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Islamic Action Front announces death of its leader Fathi Yakan

Daily Star staff
Monday, June 15, 2009

BEIRUT: The Islamic Action Front announced Saturday the death of its leader Fathi Yakan. He was 76 years old. Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, Grand Mufti Mohammad Rasheed Qabbani and an array of political and religious figures, as well as the Sunni Jamaa al-Islamiya and Shiite Hizbullah issued statements eulogizing Yakan.

In a statement, the IAF said Yakan passed away at 4:45 p.m. Saturday at the Hotel Dieu Hospital in Achrafieh, where he was admitted on Friday night.

Yakan's body will be moved to Tripoli on Sunday morning. The time and place of the funeral will be announced at a later time, the statement added.

The IAF earlier denied media reports of Yakan's death but said he was in critical condition.

Yakan was born in the northern port city of Tripoli in 1933. He became involved in Islamic work in Lebanon in the mid-1950s and was a pioneer in the establishment of the Islamic Movement. Yakan was elected a member of Parliament in 1992, and was also the founder of one of the earliest private universities in the northern coastal city, the Al-Jinan university.

Since the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, Yakan's IAF had been allied with the Hizbullah-led opposition; it ran one candidate in Tripoli during the 2009 parliamentary elections on June 7. - The Daily Star

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Islamic Action Front Announces Death of Sheikh Dr. Fathi Yakan

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13/06/2009 Head of Islamic Labor Front in Lebanon Fathi Yukon passed away Saturday afternoon after he was hospitalized for serious health problems on Friday night. Yakan was announced dead Saturday morning, but an Islamic Action Front statement later denied the Sheikh was dead, but acknowledged he was in serious condition. Dr. Fathi Yakan is a prominent Islamic scholar and caller. he was born in Tripoli, north of Lebanon, on the 9th of February 1933. With a Ph.D. in Arabic and Islamic Studies, Sheikh Yakan was among the pioneers of the Islamic movement in the 1950s. He was also the General Secretary of the Lebanese Al-Jamaa Al-Islamiya from 1962 until 1992 when he won his seat in the Lebanese parliament. He is a key activist on the political stage, which was very clear during the 1996 elections. Sheikh Yakan initiated a political effort between PM Fouad Saniora and his allies on the one hand and the opposition in a bid to end the rule crisis in the wake of the 2006 Israeli war on Lebanon. As a key figure in the Lebanese National Opposition, he headed prayers for Sunnis and Shiites on Friday, December 8, 2006 and called in his speech for the unity of Muslims against Israeli plots and schemes. Dr. Yakan was married to Mrs Mona Haddad with whom he had established a private Islamic university (Al-Jinan University). He has four daughters and a son. Sheikh Yakan was known for his support for resistance movements in Lebanon and the Arab and Islamic worlds. He described the 2006 victory as one for Lebanon and the whole nation, Sunnis before Shiites, “because the project of the resistance is not only Lebanese project but a global one.” The Islamic scholar also played a significant role in mending fences between political parties in the region. He was the mediator between the Islamic brotherhood in Syria and President Bachar Assad. He also played the same role between Syria and Turkey between 1998 and 1999, in the wake of the Syria-Turkey crisis. He is the author of more than 35 books, some of them were translated into many languages, including: How do we call for Islam? Towards a unified global Islamic Movement. What does “I’m a Muslim” mean?

http://www.almanar.com.lb/NewsSite/NewsDetails.aspx?id=89874&language=en

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Ustaz Dr Fathi Yakan Telah Kembali ke Rahmatullah

Lubnan, 13 Jun - Ketua جبهة العمل الاسلامي yang juga mantan ahli parlimen Lubnan, Ustaz Dr Fathi Yakan diberitakan telah meninggal dunia pada usia 76 tahun setelah bergelut dengan penyakitnya di sini hari ini.

Ustaz Dr Fathi Yakan yang lahir pada tahun 1933 di Kota Tripoli di Lubnan Utara merupakan salah seorang tokoh penting bagi gerakan Islam di dunia Islam dan telah mengasaskan gerakan Islam di Lubnan pada sekitar 50-an.

Sepanjang hayatnya, beliau telah melahirkan sejumlah karya ulung, termasuk “Apa Ertinya Saya Menganut Islam”, “Masalah Dakwah dan Pendakwah” dan “Persepsi Yang Dinamis Dalam Kerja-kerja Islam” yang telah diterjemahkan ke dalam pelbagai bahasa lainnya.

Ustaz Fathi Yakan telah menyertai pilihanraya parlimen pada tahun 1992 dan memenangi kerusi bagi puak Sunni di Tripoli. Pada tahun 1992 juga beliau merupakan salah seorang peserta dalam Muktamar Islam Antarabangsa.

Beliau memainkan peranan besar di Lubnan bagi menyatukan dan menghindari perselisihan di kalangan rakyat Lubnan, terutama antara kekuatan golongan majoriti dan minoriti.

Ikatan Muslimin Malaysia (ISMA) merakamkan ucapan takziah atas pemergian Ustaz Dr Fathi Yakan ke rahmatullah ini. Sesungguhnya pemergian beliau bukan sekadar kehilangan besar bagi rakyat Lubnan, bahkan untuk seluruh umat Islam khususnya di kalangan aktivitis-aktivis dakwah yang banyak mendapat tunjuk ajar daripada beliau.

http://ismaweb.net/v2/Article1083.html

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Moga Allah mencucuri rahmat keatas roh beliau...indeed he will be missed...sedih pulak rasa....beliau telah meninggalkan banyak jasa dan contribution kepada Islam...kita pula, kalau mati nanti bagaimana????