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[[Image:Azzam Tamimi.JPG|250px|thumb|Dr. Azzam Tamimi, November 2008.]]
'''Azzam Tamimi''' (sometimes spelled '''Azam Tamimi'''; born 1955, [[Hebron]], [[Jordan]] is a British [[Demographics of Jordan|Jordanian]] academic and political activist affiliated with the [[Muslim Brotherhood]].<ref>Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211210/saoqa0FodMs Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20180729175649/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=saoqa0FodMs&gl=US&hl=en Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite AV media| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=saoqa0FodMs| title = من هو عزام التميمي الذي تموله قطر لمهاجمة السعودية | website=[[YouTube]]}}{{cbignore}}</ref> He is currently a freelance presenter at Alhiwar TV Channel. He headed the Institute of Islamic Political Thought until 2008. Tamimi has written several books on Middle Eastern and Islamic politics, including "Power-Sharing Islam", "Islam and Secularism in the Middle East", ''Rachid Ghannouchi, Democrat within Islamism'' and ''Hamas: A History from Within''.

==Early life and education==
Tamimi was born in 1955 and lived in [[Hebron]] in the Palestenian occupied west Bank until he was seven, when his family moved to [[Kuwait]].<ref name="Grace Halsell">{{cite news |url=http://www.wrmea.org/wrmea-archives/198-washington-report-archives-1994-1999/december-1998/8712-palestinian-islamist-azzam-tamimi-defines-hamas-plo-differences-and-calls-for-dialogue-with-both.html |date=December 1998 |title=Palestinian Islamist Azzam Tamimi Defines Hamas, PLO Differences and Calls for Dialogue With Both |author=Grace Halsell |publisher=Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, December 1998, pp. 23–24.}}</ref> His father had fought against Israel.<ref name="Grace Halsell"/>

After high school, Tamimi moved to London to attend college. In 1979, he received a Bachelor of Science degree in Combined Sciences from the [[University of Sunderland]]<ref name="Grace Halsell"/><ref name="islamonline.net">{{cite web|url=http://www.islamonline.net/livedialogue/english/Guestcv.asp?hGuestID%3Dc9rHY3 |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2009-02-09 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090321012422/http://www.islamonline.net/livedialogue/english/Guestcv.asp?hGuestID=c9rHY3 |archivedate=21 March 2009 |df=dmy }}</ref> and a [[Doctorate|PhD]] in Political Theory from the [[University of Westminster]] in 1998.<ref name="islamonline.net"/>

==Reforming Finsbury Park Mosque==
In 2005, Tamimi led a group of trustees in reforming the [[Finsbury Park Mosque]], which was previously under the control of [[Abu Hamza al-Masri]]. The reformation of the mosque has widely been seen as successful.<ref name="BBCBattleForTheMosque">{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4639074.stm|author= Dominic Casciani and Sharif Sakr |title= The battle for the mosque|date=7 February 2006|publisher=BBC News}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Finsbury Park Mosque: "Its more than just a mosque now"|url=http://islingtonnow.co.uk/2017/03/16/finsbury-park-mosque-its-more-than-just-a-mosque-now/}}{{Dead link|date=September 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

==Political positions==
===War on Terror===
Tamimi has stated that the [[War on Terror]] launched by the United States and its allies in the wake of [[September 11 attacks]] is perceived by many in the Islamic world as a war on Islam.<ref>[http://www.danielpipes.org/2812/pakistan-and-saudi-arabia-on-whose-side Pakistan and Saudi Arabia: On Whose Side?] danielpipes.org, an archive of ''[[MSNBC]]'' 25 July 2005</ref> He accused the American President [[George W. Bush]] of attempting to stop terrorism through war, political oppression and violations of human rights, saying that this would not work and would instead have the opposite effect.<ref>[http://www.inminds.co.uk/stopbush-1-20nov03.html#tamimi], Stop Bush Rally, 20 November 2003.</ref>

===Israeli-Palestinian conflict===
In 2004, Tamimi stated that as a Jordanian, he would never confer legitimacy upon Israel, "a state that is created on land robbed from my father, from my grandfather and from my mother".<ref>[http://www.danielpipes.org/2813/interview-with-dr-azzam-al-tamimi-institute-of-islamic Interview with Dr Azzam Al-Tamimi, Institute of Islamic Political Thought] danielpipes.org, originally at BBC ''Hardtalk'', 2 November 2004.</ref> He also classifies [[Zionism]] as a racist ideology.<ref name="Interview: Azzam Tamimi">[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa5400/is_200607/ai_n21393366/pg_1?tag=content;col1 Interview: Azzam Tamimi], ''Middle East Policy'', Summer 2006.</ref> Nonetheless, Tamimi favours talks between Hamas and Israel, believing that co-existence between Palestinians and Israel may be possible. He has stated that "peace may still be achieved by talking about how to co-exist."<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/story/0,,2205375,00.html The unrealistic terms being imposed upon Hamas are no basis for talks], ''[[The Guardian]]'', 5 November 2007.</ref> In elaboration, he has said that "Hamas would only agree to a negotiated settlement based on the idea of a ''hudna'' (longterm ceasefire). In reality, of course, that would mean recognising Israel will exist within agreed-upon borders for a given period of time. It does not, however, mean recognising that where Israel sits is no longer Palestinian".<ref name="Interview: Azzam Tamimi" /> For the long run, Tamimi advocates what he calls a post-[[apartheid]] South African solution, in which Israel "is dissolved just like apartheid was, and all people within mandatory Palestine become equal citizens".<ref name="Interview: Azzam Tamimi" />

Tamimi Was born in Jordan occupied Hebron Westbank and Moved away from the area when he was 7 year old as such he is a Jordanian by birthright.

In January 2006, Tamimi wrote that if Israel withdrew from territories occupied in 1967, Hamas would end its armed resistance.<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/world/2006/jan/30/comment.mainsection Hamas will make a deal], ''[[The Guardian]]'', 30 January 2006.</ref>

Shortly before the invasion of the [[Gaza Strip]] by Israel in late 2008, Tamimi argued for continuation of a truce that had been maintained for five months between Hamas and Israel and for ending what he described as a siege placed upon Gaza by Israel.<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2008/nov/21/israel-palestine-gaza#history-byline End the siege of Gaza], ''The Guardian'', 21 November 2008.</ref>

===Martyrdom and suicide bombing===
In November 2004, while being interviewed for the [[BBC]] programme ''[[HARDtalk|Hardtalk]]'', Tamimi said that sacrificing his life for justice for Palestine would be "a noble cause. It is the straight way to pleasing my God and I would do it if I had the opportunity".<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/hardtalk/3985403.stm |work=BBC |title=Dr Azzam Al-Tamimi |date=5 November 2004 |accessdate=26 April 2010}}</ref>

On 28 February 2012, Tamimi appeared at a Palestinian event at [[Queen Mary, University of London]]. Tamimi said: "I’d be a martyr for my country, of course", adding that "if you’re not prepared to die for your country, then you are not a patriot".<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.haaretz.com/news/middle-east/controversial-palestinian-academic-hails-martyrdom-u-k-event-1.415421 |work=Haaretz |title=Controversial Palestinian academic hails 'martyrdom' U.K. event |date=28 February 2012 |accessdate=29 February 2012}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/5269688.stm UK foreign policy under spotlight], Expoislamia in Manchester's MEN Arena.
*[http://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/azzam_tamimi/index.html Articles by Azzam Tamimi]
*[http://fr.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1154525927052&pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull UK police to investigate Muslim scholar's call for martyrdom]{{dead link|date=October 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, ''[[The Jerusalem Post]]'', 23 August 2006.

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