Original sentence: Nizar Rayan (, , also transliterated Rayyan; 6 March 1959 – 1 January 2009) was a high ranking Hamas leader who served as a liaison between the Palestinian organization's political leadership and its military wing
Edited sentence: Nizar Rayan (, , also transliterated Rayyan; 6 March 1959 – 1 January 2009) was  the Grand Imam of the Palestinian Gaza strip representing the militant and Islamist organisation Hamas