Abdullah Azzam. Abdullah Yusuf Azzam was born in a village in the North of Palestine named Selat Al Harithia in Genine District in the year 1941. Dr Abdullah Azzam was both a scholar and a mujahid of immense importance to the development of contemporary Islamic radicalism particularly in the foundation of al-Qaeda.
Lea-Henry is a an assistant professor at Vignan University India. Islamic revivalist Sayyid Quṭb and Abdullah Azzam a militant leader. Sheikh Abdullah Azzam received his early elementary and secondary school education in his village and continued his education at the agricultural Khadorri College where he obtained a Diploma.
Sheikh Abdullah Azzam received his early elementary and secondary school education in his village and continued his education at the agricultural Khadorri College where he obtained a Diploma.
Revered and Reviled At the time Azzams murder barely registered outside the Arab world and the rough borderlands that unite and divide Afghanistan and. He is often referred to as the father of global jihad and was instrumental in recruiting foreign fighters to Afghanistan in the 1980s. His time at the university was key to his future role as leader of al-Qaeda not only in influencing his radical views but also in providing him with the skill to market al-Qaeda. Sheikh Abdullah Azzam is a name that only gets attention among true students of Islamist militancy yet he has had a tremendous impact on Usama Bin Laden and left him with the tools needed to establish a global jihadist network.