Salmann Tamimi

Salmann (Suleiman) Tamimi (born 01 March 1955) is a founding member of the Association Iceland-Palestine (Félagið Ísland-Palestína) and the Association of Muslims in Iceland (Félag múslima á Íslandi).

Salmann was born in 1955 in Palestine and grew up in Wadi El Joz in east Jerusalem. His father was Salim (Saleem) Abu Khaled al Tamimi, a businessman and passionate activist, and his mother Salim's second wife Nazima abu Rajabb al Tamimi; his elder siblings are, in order of age, Younes, Rawda, Safah, Amneh, along with his younger sister Amal. Younes moved to Iceland in 1966, Amneh some years later, and Salmann in 1971, at the age of sixteen. He had been travelling to the USA, but stopped over in Iceland to see his brother Younes and decided to stay.

Salmann's first partner was Þórstína Björg Þorsteinsdóttir, with whom he had María Björg Tamimi and Nadia Tamimi; in the mid-1980s he married Ingibjörg Sigurjónsdóttir, with whom he had Yousef Ingi Tamimi and Nazima Kristín Tamimi; the couple have five children together.

Salmann worked as a sailor and in construction before completing his studies in computer science at the University of Iceland. He then worked for Iceland's national hospital, but was dismissed in 2006. In 2012 the Supreme Court of Iceland held that his dismissal was illegal.

In the later 1970s and 1990s, Salmann lived in Sweden. He now lives in Breiðholt in Reykjavík.

Salmann assisted his sister Amal and her children to move to Iceland in 1995, where Amal became the second foreign-born person (and the first foreign-born woman) to sit in the Icelandic parliament. Later, Salmann disowned her over her partnership with an Icelandic man. According to Amal, Salmann tried to persuade Icelandic authorities to have her judged as an unfit mother. Amal claims that Salmann felt her daughters were not safe in her home because of her relationship with a Christian man. In 2014 Amal said that she and Salmann are not on speaking terms.

In 1987 Salmann founded the Association Iceland-Palestine (Félagið Ísland-Palestína). On 24 July 2014 Salmann made the headlines for his comments in relation to a funeral of Israeli soldiers: "To hell inshallah. Your friends will follow you." Many condemned his remarks.

...
Wikipedia