What is Ahmed Yassin?
{{Infobox person | honorific_prefix = [[Sheikh]] | name = Ahmed Yassin | image = Military trial of Ahmed Yassin, March 1990 I (colorized).jpg | caption = Picture of Yassin on trial | native_name = الشيخُ أَحْمَدُ إِسْمَاعِيلُ | native_name_lang = ar | birth_date = June 1936 | birth_place = Al-Jura | death_date = {{death date and age|2004|3|22|1936|6|28}} | death_place = [[Gaza City]], [[Gaza Strip]], [[State of Palestine|Palestine]] | death_cause = Killed by Israeli airstrike | nationality = Palestinian | movement = {{flag|Hamas}} }} {{Palestinian nationalism}} '''Ahmed Yassin''' ([[Arabic language|Arabic]]: الشيخُ أَحْمَدُ إِسْمَاعِيلُ) (June 1936 – March 22, 2004) was a [[Spirituality|spiritual]] leader of the militant Palestinian group [[Hamas]]. == Life == Ahmed Yassin was born on June 1936 in [[al-Jura]], [[British Mandate of Palestine]]. He helped create Hamas and became its spiritual leader in 1987.<ref>{{Cite web|title=The life and death of Shaikh Yasin|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2004/3/24/the-life-and-death-of-shaikh-yasin|access-date=2023-11-02|website=[[Al Jazeera]]|language=en}}</ref> To other members of Hamas he was a hero but he was blamed by the Israeli [[government]] for planning [[suicide bombing]]s and other [[wikt:attack|attacks]] against Israel. He claimed that was the only way of fighting [[Military occupation|occupation]]. He was confined to a [[wheelchair]] because he was paralyzed since age 12, he was also nearly [[sight|blind]] and could barely [[hear]]. He was very powerful and [[influence|influential]]. Yassin's birth date is in [[dispute]]. He claimed he was born 1/1/1938, however, his [[passport]] indicated 1/1/1937. To some he was a [[hero]], to some he was a well known member of a [[terrorist]] organization. He was also a [[symbol]]ic figure for [[Palestinian people|Palestinians]] to fight against [[Israel]]. == Death == Yassin was killed in an [[airstrike]] in [[Gaza