Proper noun
Azzam (plural Azzams)
A surname.
After Azzam was assassinated in 1989, the MAK split, with a significant number joining bin Laden's organization. Source: Internet
Azzam issued a fatwa calling for jihad against the Soviet occupiers of Afghanistan, declaring it an individual obligation for all able bodied Muslims because it was a defensive jihad to repel invaders. Source: Internet
DeCaro, p. 204. He had received Abdul Rahman Hassan Azzam 's book The Eternal Message of Muhammad with his visa approval, and he contacted the author. Source: Internet
Hamas deputy political chief Saleh al-Arouri, after signing a reconciliation deal with senior Fatah official Azzam al-Ahmad, during a short ceremony at the Egyptian intelligence complex in Cairo, Egypt, October 12, 2017. Source: Internet
In the mid-eighties, the dominant Arab in the war against the Soviets was Sheikh Abdullah Azzam, a Palestinian theologian who had a doctorate in Islamic law from Al-Azhar University. Source: Internet
Egyptian journalist Rabab Azzam told her story of being circumcised at the age of 13, recounting the physical pain she had endured, the humiliation "beyond words," and how it had changed her. Source: Internet