Issam al attar biography

Muslim Brotherhood leader

Issam al-Attar (Arabic: عصام العطار; – 3 May ) was a Syrian dissident politician and Islamic preacher who was the former leader of the Muslim Brotherhood in Syria.

He was a symbol of dissent and resistance against the rule of Hafez al-Assad during the s, and later went into exile in Aachen, Germany where he resided for the remainder of his life.

Biography

Al-Attar was born in in Damascus, Syria.

His father was the jurist Mohammed Reda al-Attar. As an eleven-year-old, he became a member of the Youth of Mohammed, which was founded by Mustafa al-Siba'i, who later became the first head of the Muslim Brotherhood in Syria.

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Following his criticism of Adib Shishakli in , he was forced to settle in Egypt, where he met Sayyid Qutb, Mohamed Bachir El Ibrahimi, Mahmoud Mohamed Shaker and Abd al-Wahhāb Azzām. Later on, he returned to Syria following his father's illness.

In , he accompanied Hassan al-Hudaybi during his visit to Syria. He was