Issam al-Attar

Issam al-Attar
Issam al-Attar
عصام العطار
Personal life
Born	1927; Damascus, French Syria
Died	3 May 2024 (aged 96–97); Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Citizenship	Syrian
Relations	Mohammed Reda al-Attar (father); Najah al-Attar (sister); Ali Al-Tantawi (father-in-law); Ali Ghaleb Himmat (son-in-law)
Religious life
Religion	Islam
Denomination	Sunni
Movement	Salafiyya
Muslim leader
Predecessor	Mustafa al-Siba'i
Successor	Adnan Saad al-Din
Supreme Guide of the Syrian Muslim Brotherhood
	In office; 1961–1973
Deputy	Ali Sadreddine Al-Bayanouni
Preceded by	Mustafa al-Siba'i
Succeeded by	Abd al-Fattah Abu Ghudda

Issam al-Attar (Arabic: عصام العطار; 1927 – 3 May 2024) was a Syrian dissident politician and Islamic preacher who was the former leader of the Muslim Brotherhood in Syria. He was a symbol of dissent and resistance against the rule of Hafez al-Assad during the 1970s, and later went into exile in Aachen, Germany where he resided for the remainder of his life.

^ S. Moussalli, Ahmad (1999). Historical Dictionary of Islamic Fundamentalist Movements in the Arab World, Iran and Turkey. Folkestone, Kent: The Scarecrow Press. pp. 258–259. ISBN 0-8108-3609-2. AL-SALAFIYYA. .. In Damascus, many Jordanian students were influenced by the Muslim Brotherhood's Shaykh Mustapha al-Siba'i and 'Isam al-'Attar, both with a long history in al-Salafiyya.

[1] S. Moussalli, Ahmad (1999). Historical Dictionary of Islamic Fundamentalist Movements in the Arab World, Iran and Turkey. Folkestone, Kent: The Scarecrow Press. pp. 258–259. ISBN 0-8108-3609-2. AL-SALAFIYYA. .. In Damascus, many Jordanian students were influenced by the Muslim Brotherhood's Shaykh Mustapha al-Siba'i and 'Isam al-'Attar, both with a long history in al-Salafiyya.

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