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Fathi Ibrahim Abdulaziz Shaqaqi ( Arabic : فتحي إبراهيم عبد العزيز الشقاقي , romanized : Fatẖī Ibrāhīm ‘Abd ul-‘Aziz ash-Shaqāqī ; 4 January 1951 – 26 October 1995) was a Palestinian physician, leader and the founder and Secretary-General of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ), a Palestinian Islamist paramilitary organization . Shaqaqi was born in the Gaza Strip to a refugee family and received his early education at a United Nations school. He studied physics and mathematics at Bir Zeit University and later medicine at Mansoura University in Egypt. Shaqaqi became a follower of Hassan al-Banna , founder of the Muslim Brotherhood , and Sayyid Qutb . Influenced by the Iranian Revolution , he wrote a book praising Ayatollah Khomeini 's approach to an Islamic state . In 1981, Shaqaqi co-founded Islamic Jihad with the goal of establishing a sovereign Islamic state across Israel and the Palestinian territories . The organization rejected political processes, focusing on achieving its goals through military means. As the PIJ leader, Shaqaqi masterminded several suicide bombings in Israel. He was assassinated by Mossad agents in Malta in 1995, leading to a weakening of the PIJ until its resurgence after the Arab Spring .
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The opening as it stood in 2010
Fathi Shaqaqi Source: PIJ Fathi Shaqaqi ( ), alternatively spelled Fathi Shqaqi or Fathi Shiqaqi (1951 – October 26, 1995), was the Palestinian who founded and led the Palestinian Islamic Jihad organisation and was the initiator of suicide bombings . He formed along with Sheik Odeh (a.k.a. Abd Al Aziz Awda ) the Palestinian Islamic Jihad in the Gaza Strip during the 1970s, initially as a branch of the Egyptian Islamic Jihad . Among Sunnis, Fathi Shiqaqi was the first individual to publish a booklet which legitimized suicide in jihad. He called it sacrifice. Not only the suicide was legitimized but also the operation. My Life Is a Weapon .
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Fathi Shaqaqi ( ; 1951 – 26 October 1995) was the co-founder and Secretary-General of the Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine .
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The opening as it stood in 2020
Fathi Shaqaqi ( ; 4 January 1951 – 26 October 1995) was the co-founder and Secretary-General of the Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine .
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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023
Palestinian political and militant leader (1981 to 1995) Fathi Ibrahim Abdulaziz Shaqaqi ( ; 4 January 1951 – 26 October 1995) was the founder and Secretary-General of the Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine .Fathi Shaqaqi was born in the Gaza Strip to a refugee family and received his early education at a United Nations school.He studied physics and mathematics at Bir Zeit University and later medicine at Mansoura University in Egypt.Shaqaqi became a follower of Hassan al-Banna , founder of the Muslim Brotherhood , and Sayyid Qutb .Influenced by the Iranian Revolution , he wrote a book praising Ayatollah Khomeini 's approach to an Islamic state .In 1981, Shaqaqi co-founded Islamic Jihad with the goal of establishing a sovereign Islamic state across Israel and the Palestinian territories .The organization rejected political processes, focusing on achieving its goals through military means.As the PIJ leader, Shaqaqi masterminded several suicide bombings in Israel.He was assassinated by Mossad agents in Malta in 1995, leading to a weakening of the PIJ until its resurgence after the Arab Spring .
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palestinian who founded and led the palestinian islamic jihad organisation and was the initiator of suicide bom
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palestinian physician
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