941 in the Palestinian village of Silat al-Harithiya, about eight kilometres northwest of the city of Jenin in the West Bank, then administered under the Mandatory Palestine. Azzam is described by most of his biographers as being exceptionally intelligent as a child. He liked to read, excelled in class, and studied topics above his grade level.


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