Fathi Shaqaqi

Fathi Shaqaqi was the leader and founder of Palestinian Islamic Jihad. He was born in the Gaza Strip on the 4th of January 1951 to a family of refugees. 

He founded Islamic Jihad in 1981 with the goal of starting a Islamic state under sharia law in Israel and Palestine.  His inspiration was based off of a mix of Khomeinism and Salafism.

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Category:Assassinated Palestinian people
Category:1995 deaths
Category:1951 births