Fathi Yakan (born Fathi Mohamed Anaya ( ar, فتحي محمد عناية), February 9, 1933 – June 13, 2009) was an
Islamic cleric
In Islam, the ''ulama'' (; ar, علماء ', singular ', "scholar", literally "the learned ones", also spelled ''ulema''; feminine: ''alimah'' ingularand ''aalimath'' lural are the guardians, transmitters, and interpreters of religious ...
who held a seat in the parliament of
Lebanon
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in 1992. He was born in
Tripoli
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.
Life
He was among the pioneers of the Islamic movement in the 1950s and the head of the Islamic Action Front (Lebanon). He is regarded as
Islamic Group (Al Jemaah Islamiyah)'s grandfather and leading ideologue.
He initiated a political effort between Prime Minister
Fouad Siniora
Fouad Siniora ( ar, فؤاد السنيورة, translit=Fu'ād as-Sanyūrah; born 19 July 1943) is a Lebanese politician, a former Prime Minister of Lebanon, a position he held from 19 July 2005 to 25 May 2008. He stepped down on 9 November 2009 ...
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.
Sheikh Yakan was married to Mona Haddad with whom he had established a private Islamic university,
Jinan University (Lebanon). He has four daughters and a son. 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.
See also
*
2006–2007 Lebanese political protests
References
Books
*Fathi Yakan
To Be A Muslim
External links
Dr. Fathi Yakan Guest CV - IslamOnline.netIslamic Action Front announces death of its leader Fathi YakanLebanon Bids Farewell to Islamic Action Front Head Fathi YakanLebanese cleric Fathi Yakan died, Islamic Action Front says
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1933 births
2009 deaths
20th-century Muslim scholars of Islam
Lebanese Sunni Muslims
Muslim Brotherhood leaders
People from Tripoli, Lebanon
Members of the Parliament of Lebanon
Lebanese people of Turkish descent