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Abdullah Yusuf Azzam
Abdullah Yusuf Azam
(,
‘Abdu’llah Yusuf ‘Azzam
; 1941 – 24 November 1989) a.k.a.
Father of Global Jihad
was a Palestinian
Sunni
Islamic
scholar
and
theologian
and founding member of
al-Qaeda
. Azzam preached both
defensive
and
offensive jihad
by
Muslims
to help the Afghan
mujahideen
against the
Soviet invaders
. He raised funds, recruited and organised the international Islamic volunteer effort of
Afghan Arabs
through the 1980s, and emphasised the
political aspects of Islam
.
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