Abdessalam yassine biography of christopher

Moroccan politician (–)

Abdesslam Yassine (Arabic: عبد السلام ياسين; – December 13, ) was the leader of the MoroccanIslamist organisation Al Adl Wa Al Ihssane (Justice and Spirituality).^[1][2]

Biography

Yassine was born in Marrakesh.

He worked as a teacher and a school inspector for the Ministry of Education, and from on, was a member of one of the most famous Moroccan Sufi brotherhoods, the Boutchichiyya.^[2][3] Yassine reportedly fell out with the leadership of the brotherhood over its refusal to engage more directly in political matters, and founded his own organisation.

Yassine was jailed in a mental asylum for three years^[when?] for publishing an open letter to King Hassan II denouncing his rule as un-Islamic. Following his release he was kept under house arrest for many years, before eventually being released in the early years of the rule of King Mohammed VI.^[4]

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