Modesty Posted March 24, 2004 Last Moments In Sheikh Yassin's Life Yassin is now even more closer to the hearts of Muslims and freedom fighters worldwide (AFP) By Mostafa el-Sawwaf, IOL Correspondent GAZA CITY, March 22 (IslamOnline.net) - When he woke up, as usual, one hour before the dawn prayers, Sheikh Ahmed Yassin had no idea this was the day he long dreamed of and yearned for. He performed his ablution, read some verses from the Holy Qur'an and supplicated for God to liberate Palestine from the Israeli occupation. The wheelchair-bound spiritual leader of the Palestinian resistance group Hamas was then helped by two associates to Mujamah Al-Islami mosque, only 200 meters from his home. There he waited until the dawn Adhan [call for prayer] was raised (around 03:00 GMT). After prayers, worshippers flock to greet him and inquire after his health, as if they were giving him a farewell. As his associates helped him out of the mosque with and only 40 meters away from the door, an Israeli U.S.-made Apache fired three missiles, one of them hit Sheik Yassin directly winning him his long-awaited martyrdom. Wailing their sirens, ambulances raced to the scene while dumbfounded Palestinians gathered the remains of the nine victims, including the dashed out brains of Sheikh Yassin. Two of the aging leader's sons, Abdul Hadi and Abdul Hamid, survived the Israeli strike with serious wounds. With the martyrdom of Sheikh Yassin, the Palestinian-Israeli conflict is expected to take a new course with Palestinian factions vowing to break the gates of hell loose. For them, the 66-year-old veteran resistance leader is symbol who left his indelible marks on the history of the Palestinian cause against the Israeli occupation. Yassin was 12 year old when Israeli gangs stormed his village in the southern Gaza Strip village of Al-Joura in 1948 and forced scores of Palestinians to flee their homes. Despite a childhood injury that left him for ever paralyzed, Sheikh Yassin devoted his entire life to the cause of his usurped country. Though now far in distance, he remains close at the hearts of all Muslims, Arabs and freedom fighters around the world. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
General Duke Posted March 24, 2004 Modesty, thanks for the post. May Allah reward the Shiekh and may he free our people in Palastine and the globe over. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HONEY-D Posted March 24, 2004 may allah grand him and others janah. This clearly shows the spindlessness of the jews. If they think they're gonna get away with it they've got another think coming. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
