Marwan Hadid (1934–1976) (Arabic: مروان حديد) was an influential militant leader and preacher of the Muslim Brotherhood movement in Syria.[1][2]
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 [Baath] regime in Syria."[2]
Hadid established the Fighting Vanguard which was the military arm of the Muslim Brotherhood in Syria. 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. He was captured by the forces of Hafez al-Assad and died in Mezzeh prison in 1976.[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]
- ^ 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.