Marwan Hadid (Arabic: مروان حديد; 1934 –1976) was a Syrian militant leader and Islamic preacher who served as the leader of the Syrian branch of the Muslim Brotherhood from the 1964 to 1976.[1][2]
Marwan Hadid مروان حديد | |
|---|---|
 Hadid in the 1970s | |
| Leader of the Fighting Vanguard | |
| In office 1960s – June 1975 | |
| Succeeded by | Abdel Sattar al-Za’im |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1934 Hama, First Syrian Republic (present-day Syria) |
| Died | 1976 (age 42) Mezzeh prison |
| Military service | |
| Commands | Fighting Vanguard |
| Battles/wars | 1964 Hama riot Islamist uprising in Syria (POW) |
Hadid led a "hardline insurgent current" of the Muslim Brotherhood, and his endeavors throughout the late 1960s and early 1970s led to the growth of a nationwide network of Islamist militants who wanted to push the Muslim Brotherhood into an open confrontation with the Baathist government of Syria.[2]
Hadid established the Fighting Vanguard which was the military wing of the Syrian Muslim Brotherhood. Hadid was the main leader spearheading the Islamist uprising in Syria and he personally led the 1964 armed Islamist uprising in Hama against the Syrian Baathist regime. However, in 1976, he was captured by Syrian government forces and died in the Mezzeh prison that same year.[2]
Historian Eugene Rogan described Hadid as "one of Hama's most charismatic imams (mosque prayer leaders) in the 1960s and said that he "was particularly successful in recruiting students to the underground Islamist movement in Syria."[1] "For many of the young Islamists, Hadid was an inspiration and a role model for radical Sunni Islamist activism."[1]
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edit- ^ a b c Rogan, Eugene L. (2009). The Arabs: a history. New York, NY: Basic Books. pp. 405–406. ISBN 978-0-465-07100-5.
- ^ a b c LEFÈVRE, RAPHAËL (December 14, 2012). "The Syrian Brotherhood's Armed Struggle". Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
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