Birth: NULL/NULL/1952 Death:NULL/NULL/2023
Born in Ma’an, Jordan, in 1952; family moved to Jerusalem in 1953; graduated from Al-Aqsa Secondary Religious School in Jerusalem in 1973; worked as Imam at the Birzeit mosque; studied Shari’a and Law at Al-Azhar School, Egypt, graduating in 1977; was a member of the Muslim Brotherhood; joined Ein Shams University to study towards an MA in 1982 but had to return to Palestine without having completed his studies for political reasons; worked as a teacher in Al-Aqsa Secondary Religious School, Jerusalem, from 1979-81; co-founder and Director of Dar Al-Hadith in Al-Aqsa Mosque in 1979; founded the Society of Islamic Sciences and Cultural Committee in 1984 and served as its Secretary since; Director of the Waqf in Bethlehem from 1985-87, then worked as assistant to the Dean of Islamic Research at the Waqf from 1987-97; was one of the founders of Hamas in 1987; participated in meetings between the PA and Hamas in Cairo and Sudan in 1995; took a different position from Hamas in the run-up to the January 1996 PLC elections, over which he left the movement; worked as researcher at the Center for Islamic Research at Al-Quds University from 1997-2003, where he also served as a lecturer and pursued his MA in Islamic Studies, graduating 2003; was closely involved with the Religious Studies Unit at PASSIA since 1998; worked as lecturer of Islamic Culture at Al-Quds University and as Executive Director of Al-Iman Secondary Schools in Jerusalem; died on 10 September 2023 after a long struggle with cancer, and was buried in the Bab Ar-Rahma Cemetery.
