Ahmed Yassin  From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to:
navigation, search  Ahmed Yassin (January 1, 1937 – March 22,
2004) was a spiritual leader of the militant Palestinian group
Hamas. 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 notorious member of a terrorist
organization. He was also a symbolic figure for Palestinians to
fight against Israel.  Yassin was born in al-Jura, British
Mandate of Palestine. He helped create Hamas and became its
spiritual leader in 1987. To other members of Hamas he was a
hero but he was blamed by the Israeli government for planning
suicide bombings and other attacks against Israel. He claimed
that was the only way of fighting occupation. He was confined to
a wheelchair because he was paralyzed since age 12, he was also
nearly blind and could barely hear. He was very powerful and
influential. He was assassinated in an airstrike in Gaza City by
the Israeli Army after he