Azzam was sent to the village of Adir, near the town of Kerak in central Jordan. After graduation from the college, students were sent out to teach at local schools. Though he was a year younger than his classmates, he received good grades. In the late 1950s, after he had completed his elementary and secondary education, Azzam left Silat al-Harithiya and enrolled in the agricultural Khaduri College in Tulkarm, about 30 kilometres southwest of his village. During this part of his life, Azzam began reading the works of Hasan al-Banna and other Muslim Brotherhood writings. Khalifa met with Azzam during several visits that he made to Silat al-Harithiya. Shafiq Asad then introduced Azzam to Muhammad 'Abd ar-Rahman Khalifa, the Muraqib 'Am (General Supervisor) of the Muslim Brotherhood in Jordan. Azzam became more interested in Islamic studies and started a study group in his village. Recognizing Azzam's sharp mind, Shafiq Asad gave Azzam a religious education and introduced him to many of the Muslim Brotherhood's leaders in Palestine. In the mid-1950s, Azzam joined the Muslim Brotherhood after being influenced by Shafiq Asad 'Abd al-Hadi, an elderly local teacher who was a member of the Muslim Brotherhood. He liked to read, excelled in class, and studied topics above his grade level. Azzam is described by most of his biographers as being exceptionally intelligent as a child. Early life in the West Bank Ībdullah Yusuf Azzam was born on Novemin the Palestinian village of Silat al-Harithiya, about ten kilometres northwest of the city of Jenin in the West Bank, then administered under the British Mandate for Palestine. Īzzam was killed by a car bomb in Peshawar, Pakistan, on 24 November 1989.
Following the Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan in 1989, he promoted militant jihadist activities on behalf of other Muslims in other countries, and subsequently became known as the "father of global jihad". Together, they cofounded the Maktab al-Khidamat, an organization that was created for the purpose of drawing foreign Muslim fighters (known as Afghan Arabs) to fight in the war. Īzzam was a teacher and mentor to Osama bin Laden, and was one of the key figures who persuaded bin Laden to go to Afghanistan and back the mujahideen fighters there. Belonging to the Salafi movement, during the Soviet–Afghan War of the 1980s, he advocated defensive jihad by Muslims worldwide to help the Afghan mujahideen fight against the Soviet forces and Afghan Government forces in the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan.
Silat al-Harithiya, British Mandate of PalestineĪbdullah Yusuf Azzam ( Arabic: عبد الله يوسف عزام, romanized: ‘Abdu’llāh Yūsuf ‘Azzām ( )14 November 1941 – ( )24 November 1989) was a Palestinian Islamic scholar and jihadist.
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