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Abdessalam Yassine  

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  • Abdessalam (sometimes translated as Abdul Salam) Yassine, born in 1928, is the leader of Al-Adl Wal-Ihsan (Justice and Charity), one of the leading Islam-oriented political movements in Morocco. Founded in the early 1980s, Al-Adl Wal-Ihsan is popular among students, professionals, and Moroccan diasporas in Europe and North America. [Source: Encyclopedia of Political Communication; Yassine, Abdessalam (1928–)]

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