Fathi Yakan

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Fathi Yakan
فتحي يكن
Personal
Born
Fathi Mohamed Anaya

(1933-02-09)February 9, 1933
Tripoli, Lebanon
DiedJune 13, 2009(2009-06-13) (aged 76)
ReligionIslam
NationalityLebanese
SpouseMona Haddad [ar]
Political partyIslamic Labor Front
OccupationIslamic cleric, and politician

Fathi Yakan (born Fathi Mohamed Anaya (

Islamic cleric who held a seat in the parliament of Lebanon in 1992. He was born in Tripoli
.

Life

He was among the pioneers of the Islamic movement in the 1950s and the head of the Islamic Action Front (Lebanon).[1] He is regarded as Islamic Group (Al Jemaah Islamiyah)'s grandfather and leading ideologue.[2]

He initiated a political effort between Prime Minister Fouad Siniora and his allies on the one hand and the opposition in a bid to end the rule crisis in the wake of the 2006 Israeli war on Lebanon.[3]

Sheikh Yakan was married to Mona Haddad with whom he had established a private Islamic university, Jinan University (Lebanon).[4] He has four daughters and a son.[3] He has authored more than 35 books, some of which were translated into many languages. Yakan died on June 13, 2009, after he was admitted to the Hotel Dieu Hospital a day earlier.[5]

See also

  • 2006–2007 Lebanese political protests

References

Books

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